The National: Rex Murphy Video Podcast: Recent Episodes
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As the House and the Senate go on recess for the summer, Rex Murphy reflects on the mostly unremarkable session on the Hill while singling out a few exceptions
Rex Murphy on Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan's new direction for Canada in Trump-era America.
An agreement between B.C.'s NDP and Green Party likely means the end of Christy Clark's Liberal government, but it's a complicated scenario that could affect some major decisions in Ottawa. The At Issue panel discusses that as well as the new federal Conservative leader.
Rex Murphy says the alliance between B.C.'s NDP and Greens could trouble the waters countrywide given its pipeline position.
The Liberal government's recommendation to shutter the National Energy Board and replace it with two new agencies is political dynamite, Rex Murphy says
Rex Murphy has seen some unusual elections in his native Newfoundland, but B.C.'s provincial election was certainly unique, especially since it isn't fully resolved
This week we said goodbye to the man who wanted Canada’s top job, but his party wasn’t buying his pitch
Rex Murphy thinks Canada might want to re-evaluate its unwavering support for the UN's peacekeeping efforts amid shocking revelations of child abuse and exploitation.
What's the most common illness affecting politicians? Memory loss, according to Rex Murphy, who thinks it's especially evident when an opposition party becomes government
Rex Murphy argues subsidizing companies like Bombardier in the name of innovation only props up favoured industries and isn't innovative at all.
Quebec separatist Rene Levesque may not have been an advocate for Canada as a whole, but Rex argues that the man deserves to be honoured
Rex digs into the current sports crisis in Canada, a seven-year-old boy who was found guilty of wearing illegal bowling pants at a tournament in Newfoundland
Rex argues that there are few candidates for conservative leadership that have a raw charismatic appeal
Rex reflects on the rise in reality TV stars like Donald Trump and Kevin O'Leary entering politics, and what it means for an already abysmal political climate
Rex says that despite all of our differences, it’s our common expressions of kindness and charity after tragedies like the shooting in Quebec City that unite us as Canadians
Just four days into his presidency, Donald Trump has approved the Keystone XL Pipeline. It's great news for Alberta, but has major implications for Canadian politics
Rex Murphy thinks it 2016 belongs to Justin Trudeau. But next year will be far less of an easy ride for Canada's Prime Minister
Rex Murphy criticizes the "steadfast impotence" of the international community during Syria's civil war.
Rex Murphy on the Liberals' 'side-splitting defence' of its political fundraising tactics
In this Point of View, Rex Murphy thinks the press should focus more on people, instead of polls
Rex Murphy thinks university students are "zealous about being kept safe and comfortable and unchallenged."
Rex Murphy gives the Liberals high marks for making a fast fix on a scandal... but a "F" for making the gaffe in the first place.
In this Point of View, Rex Murphy wonders why "American leadership has shrunk to two black holes of ego and incompetence."
Point of View: Rex Murphy shares his take on the deadly attack on an Orlando nightclub.
Veterans Affairs has rejected a 94-year-old war hero's request for care. Rex shares his point of view on the situation.
"There is a lot of misery in Fort McMurray and Alberta today," says Rex. "But there is a great counterweight too, the consideration of Canadians for each other in times of challenge is our greatest bond."
Rex Murphy says Albertans define the meaning of true neighbour: When people are hurting, all are welcome
'Public sentiment should never drive criminal cases' — Rex Murphy's Point of View on Mike Duffy's acquittal
Point of view: Rex shares his thoughts on what effect the Leap Manifesto has had on the NDP.
Point of View: "Did defence counsel Marie Henein 'owe' women anything in the Ghomeshi case? No. Not a thing." says Rex.
Point of View: "Mr. Ford was one of the most remarkable ordinary people Toronto has ever produced."
Point of View: "Statements made in a campaign, by any politician, should come with a health warning."
Point of View: Rex shares his thoughts on the war of words between Donald Trump and the Pope.
"Sanders and Trump play by none of the established rules, they're almost perfect anti-candidates" -- Rex Murphy tackles America's primaries.
Rex thinks that the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders proves that Americans are really fed up with things as they are.
Point of View: When it comes to pipeline politics, "Mr. Trudeau wishes to hover as a disinterested referee. A referee is by definition NOT a player," says Rex.
Point of View: Rex is in awe of how Justin Trudeau's Liberals stand to gain credit if they break key pledges of the platform they ran and won on.
Point of View: Rex Murphy takes a look at Donald Trump and the role reality TV has played
Point of View: "This should be not an election issue, but the election issue," says Rex.
Point of View: How good manners could have helped the FHRITP heckler and Elizabeth May.
Point of View: "In the context of the Senate – where is Character and where is Conscience?" Rex asks.
Point of View: "The only way what's going on in Ottawa can be called the "Trial of the Century", is that after only a week it's beginning to feel like a hundred years."
Point of view: Rex has a warning for Canada's senators, "Breakfast is fatal to your political health."
Point of View: Rex wonders why the politicians aren't talking about what he thinks really matters.
Point of View: Rex discusses Barack Obama's decision to veto a bill that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Point of View: Rex weighs in on MP Eve Adams' decision to leave the Conservative Party and join the Liberals.
Point of View: "Thanks to Mr.Vickers, our hero, the relationship to the country of Burke, Swift and Yeats is in a rare stratosphere."
Point of View: The world rallied for Paris following the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Why isn't it rallying against Boko Haram?
Rex Murphy says there is no need for panic. But public confidence "is being undermined by blunders, sometimes by what looks like unfathomable carelessness."
Rex Murphy talks about today's bleak international headlines, which are happening around the 100th anniversary of the First World War.
Analysis: Rex Murphy says that rocker Neil Young has been "unfathomably irresponsible" in his criticism of Alberta's oilsands. Young made headlines this week for his comments on the environmental impact of the oilsands.
Rex ponders the popularity of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. Is there depth there? Or is he one of those "famous-for-being-famous" types?
Rex Murphy talks about the mingled fates of Senator Mike Duffy and Prime Minister Harper.
Rex Murphy pays tribute to author Alice Munro, the first Canadian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Rex weighs in on the debate about whether to change the national anthem to make it gender-neutral.
Rex Murphy talks about Dr. Donald Low and the controversial end-of-life debate he left us to ponder.
Rex Murphy regularly shares what's on his mind. Tonight, he answers the questions that are on YOUR mind.
Rex says the political scandals making headlines in Canada reflect worrying problems, but are not nearly "as grievous as what we see in the States."
Rex Murphy looks back at the late Senator Eugene Forsey who he says, "was one of the great ornaments of the Senate."
Rex Murphy shares his thoughts on four days of heartache for our neighbours to the south.
It's not just the Liberals, the NDP are having a convention this weekend too. Rex Murphy shares his thoughts on Tom Mulcair's leadership.
Rex Murphy shares his views on Quebec’s language police going after an Italian restaurant in Montreal.
Rex Murphy has a few words for the senator from P.E.I., and his avoidance of the very media he used to be a part of.