The federal government hopes it will put Canada on track to meeting its climate targets. Some provinces say it’s needlessly harmful. The House digs into Canada’s new proposed oil and gas emissions cap to find out what government, environmentalists and industry have to say.

Then, we’ll analyze the Poilievre housing video that has re-energized the national conversation around housing — two experts on political communication will weigh in.

And finally, the author of two books on the toxic drug crisis in the United States will join the program to talk about what’s going on south of the border, and what Canada can learn from the U.S.

This episode features interviews with:

- Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of energy and natural resources

- Dale Beugin, executive vice president, Canadian Climate Institute

- Tristan Goodman, president and CEO of the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada

- Dave Sommer, vice president, Enterprise Canada

- Melanie Paradis, president, Texture Communications

- Beth Macy, author, Dopesick and Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice and the Future of America’s Overdose Crisis