Eh Sayers

Mar 10 2025 26 ep. 24 mins 90
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Listen to the Eh Sayers podcast to meet the people behind the data and explore the stories behind the numbers. Join us as we meet with experts from Statistics Canada and from across the nation to ask and answer the questions that matter to Canadians.

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What Does It Take to Exit Homelessness?

Mar 10 2025 23 mins  
What is it that helps someone transition from homeless to housed? We’re looking at new analysis of data from the Canadian Housing Survey to explore exactly that. In conversation with Peter Tilley, the CEO of the Ottawa Mission, and Jeff Randle, Chief of the Housing Need Project section at Statistics Canada, we’re asking why homelessness (and homelessness data!) is more complex

Mapping Happiness: How Where We Live Impacts Our Well-Being

Jan 29 2025 14 mins  
It might not surprise you that your relationships with friends and family affect your well-being. Same with your health and your job. But what about the place where you live? Whether you live in the downtown core of a major city or a commuter town or a rural community, what impact does this have on your life satisfaction, loneliness and sense of belonging? StatCan’s Lauren Pinaul

Can Your Business Outsmart a Hacker?

Nov 28 2024 13 mins  
Over two thirds (70%) of Canadians experienced a cyber security incident in 2022. The strategies used by bad actors are getting more and more complex. Many of us are inundated with what feels like never-ending phishing emails, scam text messages and fraudulent phone calls. It’s rare to talk to someone who hasn’t experienced some form of a cyber attack. The situation is no diff

Is AI Coming For Your Job?

Oct 03 2024 27 mins  
AI is here and it’s here to stay. Apps like ChatGPT are now allowing us to perform complex tasks with the click of a button. As we begin to use these new versions of AI, our jobs are destined to change. So, what will an average day of work look like a decade from now? Which jobs will AI impact the most? And is AI coming to replace our jobs altogether? In this episode, we sat do

Why Economists Are Sounding the Alarm on Productivity

Jul 29 2024 8 mins  
Canada’s workforce is among the most educated in the world. But when it comes to worker productivity, we’ve seen a real slump over the past few years. The quarterly data published by StatCan in June 2024 confirms Canadian workers are continuing to underperform compared to our neighbours to the south. This comes as no surprise to this episode’s guest, Guy Gellatly, Chief Econo

It's Not Easy Bein' Green

Jun 06 2024 49 mins  
We can try our best, but its not always easy knowing what's best for the environment. The world is complicated, and it isn't as simple as reduce, reuse, recycle—though that's a great place to start!In the immortal words of Kermit the Frog, "It's not easy bein' green."We have two stories exploring that theme. The first is one we made in-house asking just how green our digital worl

Why Food Inflation Is Such a Hard Nut to Crack

May 08 2024 10 mins  
Are you feeling like it's a little bit harder to bring home the bacon... from the grocery store? The latest data indicate that food prices have mostly stabilized... but why does it feel like the cost of feeding your family is still going up?Today we're talking food inflation with StatCan's resident smart cookie Taylor Mitchell.

It's 8 pm...Do You Know What Your Kids Are Googling?

Apr 08 2024 10 mins  
StatCan released new analysis into the online culture our kids are growing up in, and it’s far from the best of all possible worlds: misinformation, bullying, violence… and worse.Analyst Rachel Tsitomeneas joins us to dive into the findings.

How Do You Say "Language Revitalization" in Cree?

Mar 19 2024 29 mins  
More than 70 distinct Indigenous languages are spoken by First Nations people, Métis and Inuit in Canada, but these languages are under threat. In this episode, we speak with Randy Morin and Belinda kakiyosēw Daniels, who share their knowledge of the Cree language with learners at the Nêhiyawak Language Experience, about the wisdom encoded in Indigenous languages, as well as the

When Out in the Pod There Arose Such a Clatter, We Turned Our Mics On to See What Was the Matter

Dec 21 2023 4 mins  
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the studioNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;The stockings were hung by the audio mixer with care,In hopes that a special guest soon would be there.