Friday Focus: Trump’s tariff plan and Canada’s soaring debt
Friday Focus: Trump’s tariff plan and Canada’s soaring debt
Rudyard and Janice begin this week’s Friday Focus by reflecting on Justin Trudeau’s relationship with the Trump administration. Why would he make public statements that provoke ire from our southern neighbours? And how should Trudeau respond to Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on Canadian goods? In the second half of the show, Rudyard and Janice talk about the grim financial outlook for Canada. With a ballooning debt, how is the government going to be able to provide important services to Canadians? And how will government spending and employment growth coming primarily from the public sector handicap Canada’s efforts to grow the economy? If the country does not change course soon we could find ourselves in a financial crisis of historical magnitude.
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