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LeBlanc returns to D.C. for 'lengthy' meeting with top official

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc's office says he had a 'constructive' and 'lengthy' meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday, with one Canadian source telling CBC that the meeting was supposed to last an hour but stretched to 90 minutes. Nathan Co ... Show More

45m 18s

Aug 25

Carney opens the door to sending Canadian troops to Ukraine

While meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada would possibly send Canadian troops to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire. Power & Politics asks the Polish Ambassador to Canada Witold Dzielski why his country is not prepared to make t ... Show More

49m 39s

Aug 22

Carney ends most counter-tariffs as Trump trade talks continue

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will remove all tariffs on CUSMA-compliant U.S. goods by Sept. 1. Carney's Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada still has 'lots of cards'. Plus, the Political Pulse panel weighs in, with the help of a special guest.

49m 18s

Apr 2023

What’s at stake in the federal workers’ strike?

Picket lines have been set up at major government buildings and ministers' offices across the country as more than a hundred thousand public servants go on strike. After nearly two years of bargaining without a contract, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) says Ottawa ha ... Show More

19m 53s

Nov 2021

Labour Minister Monte McNaughton discusses Ontario’s new labour legislation

Guest: Monte McNaughton, Ontario Labour Minister The last two years of this pandemic hit everyone differently. It is undeniable that its impacts were not equitable and those with precarious jobs — including frontline essential workers — paid the most disproportionate price. Now t ... Show More

19m 51s

Oct 2023

Can Alberta take half Canada’s pension fund?

A report commissioned by Alberta’s UCP government says if it left the Canada Pension Plan, the province is entitled to take over half the plan’s hundreds of billions worth of assets with it. Why have analysts ridiculed the estimate? Why is the UCP spending millions on a push to l ... Show More

23m 22s

Apr 2023

Bank of Canada Calls For Very Soft Landing

The Bank of Canada kept interest rates on hold while raising GDP growth forecasts. Meanwhile, land loans to developers have completely evaporated, sowing the seeds for a supply crunch years down the road. CPI in the US eases but core inflation is proving to be sticky. Warren Buff ... Show More

1h 1m

Jul 2023

Jobs report: labour market softens, but not yet weak

Canada’s unemployment rate rose in June, despite a significant increase in the number of jobs. What impact will this mixed data have on the Bank of Canada as it gives its latest decision on interest rates? This episode, Chief Economist Eric Lascelles discusses what’s new in Canad ... Show More

30m 22s

Aug 2023

Why is Alberta pausing new renewable energy projects?

It’s been a busy month in Alberta energy politics. In early August, the provincial government caught many by surprise with a six-month pause on any new solar and wind projects that would produce more than one megawatt of power. Since then, Premier Danielle Smith has doubled down ... Show More

20m 19s

Jul 2023

A major shakeup in Ottawa, but why?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet is almost entirely different than it was just two days ago. In Wednesday’s shuffle, all but eight of Trudeau’s 38 ministers stepped into new files. Some ministers were forced out after controversial missteps. Other star MPs got bigger econo ... Show More

23m 26s

Sep 2021

Justin Trudeau: The rise and (possible) fall of Canada's PM

Last month Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau called a snap election, hoping to capitalise on support for his pandemic response. With the election just days away, and polls showing a neck and neck race, could the move become one of Canada's biggest political miscalculations?T ... Show More

30m 16s

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