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The Really Big Show is a Canadian news hour done differently. We discuss the news of the day through a Canadian lens with analysis and commentary from Jim Csek & managing editor Iain Burns. We translate the rhetoric into reality with common sense on the news that affects Canada, BC and our region. We are live five days a week around 9 am PST. Recorded sessions available on Youtube, X and many podcast channels. https://thereallybigshow.ca
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The Really Big Show is a Canadian news show done differently. We move past the talking points to discuss the news of the day through a distinctly Canadian lens, providing the analysis and commentary you won’t find in mainstream soundbites. Hosted by Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we translate rhetoric into reality with a common-sense approach to the stories affecting Canada, British Columbia, and our local region. Live every weekday at 9 AM PST, Noon EST. Watch or listen on KelownaNow.com, YouTube, X, and all major podcast platforms
Donald Trump’s threat toward the European Union puts Canada’s relationship with Europe in the spotlight. The Really Big Show examines the pressure surrounding Mark Carney’s EU outreach, the Canada–EU relationship and what the dispute could mean for trade, sovereignty and Canada’s place in a shifting global order.
The Really Big Show is a Canadian news show done differently. We move past the talking points to discuss the news of the day through a distinctly Canadian lens, providing the analysis and commentary you won’t find in mainstream soundbites. Hosted by Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we translate rhetoric into reality with a common-sense approach to the stories affecting Canada, British Columbia, and our local region. Live every weekday at 9 AM PST, Noon EST. Watch or listen on KelownaNow.com, YouTube, X, and all major podcast platforms
The Really Big Show is a Canadian news show done differently. We move past the talking points to discuss the news of the day through a distinctly Canadian lens, providing the analysis and commentary you won’t find in mainstream soundbites. Hosted by Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we translate rhetoric into reality with a common-sense approach to the stories affecting Canada, British Columbia, and our local region. Live every weekday at 9 AM PST, Noon EST. Watch or listen on KelownaNow.com, YouTube, X, and all major podcast platforms
Has Mark Carney put Canada up for sale? Iain Burns and Jim Csek examine the debate around foreign investment, privatization, trade and the pressures shaping Canada’s economic sovereignty.They consider what changing policy could mean for Canadian infrastructure, national assets and the people who depend on them.Support independent Canadian media: https://thereallybigshow.ca/support/More from The Really Big Show: https://thereallybigshow.ca/#Canada #MarkCarney #CanadianPolitics #CanadianEconomy #TheReallyBigShow
The Really Big Show is a Canadian news show done differently. We move past the talking points to discuss the news of the day through a distinctly Canadian lens, providing the analysis and commentary you won’t find in mainstream soundbites. Hosted by Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we translate rhetoric into reality with a common-sense approach to the stories affecting Canada, British Columbia, and our local region. Live every weekday at 9 AM PST, Noon EST. Watch or listen on KelownaNow.com, YouTube, X, and all major podcast platforms
‘I believe a popular uprising is coming’ | Economic Longwave’s Joseph Barbuto
Beyond the ballot with Renee Merrifield and Jim Csek
The Really Big Show is a Canadian news show done differently. We move past the talking points to discuss the news of the day through a distinctly Canadian lens, providing the analysis and commentary you won’t find in mainstream soundbites. Hosted by Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we translate rhetoric into reality with a common-sense approach to the stories affecting Canada, British Columbia, and our local region. Live every weekday at 9 AM PST, Noon EST. Watch or listen on KelownaNow.com, YouTube, X, and all major podcast platforms
Liberals finally discover oil. Does that mean Alberta was right all along? Jim Csek and Iain Burns examine Canada’s changing energy debate, the political pressure around oil and gas, Alberta’s role in the national economy, and what Ottawa’s choices could mean for investment, jobs and energy security. The Really Big Show is live every weekday at 9 a.m. Pacific / noon Eastern. Support independent Canadian media: https://thereallybigshow.ca/support/More from The Really Big Show: https://thereallybigshow.ca/#Canada #Alberta #OilAndGas #CanadianPolitics #Energy #MarkCarney #TheReallyBigShow
The Really Big Show is a Canadian news show done differently. We move past the talking points to discuss the news of the day through a distinctly Canadian lens, providing the analysis and commentary you won’t find in mainstream soundbites. Hosted by Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we translate rhetoric into reality with a common-sense approach to the stories affecting Canada, British Columbia, and our local region. Live every weekday at 9 AM PST, Noon EST. Watch or listen on KelownaNow.com, YouTube, X, and all major podcast platforms.
Could Canada be heading toward a food crisis next year?Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot, Senior Fellow and Director of Natural Resources, Energy, and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, joins Jim Csek and Iain Burns to discuss the links between energy, fuel, food security and the policy decisions shaping Canada’s future.In this conversation:• Why energy policy and food costs are connected• The risks Canada faces if essential energy and resource capacity is constrained• What affordability, resilience and food security could look like in the year aheadWatch The Really Big Show live every weekday at 9 a.m. Pacific / noon Eastern.Support independent Canadian media: https://thereallybigshow.ca/support/More interviews and commentary: https://thereallybigshow.ca/#Canada #FoodSecurity #Energy #OilAndGas #TheReallyBigShow
The Really Big Show is a Canadian news show done differently. We move past the talking points to discuss the news of the day through a distinctly Canadian lens, providing the analysis and commentary you won’t find in mainstream soundbites. Hosted by Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we translate rhetoric into reality with a common-sense approach to the stories affecting Canada, British Columbia, and our local region. Live every weekday at 9 AM PST, Noon EST. Watch or listen on KelownaNow.com, YouTube, X, and all major podcast platforms.
Sept 8 livestream.
Canada is being sold a fantasy economy while the walls close in. Renee Merrifield joins Jim and Iain to examine the gap between political promises and the economic reality facing Canadians, including affordability pressures and the choices Ottawa is making.
Sept 4 livestream.
Sept 3 livestream.
Sept 2 livestream.
What's going on with the BC Conservatives — and can Harman Bhangu's DRIPA repeal petition cut through the noise?MLA Harman Bhangu (Langley-Abbotsford) joins Jim and Iain after Elections BC approved his province-wide petition to repeal DRIPA: 10% in all 93 ridings, signatures from Oct 26 toward a referendum. Pulp mills closing. Trucking safety and TFW abuses. Rural communities gutted. And inside the BC Conservatives? Bhangu's line: a lot of things in politics get blown out of proportion — the job is still defeating the NDP.Chapters:0:00 Welcome — Harman Bhangu, MLA Langley-Abbotsford1:10 Elections BC approves the DRIPA repeal petition3:30 10% in all 93 ridings — Oct 26 to Jan 20275:40 Referendum path: put British Columbians back in7:20 Eby said he'd amend DRIPA — ball in his court9:00 Pulp mills closing — Prince George and the coast11:30 Trucking crisis, bought licenses, TFW numbered companies15:00 105 limiters, tire ratings, commercial enforcement18:30 Is DRIPA repeal a "culture war" distraction?21:30 Building the petition team — hard work, not pensions23:30 What's going on inside the BC Conservatives?26:00 Caroline Elliott, unity, and defeating the NDP28:00 "A lot of things get blown out of proportion"30:00 Rural jobs, unsellable houses, resource economy33:30 Thanks for watching———The Really Big Show: The thinking Canadian's daily briefing, independent and informed.🔴 Live every weekday at 9AM PST📍 Independent. Unapologetic. Canadian.👉 Support the show: https://thereallybigshow.ca
Sept 1 livestream.
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