Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Fri. October 31st, 2025
October 31, 2025
The Public Service Alliance of Canada is warning that Tuesday’s Federal Budget could lead to 70,000 job cuts in the public service. Earlier this week, Canada’s Finance Minister suggested that the size of the public service has grown too large, and that it should be trimmed back to pre-pandemic levels. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with David MacDonald in Hour 2. He is a Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Plus, if you’re going trick-or-treating tonight, make sure you have those rain boots handy! David Phillips from Environment Canada fills us in.
Unpublished Newswire
Prime Minister Mark Carney — celebrated flag bearer for decarbonization — has boldly declared Canada can compete as an energy superpower in a net-zero world. Ahead of Carney’s government’s first budget Tuesday, however, there’s a question being asked by many serious people: “Is this even a net-zero world anymore?”
The Norwegian company Det Norske Veritas (The Norwegian Truth) is now forecasting global net-zero CO2 emissions won’t be reached until the early 2090s.
So I ask energy expert Joe Calnan that very question. Joe is VP of energy for the Canadian Global Affairs Institute,...
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The move follows a
two-year investigation
by the Investigative Journalism...
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