Canada's sovereign investment fund is the latest answer to a question the country keeps getting wrong. While federal officials announced a port expansion in Montreal, a bridge sustaining the Port of Vancouver collapsed because no one had maintained it.

Matt Gurney tracks the gap: hundreds of billions owed on infrastructure Canada already owns, before a single new project is funded.

Private capital is flooding into AI data centres worldwide. Canada keeps creating new institutions to attract it. Gurney tests whether the real barrier is confidence that projects will actually get built, not the availability of cash.

Topics: sovereign investment fund, Canadian infrastructure, state of good repair, private investment, infrastructure deficit

GUEST: Matt Gurney | http://readtheline.ca

Originally aired on 2026-04-28

Canada's sovereign investment fund is the latest answer to a question the country keeps getting wrong. While federal officials announced a port expansion in Montreal, a bridge sustaining the Port of Vancouver collapsed because no one had maintained it.
Matt Gurney tracks the gap: hundreds of billions owed on infrastructure Canada already owns, before a single new project is funded.
Private capital is flooding into AI data centres worldwide. Canada keeps creating new institutions to attract it. Gurney tests whether the real barrier is confidence that projects will actually get built, not the availability of cash.
Topics: sovereign investment fund, Canadian infrastructure, state of good repair, private investment, infrastructure deficit
GUEST: Matt Gurney |<a href="http://readtheline.ca"> http://readtheline.ca</a>
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-04-28

Shane Hewitt & The Nightshift is your late-night companion for real talk, bold ideas, and unfiltered conversations that matter. Hosted by Canadian radio veteran Shane Hewitt, each episode dives into the headlines, human stories, and hidden truths shaping our world—always with curiosity, compassion, and a sharp edge.

From politics and pop culture to mental health, technology, and everyday life, this podcast is where night owls, deep thinkers, and curious minds come to connect. Featuring expert guests, passionate callers, and Shane’s signature style—thoughtful, fearless, and refreshingly real.

If you crave meaningful dialogue, smart perspectives, and late-night radio energy in podcast form, subscribe now and join The Nightshift.

Shane Hewitt &amp; The Nightshift is your late-night companion for real talk, bold ideas, and unfiltered conversations that matter. Hosted by Canadian radio veteran Shane Hewitt, each episode dives into the headlines, human stories, and hidden truths shaping our world&mdash;always with curiosity, compassion, and a sharp edge.
From politics and pop culture to mental health, technology, and everyday life, this podcast is where night owls, deep thinkers, and curious minds come to connect. Featuring expert guests, passionate callers, and Shane&rsquo;s signature style&mdash;thoughtful, fearless, and refreshingly real.
If you crave meaningful dialogue, smart perspectives, and late-night radio energy in podcast form, subscribe now and join The Nightshift.

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift

Shane Hewitt is known for his engaging and relatable on-air personality, which captivates listeners. His ability to blend insightful commentary with humour and empathy creates a genuine connection with listeners.  Shane Hewitt and the Night Shift provides relatable content, informative discussions and expert insights – along with a balance of anecdotes and entertainment.

Shane Hewitt is known for his engaging and relatable on-air personality, which captivates listeners. His ability to blend insightful commentary with humour and empathy creates a genuine connection with listeners.  Shane Hewitt and the Night Shift provides relatable content, informative discussions and expert insights – along with a balance of anecdotes and entertainment.

NEW - Canada We Need to Fix What We Have - Before We Build Anything New

Good News Tuesday opens with a homeowner in a former church rectory circling the house waiting for a barbecue that may have been delivered next door. The address confusion dates back to a rezoning in 1904 that nobody has fully corrected since.

 

Ryan O'Donnell brings a legitimate win: the Griswold Family Christmas has been approved through the LEGO Ideas program and is becoming a real set. His dad texts him a reaction within seconds of seeing the picture.

 

The hosts open the lines. Good news comes in by text and voice note. The theory holds: good news makes more good news.

