After a verdict, a reckoning for Hockey Canada. Plus: Will Ottawa slash 60,000 jobs? episode artwork

EPISODE · Jul 25, 2025 · 25 MIN

After a verdict, a reckoning for Hockey Canada. Plus: Will Ottawa slash 60,000 jobs?

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Elias Makos caps off the week with Neil Drabkin, a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in the Harper government, and Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor. Five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team were acquitted Thursday of all charges Quebec City has cancelled a scheduled concert by US Christian singer Sean Feucht, Faced with a federal government mandate to slash costs by 15 percent within just a few years, a new report says that could lead to the public sector shedding almost 60,000 jobs.

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After a verdict, a reckoning for Hockey Canada. Plus: Will Ottawa slash 60,000 jobs?

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