Friday Focus: A crisis in Ottawa – Canada as the 51st state?
Friday Focus: A crisis in Ottawa – Canada as the 51st state?
Rudyard and Janice open this week’s Friday Focus with the surprising events out of Ottawa this week: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigning in a blistering rebuke of the Prime Minister just hours before she was due to present the fall economic statement. What is next for the embattled Justin Trudeau? And what happens if the country is forced to wait through months of a liberal leadership race without a functioning government to face the existential challenges from the incoming Trump administration? In the second half of the show, Rudyard and Janice talk about Trump’s joke that Canada should become America’s 51st state. Should Canadians take Trump’s joke as a serious threat? Is this the beginning of a sinister plan to bring Canada into the US?
You may also like
January 29, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: ICE wants to spread terror and Canada is at the centre of a geopolitical crisis
January 20, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump faces off with NATO allies over Greenland
February 4, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Alberta’s separatist movement gets support from Washington and Canada needs a new security agenda
March 31, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump’s mixed messages on Iran and the NDP elects a new leader
April 9, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: the end of Pax Americana and the Liberals are within one seat of a majority government
March 25, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: at this point, what is Iran’s incentive to negotiate?
March 3, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump strikes Iran without a strategy
February 24, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump shakes his fist at the court and will AI take everyone’s jobs?
April 21, 2026
– Watch
Gene Editing Debate
April 14, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority
February 10, 2026