As Liberal poll numbers continue to drag, a new Globe and Mail story cites sources in Justin Trudeau’s office putting the blame on Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland for “not being effective in delivering an upbeat economic message.” The story also reports that the PMO has considered recruiting Mark Carney as finance minister. It was just a few years ago that Freeland’s predecessor, Bill Morneau, was similarly knifed through PMO leaks, True North’s Andrew Lawton asks if we are about to see one of Trudeau’s most loyal foot soldiers thrown under the bus.
Also, universities have become “exasperating” with hateful rhetoric getting a pass while discussions about free speech, EDI, and gender are censored. A new essay in The Hub from Concordia professor Zachary Patterson says there’s still hope to purge universities of their “extreme leftist ideology.” He joins the show to explain how.
Plus, fossil fuel consumption has increased since the Kyoto Protocol and greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise following the Paris climate accord. So why are we inflicting economic harm on our country in support of net-zero measures that clearly aren’t working? Fraser Institute senior fellow Dr. Kenneth Green joins the show to weigh in.
