Wildfires, Interest Rates, Foreign Interference - June 7, 2023

Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu joins Andrew Thomson for an update on the federal response to Indigenous communities affected by the unprecedented wildfire season. Economists Armine Yalnizyan (Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers) and Randall Bartlett (senior director of Canadian economics with Desjardins) react to the Bank of Canada's decision to raise its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points. Cherie Wong, executive director of Alliance Canada Hong Kong discusses whether members from diaspora communities will feel safe enough to participate in the special rapporteur's public hearings on foreign interference beginning next month.