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Should Canada end its Temporary Foreign Workers Program? Plus: Jean Charest says we’ll all end up thanking Trump one day.

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Elias Makos is joined by Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News at 5. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberal government to scrap Canada’s temporary foreign worker program  Former Quebec Premier Jean Charest says Canada will thank US President Donald Trump in 20 years  A prominent U.S. conservative is set to brief Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet behind closed doors today. Le Devoir reports that the cabinet shuffle will happen next week, and that the National Assembly will be prorogued for two weeks as the CAQ gets its ducks in a row

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