Frank McKenna, Deputy Chair at TD Securities and former Premier of New Brunswick and Canadian Ambassador to the United States, discusses geopolitical issues of the day in this monthly series hosted by Peter Haynes, Managing Director at TD Securities.
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Frank McKenna, Deputy Chair at TD Securities and former Premier of New Brunswick and Canadian Ambassador to the United States, discusses geopolitical issues of the day in this monthly series hosted by Peter Haynes, Managing Director at TD Securities.
For relevant disclosures, visit https://www.tdsecurities.com/ca/en/geopolitics-podcast-public
Trade Update and Canada's Budget – Rona and Frank Debate
Geopolitics with Frank McKenna
55 minutes 49 seconds
2 weeks ago
Trade Update and Canada's Budget – Rona and Frank Debate
Episode 70 of Geopolitics is a bonus episode taken from a panel at our recent Portfolio Management and Market Structure Conference. Frank McKenna is joined by his TD colleague The Honorable Rona Ambrose, Deputy Chairwoman, TD Securities, and former leader of the Conservative Party in Canada, for a discussion that includes the on again off again trade negotiations between Canada and the US and a review of last week's budget in Canada. While Frank admits the budget was likely over-hyped and a disappointment, Rona takes direct aim at the fact the incumbent government clearly stated that younger generations will need to suffer and made no attempts to appease the interest of the other parties in parliament with its budget decisions. Frank admits he still does not know what Trump's end goal in trade negotiations with Canada is but believes the end deal between the two countries is likely to be much narrower than anticipated originally.
This podcast was recorded on November 6, 2025
Chapter Times:
02:09 - Trump's Real Motivation for Suspending Trade Negotiations
20:33 - The View Inside the Republican Party on Trade
23:09 - Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Trump's Use of IEEPA
28:14 - Signals from Off Cycle US Elections
34:54 - Gerrymandering
41:07 - First Take on Canada's Budget
Geopolitics with Frank McKenna
Frank McKenna, Deputy Chair at TD Securities and former Premier of New Brunswick and Canadian Ambassador to the United States, discusses geopolitical issues of the day in this monthly series hosted by Peter Haynes, Managing Director at TD Securities.
For relevant disclosures, visit https://www.tdsecurities.com/ca/en/geopolitics-podcast-public
