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Carney fires back at Trump’s trade demands

4/24/202624 min

Ottawa responds to the Trump administration demands for trade concessions, including lifting the U.S. liquor ban. Mark Carney and Pierre Poilivre release dueling social media videos. And the Liberals move to control House committees with their newly-secured majority. Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.

Clips

Calling out committee overreach
Authoritarian streak allegation
Are talks even happening?
Case for running down clock
Toy soldier misfire
Substantive rebuttal praise

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Chantal Hébert· Panelist0:29

    [upbeat music] This is a CBC podcast.

  3. Rosemary Barton· Host0:33

    [upbeat music] Hey, I'm Rosemary Barton. This week on At Issue, the podcast edition for Thursday, April 23rd.

  4. Andrew Coyne· Panelist0:42

    The only talks that Mark Carney is doing are YouTube videos.

  5. Althia Raj· Panelist0:45

    We have a variety of issues that we think are not consistent with USMCA right now, and we'd like the Canadians to comply with those things right now.

  6. Speaker 5· Soundbite0:53

    We're not sitting here taking notes, okay? And, uh, taking instruction, uh, from, from the United States. Look, you know what's an irritant?

  7. Rosemary Barton· Host1:00

    Yeah.

  8. Speaker 5· Soundbite1:01

    50% tariff on steel, 50% tariff on aluminum.

  9. Rosemary Barton· Host1:06

    This week we're asking, where do things stand with trade negotiations with the US? Plus, the prime minister and Pierre Poilievre head online to speak directly to Canadians. So what's to be made of the state of these tensions between Canada and the US on trade, and how will a new, uh, Canada council on the United States and a new ambassador help Canada's response? I'm Rosemary Barton. Here to break it all down tonight, Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne, Althia Raj. I mean, we haven't talked

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