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Canada first and Canada united - the message after a First Ministers' meeting in Ottawa with the country's premiers - with one exception. 

With Doug Ford sporting a new hat that said "Canada is not for sale" and Alberta's Danielle Smith the outlier in the group, there's a lot to break down.  

To do that, NewsRadio's Queen's Park reporter Richard Southern speaks to Parliament Hill reporter Cormac Mac Sweeney about the meeting, the wrap up news conference, what happened behind the scenes and what's next.  

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A financial fact check for you. 

U.S. President elect Donald Trump will be sworn in next week – with the threat of 25% tariffs on Canadian products looming. 

And he’s been using numbers to back up his decision. 

Host Kris McCusker speaks to one economist to set the record straight and fact check the numbers being thrown around. 

Guest: Jim Stanford with the Centre for Future Work in Vancouver, B.C.

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Less than a week to go before Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States. For the past month, Canadian political leaders have taken different tactics in responding to Trump’s threats and pleading Canada’s case for exemptions to any import tariffs.  

How are they doing?

Host David Smith speaks with Barry McLoughlin, an expert in crisis communications and leadership and President of TLC Transformational Leadership Consultants.

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Game on!  

The federal Liberal party has unveiled the rules of engagement for its leadership race.

What we know so far is that it costs A LOT to enter and there will be a new leader announced on March 9.  

Host Cormac Mac Sweeney is speaking with Greg MacEachern, Principal of KAN Strategies. 

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There are still more questions than answers after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation this week.

That includes legislation involving your finances.

Host Kris McCusker speaks to Jamie Golombek, Managing Director of Tax and Estate Planning with CIBC Private Wealth about how people should treat changes around capital gains and a proposed extension on charitable donations.

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Has the first week of January felt like A LOT? You're not alone. There are so many things going on in this economy right now that could impact you. Host Mike Eppel is here to break down all the headlines that have made up this very busy news week including the Canadian dollar, the threat of tariffs and takeover and Meta abandoning fact-checkers. 

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Unreal scenes out of L.A. as fires continue to burn, most with zero per cent containment.  Communities have been wiped out with thousands of structures burned including the homes of some high profile celebrities.  

Thousands have been driven from their homes - with no end in sight.  

On this episode of the Big Story, host Fil Martino speaks with Canadian and environmental journalist Aliya Jasmine who lives in Los Angeles, about the situation on the ground and what it's like living through an actual nightmare.  

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If a federal election were held today, nearly half of Canadians say they would vote for the Conservative Party of Canada.

Since 2022, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has grown the party’s support to record highs. But he remains a polarizing figure.

What’s behind the strategy that has the Conservatives riding high in the polls?

 Host David Smith speaks with Chris Day, the political communications expert and president of the public affairs firm Winston Wilmont. 

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It started with a social media post that some dismissed as a joke. Now, President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to use “economic force” to make Canada a U.S. state.

Is he serious? What’s going on here?

Host David Smith speaks with Professor Ian Lee from the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University about what this all says for the Canada-U.S. relationship under a second Trump presidency.

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It's the end of the Trudeau era - but the beginning of what's going to be a new chapter in Canadian politics.  There's a lot of uncertainty and a lot at stake.  So what's the next move for Canada's political parties and who will be the next Liberal leader?  

Host David Smith digs in to this with two of the best political minds in Ottawa who sit on both sides of the political spectrum. 

Guests: Susan Smith, principal of Blue Sky Strategy Group and Tim Powers, chair of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data.  

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