Today’s podcast:
4.9 million visitor visas to Canada will have expired between September of this year and December of 2025. Canada's immigration minister expects "the vast majority will leave voluntarily. Does experience demonstrate this is wishful/pipedream thinking by the minister? - Following his testimony at the parliamentary committee on this issue Miller was faced in the hallway by representatives of migrant worker groups insisting they would not be leaving Canada.
Guest: Jason Kenney, former federal Minister for Immigration in Stephen Harper's Conservative Party federal government and former Premier of Alberta
The Canadian Federation of Business released information that 4% of its small and medium-sized business members nationally support the federal government's GST/HST holiday between December 14 and February 15. - The Canada Post strike continues. The impact on small businesses nationally is negative and businesses, and backbones of communities across Canada are being hurt. - What kind of 2024 has this been for small business owners nationwide?
Guest: Dan Kelly, President/CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Australia is banning the use of social media for young people under the age of 16. That's the law. There is instant nodding in agreement, as well as instant shaking of the head in fundamental disagreement. Which side are you on? - Who should be deciding whether kids and and what age should be using social media? Kids themselves? Parents? Companies providing apps? Government? - France passed legislation declaring any child under 15 must obtain permission from a parent or guardian to engage on social media. France is attempting to persuade all E.U. Nations to follow its lead.
Guest: David Fraser, One of Canada's foremost privacy lawyers, international internet law expert and founder of the Canadian Privacy Law Blog
Justin Trudeau assembled Canada's premiers for a virtual 'Team Canada' meeting to address the expectations and challenges directed toward Canada by the incoming Donald Trump administration in the United States. How did that go? Did Trudeau persuade the premiers and particularly our guest who has been at war with Trudeau and his environment minister Steven Guilbeault for some time now?
Guest: Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan
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Podcast Producer - Jonathan Chung
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