The Decibel

Canada's second essential daily, and the one to pick if policy and money interest you most. The Globe and Mail's show runs Monday to Friday with host Menaka Raman-Wilms, and its motto, context is everything, is a fair promise: each episode takes one story and walks through it with a reporter or expert. Recent weeks covered the 2026 federal budget, a $30-billion plan to end homelessness and why Canada's new instant payment system is really about sovereignty. When it does discuss the US, it asks what American decisions mean for Canadians, which is exactly the outside view this list is for.