Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Tues. July 15th, 2025

Heading into July, Canadians were crossing their fingers, hoping that a tariff-free trade deal with the United States was somehow possible. Today, the Prime Minister is pouring some cold water onto those economic wishes, as he is casting doubt that such a deal can be reached with U.S. President Trump. Are the feds taking the right approach? If they aren’t, what approach would you take, and do you think it would fuel more success for us? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says that Meta Platforms will spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build massive A.I. data centres for superintelligence. And by data centres, he means several of them. Cybersecurity analyst Ritesh Kotak delivers his two cents on the matter. Plus, CTV’s Tyler Fleming drops by the studio, as we get an update on bike thefts in Canada’s Capital. Have they become less frequent or is it the same old song and dance?