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Maybe you can't win a trade war, but you can fight anyway
Rahim Maloo, the managing director of Conquest Steel, shares why he's staying put in Canada despite losing American clients amid steel and aluminum tariffs. Then, economist Jeff Rubin weighs in on the Premier's diplomatic efforts with Washington.
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Five years since the global pandemic, are we ready for the next health crisis?
Dr. Fahad Razak, the former Scientific Director of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, discusses what has changed, and what hasn't, since the WHO declared COVID a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Plus, there's a lot of talk about taxing energy, but how would it actually work? Tom Timmins leads the energy practice for Gowling WLG.
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Nature is healing, and it looks like a giant ball of slime in the Don River
Rick Portiss from the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority explains why the discovery of a 'jelly blob' in the Don River has scientists excited. Plus, Pascal Cohen from the Buffalo Niagara International Airport weighs in on whether Canadians will still be coming through.
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How to have a (trade)wartime effort
Armine Yalnizyan is an economist and the Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers. She has some advice for how the country can move forward in a trade war. Plus, what's going to be more expensive immediately? The Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers' Gary Sands talks about what to look out for.
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Oshawa, Oakville and beyond -- Trump's tariffs could shut down the entire auto industry
With the tariffs taking effect, we hear from workers at General Motors' Oshawa assembly plant, Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association's Flavio Volpe, Ontario Trucking Association's Stephen Laskowski and federal Transport and Internal Trade Minister Anita Anand.
Tap into the stories that the GTA is talking about. Hosted by David Common. If you listen to one Toronto podcast, make it this one. From the team that brings you CBC Radio’s Metro Morning.