{"id":3049,"date":"2025-02-19T01:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T01:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secteur-public-sector.ca\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=3049"},"modified":"2025-02-19T02:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T02:00:01","slug":"the-backbench-117-man-of-steel-nation-of-bloat","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/secteur-public-sector.ca\/en\/podcast\/the-backbench-117-man-of-steel-nation-of-bloat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Backbench #117: Man of Steel, Nation of Bloat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadaland.com\/podcast\/117-man-of-steel-nation-of-bloat\/\">the original on canadaland.com<\/a>, published February 11th, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/secteur-public-sector.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/The-Backbench-117-Man-of-Steel-Nation-of-Bloat.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The government hired 110,000 workers over the past 10 years, did we get 110,000 times more efficient? It doesn\u2019t look like it, but veteran public servant Michael Wernick breaks it all down for Noor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">And, yes folks, we\u2019re talking about tariffs again, because Donald Trump enacted a 25 percent tariff on all steel and aluminum imports, with NO exceptions. Plus, our nominations for Fentanyl Czar, and the defamation case against Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman, CIJA, and Ezra Levant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Host: Noor Azrieh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host\/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Guests: Michael Wernick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government hired 110,000 workers over the past 10 years, did we get 110,000 times more efficient?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1071,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3049","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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