 

Topics: Good News Tuesday, LEGO Ideas, Griswold Family Christmas, church rectory, package anxiety


Originally aired on 2026-04-28

Good News Tuesday opens with a homeowner in a former church rectory circling the house waiting for a barbecue that may have been delivered next door. The address confusion dates back to a rezoning in 1904 that nobody has fully corrected since.
&nbsp;
Ryan O'Donnell brings a legitimate win: the Griswold Family Christmas has been approved through the LEGO Ideas program and is becoming a real set. His dad texts him a reaction within seconds of seeing the picture.
&nbsp;
The hosts open the lines. Good news comes in by text and voice note. The theory holds: good news makes more good news.
&nbsp;
Topics: Good News Tuesday, LEGO Ideas, Griswold Family Christmas, church rectory, package anxiety
 Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-04-28

NEW - Good News Tuesday: Package Anxiety and a LEGO Griswold House

Instagram Plus is being tested now in Mexico, Japan, and the Philippines. Three dollars a month buys you longer stories, priority placement, anonymous story viewing, and the ability to see who rewatched your content. Features that either didn't exist or didn't cost anything before.

 

Tech analyst Carmi Levy calls it the annoyance ratchet. The free experience gets noisier, more ad-heavy, and more algorithmically diluted over time until paying feels like relief. Instagram isn't alone: X, LinkedIn, Tinder, and Meta's own Facebook and WhatsApp have all run versions of the same play.

 

Levy tracks where this ends. Subscription fatigue is real. The economy is squeezing monthly budgets. And the content in the feed stopped being worth the scroll long before the price tag arrived.

 

Topics: Instagram Plus, social media subscription, Meta, subscription fatigue, algorithmic feed

 

GUEST: Carmi Levy


Originally aired on 2026-04-28

Instagram Plus is being tested now in Mexico, Japan, and the Philippines. Three dollars a month buys you longer stories, priority placement, anonymous story viewing, and the ability to see who rewatched your content. Features that either didn't exist or didn't cost anything before.
&nbsp;
Tech analyst Carmi Levy calls it the annoyance ratchet. The free experience gets noisier, more ad-heavy, and more algorithmically diluted over time until paying feels like relief. Instagram isn't alone: X, LinkedIn, Tinder, and Meta's own Facebook and WhatsApp have all run versions of the same play.
&nbsp;
Levy tracks where this ends. Subscription fatigue is real. The economy is squeezing monthly budgets. And the content in the feed stopped being worth the scroll long before the price tag arrived.
&nbsp;
Topics: Instagram Plus, social media subscription, Meta, subscription fatigue, algorithmic feed
&nbsp;
GUEST: Carmi Levy
 Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-04-28

Instagram Plus: You're Paying for What Used to Be Free

Good News Tuesday opens with Doug Bush, 62 years old, walking 70,000 steps at a gym in Edmonton. Ten thousand for every year of his life. Google says that's 11 hours and 40 minutes of continuous walking.

 

Then there is Ben. Ben lost his younger brother Sam and built Reason to Stay Calm, a website that connects people who are struggling with handwritten letters from strangers. He got word that it worked. One person wrote to say the letter arrived at exactly the right moment.

 

The hosts read a letter received years ago from a listener who said a late night radio show bought them another year. You do not always know what you are doing for someone when you are just being yourself.

 

Topics: Good News Tuesday, reason to stay calm, mental health support, steps challenge, grief into purpose


Originally aired on 2026-04-28

Good News Tuesday opens with Doug Bush, 62 years old, walking 70,000 steps at a gym in Edmonton. Ten thousand for every year of his life. Google says that's 11 hours and 40 minutes of continuous walking.
&nbsp;
Then there is Ben. Ben lost his younger brother Sam and built Reason to Stay Calm, a website that connects people who are struggling with handwritten letters from strangers. He got word that it worked. One person wrote to say the letter arrived at exactly the right moment.
&nbsp;
The hosts read a letter received years ago from a listener who said a late night radio show bought them another year. You do not always know what you are doing for someone when you are just being yourself.
&nbsp;
Topics: Good News Tuesday, reason to stay calm, mental health support, steps challenge, grief into purpose
 Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-04-28

NEW - Canada We Need to Fix What We Have - Before We Build Anything New

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