After years of speculation about their marital status, Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Grégoire today announced their separation after 18 years of marriage, asking for privacy to protect their children. Should Canadians care? True North’s Andrew Lawton weighs in.

Also, after years of campaigning on housing-related policies, Trudeau now says housing isn’t really a federal responsibility so, in other words, it’s not his problem. True North’s Andrew Lawton says this is a convenient way out of having to deal with one of Canada’s most pressing crises. Conservative MP and housing critic Scott Aitchison joins the show to weigh in.

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