It's only been 5 days since Donald Trump has been president, but you'd be right to feel like we've been through many news cycles since then and dozens of headlines.  

The governing Liberals, while dealing with its own leadership race and pressures to dissolve Parliament, are working through the very real threats of the U.S. government about tariffs and becoming the 51st state.  

To make sense of what the government is doing and feeling about week 1 of the new Trump era, host Cormac Mac Sweeney speaks with Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada, François-Philippe Champagne.  

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