Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced billions of dollars in funding and a new Buy Canadian policy to help Canadians fight back against the U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Does that mean we’re in it for the long haul with this trade war? Industry Minister Mélanie Joly joins The House to answer that question and more about whether Canada is straying away from international free trade.Then, as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre demands the federal government axe the temporary foreign worker program, Catherine Cullen speaks to industry leaders and an immigration lawyer about the impact this proposal could have.Plus, the Public Health Agency of Canada is shaving roughly 10 per cent of its employees as it continues to shrink in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Globe and Mail health columnist André Picard explains what those cuts will mean for Canada’s ability to counter vaccine misinformation as skepticism rises in Canada and the United States.Finally, some of Canada’s NATO allies have been preparing their citizens for war or natural disasters for decades. Alex Wilner, director of Carleton University’s Infrastructure Protection and International Security program and Eva Cohen of Civil Protection Youth Canada join the show to discuss whether Canada too should ask ordinary citizens to be ready to help in the event of everything from weather-related emergencies to terror attacks.This episode features the voices of:<ul><li>Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry</li><li>Kelly Higginson, CEO of Restaurants Canada</li><li>Gabriel Miller, CEO of Universities Canada</li><li>Mark Holthe, immigration lawyer</li><li>André Picard, health columnist for the Globe and Mail</li><li>Alex Wilner, director of Carleton University’s Infrastructure Protection and National Security program</li><li>Eva Cohen, Founder of Civil Protection Youth Canada</li></ul>

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