Ontario Clean Energy and Air Canada Strike

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks with reporters in Ottawa following his meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. Ford takes questions on the state of Canada-U.S. trade negotiations.  He also comments on today’s byelection in Battle River—Crowfoot, Alberta, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is vying to regain a seat in the House of Commons. n Markham, Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson announces over $13 million in funding for five clean energy  projects in Ontario. He is joined at the news conference by Rudy Cuzzetto (parliamentary assistant to Ontario’s minister of energy and mines), Keith Irish (councillor, City of Markham), Shatha Clavering (executive director, Climate Positive Energy, University of Toronto), Brian Bentz (president & CEO, Alectra Inc.), Grant Taibossigai (general manager, HIAH Corp, M'Chigeeng First Nation), Shraddha Mishra (VP, legal affairs, Peak Power), and Greig Cameron  (president& CEO, Enova Power Corp.). At a news conference in Ottawa, federal Jobs Minister Patty Hadju provides an update on the labour dispute between Air Canada and the union representing the carrier’s 10,000 flight attendants. She announces she has ordered binding arbitration to put an end to the strike, which officially began overnight Friday. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.