Trudeau shuffles cabinet, Jagmeet Singh releases letter calling for Trudeau to resign, US Government on the verge of shutdown.

December 20, 2024 00:32:45
Trudeau shuffles cabinet, Jagmeet Singh releases letter calling for Trudeau to resign, US Government on the verge of shutdown.
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Trudeau shuffles cabinet, Jagmeet Singh releases letter calling for Trudeau to resign, US Government on the verge of shutdown.

Dec 20 2024 | 00:32:45

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In this episode of the News Takeaway, Vijay Saini and Vasu Kumar delve into major political developments. The discussion covers Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle, Jagmeet Singh’s public letter urging Trudeau to step down, and the looming crisis as the U.S. government faces a potential shutdown. Tune in for expert insights and detailed analysis of these impactful events shaping Canada and the U.S.

 

 

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[00:00:01] Speaker A: And now News Takeaway. [00:00:14] Speaker B: Connect FM 91.5 News Takeaway segment. Good morning, Vijay. [00:00:21] Speaker A: Good morning. Connect Null Connect. [00:00:31] Speaker B: Holiday season travel. [00:00:37] Speaker A: One of the busiest. [00:00:42] Speaker B: Of course. Busy ferries, of course. Gina Nuke is cabinet shuffle. They which include Kitaga Jina Devicho, Artback Ventures, Nepal. I think UK discussion. Good call. Very nice. [00:02:11] Speaker A: Important portfolio, public safety. Dominic LeBlanc, Finance Minister, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister of Pelnaisi Public Safety. Important portfolio. [00:02:30] Speaker B: See Correct. [00:02:33] Speaker A: Public safety portfolio. Finance, the Intergovernmental Affairs. So Saval Ferrisi, Public Safety Minister Khan Banega. So Ottawa to MPNA David McEntee, senior MP. So backbench. [00:03:23] Speaker B: Mantrala Natural transition already Public safety. [00:03:34] Speaker A: So Dominic LeBlanc replaced Karangay David McGinty as Public Safety Minister. Housing Minister Sean Fraser. So Toronto to MP Nate Erskine Smith. [00:04:03] Speaker B: So Ontario, the Liberal Party the leader Liberal Party leadership closely contested race Cabinet Mantrij. So gender balance. [00:05:05] Speaker A: So yeah, so gender balance. Six women, six men. No. So Carla Callthro has been shuffled out. [00:05:26] Speaker B: She has been shuffled out. [00:05:27] Speaker A: Employment Minister. So Karla Kaltro, Employment Minister. [00:05:38] Speaker B: Right, right, right. [00:05:39] Speaker A: So sport has been given to Manitoba. Terry De Carla Qualtro portfolio. [00:06:09] Speaker B: Quebec, the Liberal Party. [00:06:18] Speaker A: Internal trade. [00:06:19] Speaker B: Right. But Intergovernmental affairs Minister again Dominic LeBlanc. [00:06:39] Speaker A: So transport plus internal trade. Stephen McKinnon, Labor Minister, Employment, Workforce Development. [00:06:55] Speaker B: Because of the controversies. [00:06:58] Speaker A: Treasury Board the President. Treasury Board the president. Now let's come to the lesser portfolio, if you may call them that. [00:07:12] Speaker B: So Vasuji nobody. Veterans Affairs Minister. The Associate Minister of Defense, Newfoundland and Labrador Joanne Thompson, Minister of Seniors Minister responsible for Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. [00:07:40] Speaker A: Democratic Institutions. Democratic institutions. Democratic institutions. So official languages. The Associate Minister for Public Safety, Quebec MP Rachel Bendayan. Elizabeth Brer in National Revenue, the minister. [00:08:10] Speaker B: So cra. [00:08:18] Speaker A: So April's Economic Development Minister. Null sport. Joanne Thompson, Newfoundland Laborator of Seniors. So yeah, so a balance. Gender balanced. Six men, six women. They Cabinet meeting, Vasadigaya. [00:08:47] Speaker B: Yes, of course. Public appearance, Cabinet swearing in ceremony, Public engagement. Which net Namiya Koina is hafte Minister which could Liberal Party Senior insiders. Dominic LeBlanc. [00:10:36] Speaker A: Katie Telford. Katie Telford, one of the chief of staff. Vested interest. So Katie Telford, phone calls. [00:11:20] Speaker B: This is a pretty major shuffle. [00:11:24] Speaker A: More like musical chair. [00:11:25] Speaker B: It's more like musical. [00:11:32] Speaker