Last day to enter Liberal Leadership race, Canada Post talks with Ottawa over cash flow crunch, PM Trudeau and Premiers meet about internal trade.

January 23, 2025 00:43:42
Last day to enter Liberal Leadership race, Canada Post talks with Ottawa over cash flow crunch, PM Trudeau and Premiers meet about internal trade.
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Last day to enter Liberal Leadership race, Canada Post talks with Ottawa over cash flow crunch, PM Trudeau and Premiers meet about internal trade.

Jan 23 2025 | 00:43:42

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In today’s News Takeaway segment, Vijay Saini and Vasu Kumar discuss the last day to enter the Liberal Leadership race and the implications for the party’s future. They also cover Canada Post's ongoing discussions with Ottawa regarding its cash flow crunch and the potential solutions being explored. Additionally, they delve into PM Trudeau’s meeting with the Premiers to address internal trade challenges across Canada. Tune in for detailed insights on these pressing national topics!

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[00:00:02] Speaker A: And now News Takeaway. [00:00:15] Speaker B: Connect FM 91.5 News Takeaway segment. Good morning Vijay. [00:00:25] Speaker A: Good morning. Connect Nal Connect. Good morning. Social media apps Metro Vancouver city of Vancouver we consider Kariya City of New Westminster even Metro Vancouver regional district we consider Kitajaria Social media policy controversy inauguration Mark Zuckerberg So threads but it never took off. I'm assuming. [00:01:36] Speaker B: Precisely. [00:01:37] Speaker A: Same here. News takeaway evening segment mentioned. So I moved on to the next news. You have unread threads from Priyanka Chopra from cnn. Take the whole news out. And I was like we are. You have unread threads from cnn, Hindustan Times, the Hindu and more so news outlets. But I also felt very special. [00:03:15] Speaker B: Which means Liberal Party the leader. [00:03:44] Speaker A: So they have to be from three different provinces or territories. [00:03:47] Speaker B: Right? That's what I meant to say. Documents deposited. [00:04:38] Speaker A: So yeah. And many others are expected to do so. Vijay Kareena Gold most likely Caucus meeting campaign event leadership Campaign leadership campaign promises. So the assumption would be. [00:05:11] Speaker B: Exactly between Today and the 30th Liberal Party up to 10 days to verify application. Is that in good order or not? [00:06:05] Speaker A: Yeah. And. [00:06:10] Speaker B: MP from Brampton. [00:06:12] Speaker A: Yeah. She's also entered the race nomination packages party later someday. [00:06:37] Speaker B: So JD is Liberal leadership race as a supporter party. The member Banna Paika. That's the deadline to register to vote. The Liberal Party endorsements. Liberal caucus endorsements. And that is Mark Carney. [00:07:47] Speaker A: Blockbuster endorsements. Industry minister Francois Philippe Champagne employment minister Stephen McKinnon labor minister. [00:08:04] Speaker B: That would happen over the weekend. [00:08:06] Speaker A: So France of leave Champagne most likely over the weekend. Throughout this campaign, Liberal Party needed a chief fundraiser name Stephen Bronfman fundraiser. That would be a conflict of interest. [00:08:58] Speaker B: The chief fundraiser. But like you mentioned Liberal Party the internal election Philippe Champagne most likely weakened Stephen McKinnon. [00:10:07] Speaker A: Even Mark Carney. So it's just beginning right now. So. So that's a big bump up for him. [00:11:36] Speaker B: Okay. They might just pull out of the race. Liberal leadership race leadership raised the entry fee. So if the bar has been set high. [00:12:46] Speaker A: Who feel very passionately about politics. Correct. It doesn't work like that. [00:13:00] Speaker B: It doesn't work like that. Supreme Court of Canada Secularism Law Court challenger. Oh, Canada the Supreme Court secularism medical field. Right. [00:13:51] Speaker A: Yeah. Notwithstanding clause Lagu Karke Notwithstanding clause requirement. It has to be renewed after every five years. French language English school boards. English school boards. In fact, Quebec the Superior Court. Quebec the Superior Court Linguistic rights the Bill 21 Court of Appeal English language school boards Supreme Court leave to appeal The Supreme Court decide Karnasi to be or not to be challenged the Sunwai Kiti Jagi Supreme Court of Canada within the last hour he updated explanation Correct So this is it so details. [00:15:25] Speaker B: Crown Corporation they have to be self financing Canada Post Corporation Act. [00:16:09] Speaker A: Yeah so Vijay labor dispute Union workers Industrial Inquiry Commission public submission public filing documents