CBC News: The House49:26Is Freeland doing enough for struggling Canadians?
The House hears from a Canadian struggling to maintain up with rising prices, earlier than Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland particulars the federal government’s plan for the financial system. Extremism knowledgeable Barbara Perry discusses what she noticed this week on the Emergencies Act inquiry. Plus — the CBC’s Jennifer Chevalier takes an in-depth have a look at the talk over the however clause, and two specialists analyze the potential results of recent immigration targets.
Freeland defends her authorities’s financial outlook
For years, the Liberal authorities has centered a lot of its consideration on Canada’s center class “and people working arduous to hitch it.” It’s these households, not simply lower-income Canadians, who are actually feeling the pinch of excessive inflation, Melody Horton of Chester, Nova Scotia tells host Catherine Cullen.
Then, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland discusses whether or not her authorities has struck the appropriate steadiness between assist for Canadians and spending restraint.
CBC News: The House15:16Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland defends her authorities’s financial outlook
Nova Scotia resident Melody Horton describes promoting her home because of rising prices, then Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland explains her authorities’s strategy to the financial system and the autumn financial assertion.
Canada’s contentious however clause
Ontario Premier Doug Ford handed back-to-work laws this week to attempt to cease a strike by schooling employees — and used the however clause to forestall a court docket problem. There are actually calls for the federal authorities to do one thing concerning the contentious clause.
CBC’s Jennifer Chevalier explores the long-running debate with constitutional specialists and former provincial cupboard ministers, together with Benoît Pelletier, Wally Oppal, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Carissima Mathen and Geoff Sigalet.
CBC News: The House10:33Canada’s contentious however clause
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s use of the however clause is elevating questions on whether or not it may very well be repealed. CBC’s Jennifer Chevalier explores why Section 33 was launched and the debates it has prompted since.
The Emergencies Act inquiry hears from protest leaders
The leaders behind the occupation of downtown Ottawa testified on the Emergencies Act inquiry this week, revealing new particulars concerning the goals of the motion’s organizers and the divisions amongst them.
Barbara Perry, a professor who research right-wing actions and extremism in Canada at Ontario Tech University, tells host Catherine Cullen what was realized concerning the self-described “Freedom Convoy” from this week’s testimony.
CBC News: The House10:30The Emergencies Act inquiry hears from protest leaders
Barbara Perry, an knowledgeable on far-right extremism, explains what this week’s testimony by leaders of the “Freedom Convoy” tells us about their motion.
Will half one million immigrants ease Canada’s labour woes?
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser introduced this week that Canada desires to settle 500,000 new everlasting residents per 12 months by 2025. The authorities argues extra newcomers are wanted to fill labour gaps. With hundreds of thousands of immigration purposes already backlogged and housing costs nonetheless hovering in areas throughout the nation, is it the appropriate transfer?
Mikal Skuterud, professor of economics on the University of Waterloo, and Michael Haan, affiliate professor of sociology at Western University, focus on the benchmarks for success in Canada’s immigration insurance policies.
CBC News: The House9:38Will half one million immigrants ease Canada’s labour woes?
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has introduced a document new goal for immigration. Experts Mikal Skuterud and Michael Haan focus on the measures of success for Canada’s immigration insurance policies.