Today’s show cuts through the noise and hits the issues Ottawa would rather you ignored. USMCA renewal suddenly looks shaky, the border crisis is spilling over, and Tim Hortons’ push for more foreign temporary workers raises real questions. Freeland keeps the Ukraine money flowing while Canadians learn from the EU — not their own government — what joining SAFE will actually cost.

We break down the Liberals’ latest oil-sector meltdown, another media-buried scandal, soaring food prices, and Bell being forced to pay up over vaccine mandates. Champagne’s “help” for struggling Canadians works out to about eleven bucks, and the PM’s tangled web of connections gets harder to ignore. CBC keeps doing propaganda, Rustad’s clock is ticking, and even Eby is now admitting Trump isn’t the reason BC Forestry is collapsing.

Plus automakers cheer Trump for killing mandates, Besset takes on the New York Times, Starmer gets a warning, Putin gets warmth in India, and tech might just be our only real way out.