A: Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Portfolio Public Safety Ministry. [00:11:46] Speaker B: Yes. [00:13:09] Speaker A: So that doesn't make any sense. It's not the optimum utilization of the. [00:13:13] Speaker B: Resource or the resource. And especially well thought out change. JKO Honavi, Meth case Finance Mantrala. Dominic Leblanc Champagne Minister Finance Ministry Dominic LeBlanc Dominic LeBlanc Justin Trudeau Their father Pierre Elliot Trudeau the cabinet Dominic LeBlanc Justin Trudeau especially Covid Dominic LeBlanc we will be missing Christia and all Dominic LeBlanc Dominic LeBlanc short for Dominic. You still do domestic cabinet shuffle within the party this is his way to a Kohar attempt okay Grip on power. [00:15:35] Speaker A: Honestly, as an outsider it does not make much political sense for Justin Trudeau to stay Mark Cardino please be now Finance Minister Correct so election Liberal Party chances as of today Liberal Party not right now which Canadian and I'm leaving the party in capable hands and party is now streamlined for the next election the sade chances. [00:18:04] Speaker B: When Justin Trudeau took over the leadership over the weekend over the weekend Fall economic statement Christia Freeland the staff remembers which got text messages looking forward to make it work on Monday Looking forward to work. [00:19:09] Speaker A: Something is. [00:19:09] Speaker B: Wrong Something's off timing and all Liberal Party the Constitution leadership contest Interim leader choose Garland Interim leader approved Liberal Party the convention so for example hypothetically if he does resign Liberal Party and it could very well lead to a situation K Bilkulhi Namijarnapal. [00:20:19] Speaker A: And JD Janga Osar of Khalil election the Janghi Nay Joe Donald Trump Navi Janbarinu Rastropathi Banjan Correct Quite literally yes Sources perception build up oh he's ready to resign it's leaning towards he might resign in January. [00:21:50] Speaker B: How soon into the new year. [00:22:17] Speaker A: Non confidence motion on the ugly Sal to the House of Common session resume all options are on the table address two Canadians can they be ugly House of Commons the sitting session resume Clear motion of non confidence resume so sty January. [00:22:57] Speaker B: If. [00:22:57] Speaker A: A non confidence motion. [00:23:06] Speaker B: The many levers. [00:23:23] Speaker A: Non confidence motion pageant something which will be very uncomfortable for the Conservative Party to support or the block Conservative Party he is non confidence motion to support carbon tax so something like that Conservative support something related to increasing services increasing expenditure which is more akin to NDP ideology and not to Conservative ideology Conservatives. [00:24:12] Speaker B: The non confidence motion defeat Conservatives clearly worded non confidence motions you are absolutely correct even Jerry Loki Canada illegal permits expire immigration carbon tax election so it's going to be an interesting NDP day so called clearly worded non confidence motion Justin Trudeau could very well resign early into the new year Federal NDP the leader quickly Galapankarika government spending bill no lake including border security impact the party the members trump one of those being debt limit debt ceiling debt ceiling. [00:28:12] Speaker A: Election campaign tax cuts promise businesses know estimate tax cuts promise Kitani revenue. Wow. Already Jeddah Karza, Republicans. How right of the spectrum are you? Republicans as you mentioned, they voted against the bill. [00:30:04] Speaker B: Main point of contention, like you mentioned, debt ceiling, the removal, Joe Biden, the administration debt ceiling raise Gitigra, of course. [00:30:41] Speaker A: Senate control. [00:30:43] Speaker B: Yes. Even in the in the current setup. [00:31:05] Speaker A: Republicans they call House, but Democrats, Senate control. [00:31:13] Speaker B: Correct. [00:31:13] Speaker A: Iskar KE Donohi party and the Razamandi Lodaj houses are controlled. [00:31:59] Speaker B: Billionaires. National data. [00:32:10] Speaker A: For perspective. Federal data, that's $1.3 trillion. [00:32:15] Speaker B: Yes. [00:32:26] Speaker A: Donald Trump, the tax cuts, just for perspective. [00:32:31] Speaker B: And JD Economy. The economy. [00:32:44] Speaker A: Thank you.

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