US-Canada trade agreement may not happen by Aug 1, Japan agrees to 15% US tariffs, Canada spent $1.1B for asylum seeker hotels.

July 23, 2025 00:46:03
US-Canada trade agreement may not happen by Aug 1, Japan agrees to 15% US tariffs, Canada spent $1.1B for asylum seeker hotels.
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US-Canada trade agreement may not happen by Aug 1, Japan agrees to 15% US tariffs, Canada spent $1.1B for asylum seeker hotels.

Jul 23 2025 | 00:46:03

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In today's News Takeaway, Vijay Saini and Vasu Kumar break down the top national and international headlines. The US-Canada trade agreement faces uncertainty as the August 1 deadline looms. Meanwhile, Japan has agreed to impose 15% tariffs on US goods, signaling shifting global trade alliances. Back home, Ottawa spent over $1.1 billion housing asylum seekers in hotels—raising questions about the cost and strategy of the federal immigration system.

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[00:00:02] Speaker A: And now News Takeaway. [00:00:11] Speaker B: Connect FM 91.5 News Takeaway segment Good morning to you Vijayji. [00:00:21] Speaker A: Good morning to you as well Connect now Connect Miniature ponies. [00:01:03] Speaker B: The closest I guess magic the tinkerbell I don't know, man. [00:02:30] Speaker A: Petting is a concept then it's okay Scientific evidence Koi. [00:02:58] Speaker B: Electric cars less airport stress initiative the real ones Trade negotiations Council of the Federation the meetings Foreign. [00:05:04] Speaker A: Healthcare system package announced Kitajave the first ministers so Council of the Federation meetings so this is a refreshing change. [00:05:43] Speaker B: So main headlines 35% tariff Canada. [00:06:37] Speaker A: Best IQBA relative term so best Deadline extend Karl within one month Donald Trump Negasivi deadline extend OG. [00:07:44] Speaker B: Donald Trump International Emergency Economic Powers Act Trump administration Trump administration Trump administration so it's a bit of a gamble Council of the Federation the chairperson Chairmanship Chairmanship Chair Humanship Galakahi Markarni Premiere vegetarian pescatarian so seafood coming back to the thing he has a very nice chalet I have a very you know I have a shack up the street or down the street? Up the street down the street. [00:11:44] Speaker A: Solving all the problems of the world. [00:11:53] Speaker B: Goldman Sachs a Brookfield Asset Management Bloomberg. [00:12:04] Speaker A: Bank. [00:12:04] Speaker B: Of Canada bank of England the governor important mark Liberal Party Liberal Party as in Liberal Party the leader Liberal Prime Minister Doug Ford Progressive Conservative so political ideology spectrum parties the leaders. [00:13:20] Speaker A: Progressive Conservatives the Conservative Party of Canada Conservatives Day federally one of the reasons could be overall performance Conservatives federally Progressive Conservatives. [00:14:11] Speaker B: Federal Conservative Party the member Conservative Party of the leadership review Ontario of the Progressive Conservative convention yeah so Jan ends with. [00:14:37] Speaker A: Conservative Party of Canada the convention Progressive Conservatives. [00:14:54] Speaker B: Federal Conservative Party the member Ontario the Subai Progressive Conservative the meeting oh leadership review which vote so in Ontario so there would be a significant number of Conservative supporters so coming back to this now Doug Ford bromance. [00:15:42] Speaker A: Yes exactly we are not fixated on the date by the way we have tremendous confidence in the Prime Minister and his team so vote of confidence Prime Minister so negotiation Prime Minister Prime Minister. [00:16:17] Speaker B: 1 Canadian Economy Act. [00:16:21] Speaker A: Internal trade barriers national significance infrastructure projects. [00:16:38] Speaker B: New major projects office. [00:16:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:16:56] Speaker B: Sorry projects is fast tracker. [00:17:06] Speaker A: Projects Oil pipeline Alberta. [00:17:12] Speaker B: First Nations. [00:17:16] Speaker A: Coastal first nations. [00:17:17] Speaker B: Name. [00:17:26] Speaker A: Federal tanker ban so 2019 Coastal First Nations Great Bear initiative. [00:17:51] Speaker B: Quickly. [00:18:05] Speaker A: Conservative leader no more pipelines act candidacy Impact. [00:18:13] Speaker B: Assessment act. [00:18:21] Speaker A: Energy projects dollar for dollar tariffs. [00:18:49] Speaker B: J to see Kamzuron dollar for dollar tariffs auto sector steel sector ODE which Baki Mulkandi so Doug Ford Nana personal opinion sugarcoat Kirk. [00:19:55] Speaker A: Energy projects. [00:20:11] Speaker B: The Premier Daniel Smith Alberta north coast pipeline. [00:20:30] Speaker A: So Bill C5 actually projects the Kidnik fast tracking hope on the year The first nations litigation delay