Front Burner - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Great variety of topics and very thoughtful deep dives into stories. I’m charmed by Jayme’s warmth and humor. I’m a Canadian living in the States and I’m proud of the content that the CBC delivers 🥹

Let me first say I love Front Burner and listen regularly. However, I found myself so triggered by Arno Kopeokey’s commentary during this podcast. Trotting out the government talking points about 80% of Canadians getting back more than they pay in tax and the other part about the tax not having any measurable affect on market prices. The evidence says something entirely different. I am so disappointed your podcast did not explore any further than the previously covered aspects while you sailed past some obvious issues that would have made this a standout discussion. Surely you would want to be ground breaking and more thorough than this? Instead it just reinforced the Federal government position and we were none the wiser after Arno was done. No mention of the fact all Canadians are required to pay the tax but only families, as a whole, get the refund. It is smoke and mirrors. As one tiny example; shipping companies are adding a sizable fuel surcharge to their deliveries and it is certainly not 1.1%. Common sense dictates this would have a significant affect on retail costs. You did not discuss Canada’s meager contribution to global greenhouse gases and whether it was fair to ramp up carbon tax on Canadians while other countries are just rubbishing the progress we make. You also failed to discuss the fact some parts of Canada have not developed and do not offer alternatives to carbon based fuels (NL is one of them). We are sitting ducks here in NL. Perhaps most annoying to me is the fact our government feels no obligation to combine the escalating tax with National programs and/or initiatives to reduce the enormous number of diesel trucks on our roads or make it really affordable to convert to electric heating. The government is only interested in taxing Canadians to submission relying on their belief the tax will make them rich and force greenhouse gas reductions. They need to be involved if they really mean it.

Jaime is an EXCELLENT host, remaining curious, enthusiastic, and upbeat no matter the topic. She does more for me than my morning coffee, I swear.

I am a Canadian living the US right now and I listen to this podcast daily to stay up to date on what’s happening in Canada and the rest of the world. I’m so grateful to have a trusted news source on these topics. Thank you for your great reporting!

And I do love the music!!

The pods that are current event or personality based are generally interesting and well done.

The pods on political topics or ideas are always spoiled by a far left bias in opening premise and guest selection with no alternative opinions or thought offered, ever.

If you are an NDP or AOC adherent and want to nod along thoughtfully as your bias is confirmed, this is your pod.

If you want to hear ideas and interviews from diverse political thought lines, keep looking, this ain’t it.

I was looking forward to this interview and your podcast.

It felt like you were pretty disrespectful to Katie. I don’t know much but she is a respected journalist and has covered the royals since Harry was a young adult.

There seems to be a lot of confusion regarding “tabloid” journalism vs the “Royal ROTA”. I understand it to be that the tabloid outlets are just making stuff up, throwing it out there just to see what sticks. Sometimes they might get it close to right but it’s rare. The Royal ROTA is a group that has been vetted by the public and the monarchy and they can be trusted “sources” of the news. They have backgrounds in professional journalism and proven track records.

It doesn’t seem like that was made clear in the podcast and although I know very few details about any of it, that is my understanding. It’s like putting up the Wallstreet Journal against a high school newspaper covering the same event.