Afleveringen
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Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he’s convinced Canada will prevail against Trump’s sweeping tariffs, but admits things could get rough in the meantime. He explains what the federal government is doing to win this fight and support Canadians, an effort that global trade expert Carlo Dade calls a “really difficult balancing act.”
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Are Canada’s political and business leaders united in the face of U.S. tariffs? The Globe and Mail's Stephanie Levitz and the Toronto Star’s Ryan Tumilty take a good look at Team Canada.
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Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens explains how closely his city is linked to Detroit, its U.S. neighbour across the river — and why he thinks nobody wins in a trade war between the two countries.
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Estonia has digitized all government services, from voting to paying taxes and even getting divorced. We look at what it would take to bring that online efficiency to Canada.
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Listeners had a big response to our conversations on alcohol and grey-area drinking, and helping a loved one drink less. We read some of your letters, and call up a listener who says it’s been scary to take those first steps into sobriety.
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Jula inherited 10,000 vinyl records from her dad when he died. Now, she’s listening through them to make sense of her grief — and sharing that connection to her father with millions of people on her social media account @soundwavesoffwax.
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Vandals are targeting speed cameras across Canada — cutting them down, throwing them in duck ponds, or even shooting at them. As Alberta now moves to scrap the cameras on many highways, we look at the fight over photo radar and whether it actually makes streets safer.
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U.S. President Donald Trump wants to tap into Canada’s water, saying there’s a “very large faucet” that can be turned on to drain water from north to south and help with American shortages. We look at the question of water sovereignty — and whether Canada is ready to protect its resources.
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Economist Oren Cass has been pushing for a new economic strategy in Washington, and supports the sweeping tariffs that could be imposed on Canada this weekend. He says those tariffs will hurt in the short term, but thinks they’re ultimately necessary to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. — and rebuild the U.S. trade relationship with the rest of the world.
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Montreal is removing fluoride from drinking water, while Calgary is putting it back after a pause of more than a decade. We look at what the science says — and the direct influence of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who got into heated exchanges at his confirmation hearing to become U.S. health secretary on Wednesday.
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American billionaire Frank McCourt wants to buy TikTok in the U.S., with a plan that would rewire the app’s addictive qualities and give users more control over their experience and data. We look at the bid — and the case for building a new and improved internet.
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Justice Marie-Josée Hogue found no evidence of traitors in parliament, but her final report on foreign interference highlights several other threats to Canada’s democracy. We unpack the vulnerabilities she's identified, from disinformation on social media to party leaders who have so far refused to get security clearance.
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Marie-Philippe Bouchard has taken over as CBC/Radio-Canada’s new president and CEO at a time when Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and others are calling for the public broadcaster to be defunded. She talks to Matt Galloway about proving to Canadians that the CBC is a vital part of their communities, and making sure she’s not the president who turns the lights out as she leaves.
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Hundreds of undocumented migrants were arrested in ICE workplace raids in Mississippi in 2019, resulting in deportations that split families apart. In his documentary Practically Mexico Now, the CBC’s John Chipman went there to meet people still living with the fallout, amid fresh fears over U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of mass deportations.
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DeepSeek, an AI chatbot from China, rattled the stock market this week when its sudden rise caught the tech industry off guard. Tech reporter Rashi Shrivastava explains what makes it different — and why she’s been hesitant to test it out herself.
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Doctors struggling to care for all of their patients in Alberta have been advised to drop the healthy ones, to make sure they have time for those with the greatest health needs. The new guidelines are drafted with safety in mind, but critics and frustrated patients say it’s a sad indicator of how stretched the country’s health care system has become.
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Joe Schwarcz has made it his life's work to debunk misinformation and snake oil salespeople in the scientific world. Now, the director of the McGill Office for Science and Society has been named to the Order of Canada.
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Hereditary chief Bill Wilson, who helped to reshape Indigenous rights in Canada, has died. Matt Galloway discusses his legacy with his daughters, Kory Wilson, chair of the B.C. First Nations Justice Council; and Jody Wilson-Raybould, the former federal minister of justice.
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In the Oscar-nominated movie The Substance, Demi Moore plays an aging star who takes a black market drug to unlock a younger version of self. We look at why the movie has struck a chord in a society that still sees age, particularly for women, as a liability.
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