Your Choice Our Fight

Canada has become the victim of a trifecta of horrendous and creepy tech policy, and Jay and Sabine are here to break down the policies and why it all sounds like we're in a bad sci-fi novel. Support us: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's one choice we'd rather didn't have to be an option at the Consumer Choice Center, and that's people choosing to leave the emergency room even when they're in critical condition because the wait is just too long. We are joined by our first ever guest, the Montreal Economic Institute's Renaud Brossard, to talk about the MEI's latest report on the amount of Canadians leaving the ER untreated, and how we can make the system better.  You can read more about the MEI's research on this topic here: https://www.iedm.org/too-many-canadians-are-leaving-emergency-rooms-untreated/Support us: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sabine and Jay take on Health Canada and its failed policies that don't actually help smokers quit, and why Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving the way he is on pipelines. Support us: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the debut episode of Your Choice Our Fight, Sabine and Jay unpack why tariffs are draining consumers' wallets — and what it’ll take for Canadians to avoid the worst economic fallout.Support us: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LAUNCHING TOMORROW: Fun Police is an original podcast series produced by the Consumer Choice Center. We take a look at the perpetrators of neo-prohibitionism, the movement that attempts to ban "vices" such as vaping, smoking, drinking, gambling, and others. We host high-level guests to discuss the history and current expression of prohibitionism. Written and produced by Bill Wirtz & Yaël Ossowski. New episodes dropping week by week, starting November 15, 2023. Subscribe today: http://spoti.fi/3Mm6nLX http://apple.co/3FE2WN5 https://pod.link/1714265675 https://omny.fm/shows/fun-police/playlists/podcast.rssSupport us: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our last program broadcast on radio! Join us for analysis on the Hamas-Israel war, the US House speaker, disclosure rules, the nonprofit charity and migration scams, and whether governments actually have the power to lower grocery prices. Broadcast on Consumer Choice Radio on October 28, 2023. Syndicated on (for the last time) Sauga 960AM and Coastal Carolina Network. Website: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/radio ***PODCAST*** Podcast Index: https://bit.ly/3EJSIs3 Apple: http://apple.co/2G7avA8 Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3iXIKIS RSS: https://omny.fm/shows/consumerchoiceradio/playlists/podcast.rss Our podcast is now Podcasting 2.0 compliant! Listen to the show using a Bitcoin lightning wallet-enabled podcasting app (Podverse, Breeze, Fountain, etc.) to directly donate to the show using the Bitcoin lightning network (stream those sats!). More information on that here: https://podcastindex.org/apps Produced by the Consumer Choice Center. Support us: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The brutality of the Hamas attacks in Israel open up issues for liberalism in liberal countries now confronted with protests and political battles we may not be ready for. That, plus some musings on the Canadian grocery tax, the UK's generational ban on tobacco, and more. Broadcast on Consumer Choice Radio on October 14, 2023. Syndicated on Sauga 960AM and Coastal Carolina Network. Website: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/radio ***PODCAST*** Podcast Index: https://bit.ly/3EJSIs3 Apple: http://apple.co/2G7avA8 Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3iXIKIS RSS: https://omny.fm/shows/consumerchoiceradio/playlists/podcast.rss Our podcast is now Podcasting 2.0 compliant! Listen to the show using a Bitcoin lightning wallet-enabled podcasting app (Podverse, Breeze, Fountain, etc.) to directly donate to the show using the Bitcoin lightning network (stream those sats!). More information on that here: https://podcastindex.org/apps Produced by the Consumer Choice Center. Support us: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.