Joining Elias on The Big 5 were political analyst Karim Boulos and Daniel Tran, Director of Communication and governmental relations at Casacom.

Among the subjects discussed were 

• The saga between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S President Donald Trump continued yesterday. The day started off with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick saying that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum was “political noise” and criticized Canada’s recent deal with China.
• Perhaps one of the reasons we’re in this continuing quagmire is that Mark Carney and Donald Trump, despite their big speeches, did not meet at Davos. Instead, the PM returned to Canada before Trump’s arrival. Yesterday, ahead of the government’s weekend cabinet retreat in Quebec City, Carney delivered a “national address” calling on national unity.
• Yesterday on the program, we spoke to Patriotic Millionaires Canada, a group that argues that this country should tax the ultra-rich even more. 
• Canadian tourism to Las Vegas is down between 25 and 50 percent. In an attempt to attract more Canadians, three downtown Las Vegas hotels have begun accepting the Canadian dollar at par with the American dollar in an effort to spur Canuck travel.