- So how's the Liberal leadership race going?
Tuesday, January 28th 2025
The Liberal leadership race lost a candidate over the weekend.
Ottawa MP Chandra Arya has been kicked out of the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader and as Prime Minister, however the party is keeping mum on the reasons for denying Arya a chance to be a candidate in this campaign.
Host Cormac Mac Sweeney examines the move with Greg MacEachern of KAN Strategies, as well as membership challenges for the party, the endorsement battle, the Trump effect, and the possibility the new leader launches an election shortly after they take the helm.
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- Listening to your gut: the truth behind the red dye no. 3 ban and beyond
Monday, January 27th 2025
It can be found in some of your favourite candies, baked goods and beverages: red dye no. 3.
The FDA has recently banned the synthetic dye from food (by 2027) and oral medication (by 2028) in the United States, but Health Canada says they won’t be following suit. So what’s the real danger behind this colour additive compared to others we ingest?
Host Melanie Ng takes a deep dive into the research with Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe, Professor and Canada Research Chair with the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Guelph.
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- What's going to happen with interest rates next week?
Sunday, January 26th 2025
If you weren't sure what was going to happen with interest rates with the new U.S. administration in place, you're not alone.
We're just days ahead from the first policy announcement from the Bank of Canada and it's to be interesting to see where it goes.
Host Mike Eppel speaks with Royce Mendes, Managing Director and head of Macrostrategy at Desjardins Capital Markets.
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- Weekend listen: What is Trump's AI agenda?
Saturday, January 25th 2025
Donald Trump wants to ‘Make America First in AI’. He has announced a $500 billion deal with Silicon Valley to accelerate AI development in America.
At stake in this technological arms race? Human rights, national security and the rules-based global world order.
What’s Trump’s agenda?
Host David Smith speaks with Don Lenihan, an expert on how digital technology shapes society and governments, about how artificial intelligence is poised to shape Trump’s second term.
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- An inside look at how the feds are dealing with the onslaught of American threats
Friday, January 24th 2025
It's only been 5 days since Donald Trump has been president, but you'd be right to feel like we've been through many news cycles since then and dozens of headlines.
The governing Liberals, while dealing with its own leadership race and pressures to dissolve Parliament, are working through the very real threats of the U.S. government about tariffs and becoming the 51st state.
To make sense of what the government is doing and feeling about week 1 of the new Trump era, host Cormac Mac Sweeney speaks with Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada, François-Philippe Champagne.
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