project viable. [00:20:59] Speaker B: Pipeline viscous. [00:21:04] Speaker A: In most of the cases of. [00:21:05] Speaker B: First Nations First Nations United nations energy projects Energy project project. [00:21:36] Speaker A: Income sharing model Hereditary chiefs elected chiefs. [00:22:07] Speaker B: Agreement signal agreement regulated workers professionals licensed professional direct alcohol sales between B.C. and Manitoba Agreement. [00:22:37] Speaker A: As it is Manitoba which direct to customer agreement agreements are same trade barriers remove karnaste the regulated occupations the professions the wage registration process standards Ontario agreement Ontario British Columbia same license same registration Memorandum of understanding direct to consumer alcohol sales Ontario the beer we owe British Colombians directly online. [00:24:05] Speaker B: Family business politics another business packaging labeling multi million dollar Very nice labeling I'm a label guy what a nice bottle Health care bail reform 15% tariff saw billion dollar the investment. [00:26:34] Speaker A: Truth social post by Philippines It's a beautiful visit by President Ferdinand Martha reciprocates at least do Donald Trump claim Gita can they view Saturday products 0% tariff land products I'm sure there must be some US products. [00:27:30] Speaker B: Exactly. [00:27:33] Speaker A: So. [00:27:47] Speaker B: Again I think that's why it's important to take it with a grain of salt. [00:28:03] Speaker A: The market for US Products. [00:28:05] Speaker B: Indonesia Japanese automakers they plant some free trade agreement per Jiriya Vikoi Gaddiya Japanto Banque Amrika Key details Japan. [00:29:06] Speaker A: There has never been anything like it. [00:29:20] Speaker B: Billion dollar total billion dollar revenue loss general motor between January and March. [00:29:40] Speaker A: Because of these tariffs Philippines Indonesia Vietnam Japan Indo Pacific region so Donald Trump on the face of it Southeast Southeast Southeast Asian Philippines Philippines was tilting towards China but we until Ted it very very quickly. [00:30:55] Speaker B: The Treasury Secretary Scott Besant Chinese Sweden they Stockholm so China nothing's come out yet. [00:31:15] Speaker A: Okay Donald Trump plus Canada let's not forget renegotiation correct yes this is only the phase one of it Free Trade Agreement. [00:32:33] Speaker B: Pharaoh asylum seekers Asylum seekers no hotel rooms Federal Government. [00:33:42] Speaker A: Yeah so hotels basically $8.8 billion interim housing assistance program so asylum seekers mentioned which asylum claims. [00:34:51] Speaker B: Pathway to permanent residency Temporary foreign worker International student Parliament the session per Bill C to the which asylum claimants the control asylum Asylum claim. [00:35:42] Speaker A: Yeah so so I was I had those numbers with me here so IRB they called though pending as of June 2020. [00:36:17] Speaker B: Between September Hotel rooms Federal Government Punji saw asylum seekers currently. [00:36:36] Speaker A: Just in Ontario just in. [00:36:38] Speaker B: Ontario and Quebec in the month of. [00:36:52] Speaker A: March. [00:36:56] Speaker B: Average cost. [00:37:08] Speaker A: It was at the peak dollar per day cost asylum seeker initial cabinet which Rachel Bendayan Immigration Minister Rachel Ben Dian Immigration Minister Banesi Briefing notes for contingency purposes they honed up public sentiment immigration hotel asylum seekers in a new notices Jari Kite notices to vacate asylum seekers hotels. [00:38:51] Speaker B: Hotel rooms on top of this benefits asylum claimants cost of living crisis Housing crisis Ekojara Apana Persona Asylum seekers Genuine asylum seekers. [00:41:07] Speaker A: So anyway, let's not go there Interim housing systems Program British Columbia no Milane Chaudha Point Char million dollar City of Ottawa Kalino X of Punch Points. [00:42:13] Speaker B: Asylum claimants know benefits supports dental sense of unfairness. [00:42:38] Speaker A: Canadians are highly compassionate people and generous and we are very proud of it of that compassion Immigration system Genuine asylum seekers Canadians refugee status. [00:43:30] Speaker B: Asylum seekers accommodate Kita Asylum claimants system the benefit Project Interoperability project. [00:44:28] Speaker A: Yeah can they chant percent can the project accomplish so project See Department of Finance continuation IRCC no CBSA no IRB no funding per project Deliverable son percent he accomplished way basically honey Immigration Asambandhat real time data sharing mortgage application yeah, exactly so Immigration CBSA data sharing. [00:45:36] Speaker B: Almost complete million dollar the project. [00:45:47] Speaker A: Una Vichavi Karnagi funding thank you, Vijay thank you very much have a good. [00:46:00] Speaker B: Day, Shamit thank you, thank you.

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