"I know the ramification that we're feeling here in Nova Scotia," Premier Tim Houston told Power & Politics Friday as clean fuel regulations and the federal carbon tax are set to kick in. "Higher gas, higher diesel, higher everything."
MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talks with two lawmakers about the transportation budget bill and the plan to pay for roads, bridges and transit across the state. Later in the hour: an update on the latest marijuana bill.
Members of the Chinese diaspora in Canada say the country can't afford the lengthy public hearing process that will only tell them what they already know. Instead, they are demanding action on a foreign agent registry.
Even though leaders of federal political parties have been using election-style language in recent weeks, pundits say it's unlikely Canadians will go to the polls in 2023.
Leah West, assistant professor of national security law at Carleton University, and Stephanie Carvin, associate professor of national security at Carleton University, joined Power & Politics Friday to debate whether the Liberal government's use of the Emergencies Act to quell convoy protests was justified.