Free For All Friday – Hour 1

Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada’s top newsmakers.

On today’s show:

• Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst and Author, on the upcoming GST holiday
• Bacchus Barua, Director, Health Policy Studies, The Fraser Institute, on a new report showing record-long healthcare wait times in Canada
• Dan Kelly, President, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, on a potential inquiry into Canada Post negotiations as the strike continues

Free For All Friday – Hour 2

Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week’s panel features host Amanda Galbraith; Garry Keller, Vice President of StrategyCorp; and Karen Restoule, VP at Crestview Strategy and Senior Fellow at the MacDonald Laurier Institute.

Topic 1: Labour minister says Canada Post workers could soon be forced back to work – is this the right answer? Is it coming too late?

Topic 2: Let’s go over the latest on tariffs, Trump, Trudeau, tariffs, premiers, and more

Topic 3: The GST/HST holiday begins Saturday – do you think this will be effective? Could it have been implemented better?

Topic 4: Trudeau makes fresh bid to recruit Mark Carney amid tensions with Freeland – worst breakup in history --What’s the worst, longest, or most extensive breakup you’ve had? What’s the deal with this one?

Topic 5: Do you have a holiday purchase you’ve been saving for the GST break?