This week on Now and Next:

It's THE C.A.S.T. - our Comms and Strategy Team: Lindsay Broadhead, Bob Reid, and Anne Marie Aikins.

"Elbows Up!" isn't just a cute slogan, it's a posture Canadians are assuming on a number of levels knowing tough times are coming thanks to the stupid antics of the useful idiot and his White House minions.

Also, Olivia Chow rings the right bell banning US companies from doing business with the City of Toronto.

AND, Prime Minister Mark Carney chastises two women in the Parliamentary Press Gallery, telling one of them to "look into yourself". It was a disastrous exchange for the rookie PM on two levels - one, the reporters were asking legitimate questions about his financial assets and he refused to answer; two, "Look deep within yourself" said Hannibal Lecter to Clarice Starling!