After catching us up on the news of the week in The Briefs, Amanda Lang checks in with David Dienesch, CEO of Allianz Trade in Canada for an update on food inflation and what the outlook is for both your grocery bill and major food exports for 2025

After catching you up on the news of the week in The Briefs, Amanda checks in with Dan Kelly, head of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, for a pulse check on how small businesses are feeling about having to bear the cost of implementing Ottawa’s holiday on GST this holiday season.

Canada’s Competition Bureau has been using new weapons in its fight to level the playing field for consumers, so Amanda Lang speaks with Vass Bednar, Executive Director of the Master of Public Policy Program at McMaster University and James Musgrove, a competition lawyer with McMillan for their take on the state of Canada’s competitive landscape

After catching you up on the news of the week in the Briefs segment, Amanda Lang checks in with David Paterson, Ontario’s representative in Washington, D.C. for a lookahead to trade discusses between the two countries and Mexico

The number of Canadian consumers and businesses filing insolvencies is rising, so Amanda Lang spoke with Andre Bolduc, the chair of the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals for an update. And with parts of Canada’s housing market showing weakness, we check in with Mathieu Laberge, senior vice-president of housing economics, CMHC for his outlook.