Episode Details

Health issues for NDP MLAs and MPs. Polling suggests the GST holiday lands with a thud. Foreign interference in the Conservative Party. Trudeau meets with Trump and looks at further immigration and gun control reforms.

Links

• Children and Family Development Minister Grace Lore steps down to undergo cancer treatment | CBC News
• NDP MP Randall Garrison to step down due to health reasons - The Globe and Mail  
• Canadian Politics: December 2024 - Leger
• Agents of Indian government interfered in Patrick Brown's Conservative leadership campaign: sources | CBC News
• Patrick Brown says Indian diplomat made an 'angry' call to his Conservative campaign chair | CBC News
• So how did Trudeau and Trump's dinner meeting go? Here's what we know | CBC News
• Canada promised helicopters, more border security in a bid to get Trump to walk back tariff plan - The Globe and Mail
• Poilievre calls for asylum seeker cap, border plan as U.S. tariff threat looms
• Provinces support defense spending call
• Ottawa plans clamp down on foreign jobs-for-sale scam, and asylum reforms - The Globe and Mail
• Immigration minister says private refugee sponsorship pause an ‘unfortunate reality’ - The Globe and Mail
• Canada pulls refugee welcome mat, launches ads warning asylum claims hard | Reuters
• Liberal government adds hundreds of firearm models to list of banned weapons | CBC News
• Trudeau government adds hundreds more assault-style weapons to its gun ban