pension contributions so they were trying to streamline operations per union rescue package Finance Minister. [00:18:31] Speaker B: Prana contract as such resolved Dartmouth candidate Indigenous. [00:19:32] Speaker A: And also political career. [00:20:05] Speaker B: Get in the good books. [00:20:21] Speaker A: I scratch your back, you. [00:20:22] Speaker B: Scratch mine Countrywide popularity. [00:21:22] Speaker A: Endorsements Correct? [00:21:24] Speaker B: Exactly Grand Chief President of the BC Union of Indian Chief BC Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stuart Philip Northern Gateway Pipeline which effectively Grand Chief Stuart Philip he was one of those individuals Northern Gateway Pipeline. [00:22:40] Speaker A: So Kal statement Union of BC Indian Chiefs Clarification Grand Chief Steward Philip I do not support resuscitating dead projects Dead projects so such as the failed Northern Gateway pipeline which have which would have been an absolute disaster for our lands and waters. I sincerely apologize for any confusion on this point I'm very proud of that it was an absolute honor and privilege statement the Union of BC Indian Chiefs has a long history of resolutions from Chief's Council opposing large scale adjective destructive resource projects including Enbridge Northern Gateway remote pipelines this mandate has not changed so proper yeah exactly. [00:24:12] Speaker B: Pipeline many many years ago oh meeting the person Pipeline within a matter of 12 hours or 20 less than 24 hours Canadian campaign Free Trade Agreement Canadian Subhana within Canada Even movement of labor yeah so. [00:27:18] Speaker A: Estimates interprovincial trade barriers. [00:27:30] Speaker B: Donald Trump estimates trade within the provinces Total Canadian GDP so movement of goods not just goods and services Healthcare professional especially eastern provinces long haul trip across the country. [00:29:03] Speaker A: Protect Karnachanda they are protecting their own wine sector Correct So protectionism Varna policies Interprovincial trade hurdles barriers. [00:30:14] Speaker B: Energy east pipeline Liberal Provincial Liberals Progressive Conservative Energy east pipeline Equalization payments. [00:30:47] Speaker A: Protectionist. [00:31:15] Speaker B: Important Liberal Party Federal There is a very strong possibility Federal election Liberal Party leader Example J Mark Justin Trudeau Hogan Federal Liberals Ontario Federal Liberals Doug Ford Vaste Federal election leadership lack of leadership Canada is not for sale and all. [00:32:13] Speaker A: Council of the Federation the chairmanship Premier exploit this is how it's done so known as Kayabaki Premiers political profile. [00:32:27] Speaker B: Correct. [00:32:32] Speaker A: Strong mandates Strong mandates. [00:32:43] Speaker B: He'S got about 64% of the seats in the. [00:32:46] Speaker A: Provincial Parliament in the Provincial Parliament for that matter Sadi BC NDP early election Federal we call we need a strong mandate to deal with COVID 19 Recovery. [00:33:40] Speaker B: Ontario the Liberal Party the leader Bonnie Crombie multiple reasons by all indications there is a very strong likelihood campaign announced by end of February Federal Liberal Party the leader announced Ontario quickly coming back to this meeting yesterday Daniel Smith retaliation Nakaro diplomatically Apache press conference Lalo. [00:35:20] Speaker A: Daniel Smith publicly joint declaration yes. So virtually Press conference Press conference. If you are going to put a tariff on oil and potash, then Saskatchewan will have a problem with that provincial product dollar for dollar dollar matching tariffs. [00:36:50] Speaker B: I believe it was. It seems like it. Preemptive pardon. It's funny. [00:38:34] Speaker A: Mic drop. Oh, man. Thank you. [00:38:57] Speaker B: Immigration department immigration numbers 2025, 2026-2027. For example, last year revised immigration levels plan Basuji Canada territories not difficult to guess. [00:40:05] Speaker A: None of it. [00:40:06] Speaker B: None of it. None of it. [00:40:07] Speaker A: None of it. [00:40:21] Speaker B: Much needed professions regulatory organizations. [00:40:55] Speaker A: We should also discuss the curious case of Christia Freeland. Capital gains tax inclusion rate Environment Ministry for capital gains tax the inclusion rate Finance Minister Child Care $10 a day campaign launch Correct. Capital gains tax inclusion rate Finance ministers leadership race. [00:42:49] Speaker B: Inclusion rates. [00:43:03] Speaker A: The Liberal Conservatives or the Conservative Liberals. Thank you. [00:43:23] Speaker B: Threads, threads, threads, threads, threads. [00:43:32] Speaker A: Oh, man. The Canadian fiber. [00:43:41] Speaker B: Thank you very much.

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