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The Vassy Kapelos Show

Bank of Canada cuts rates and says tariffs could stoke inflation

Jan 29, 2025
01:18:16

Stéfane Marion, Chief Economist and Strategist, National Bank of Canada joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the Bank of Canada's rate cut, and their warning on the impact of a 25% tariff on Canada's economy. 

On todays show: 

  • Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Public Safety Minister David McGuinty about the recommendations in Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue's final report on foreign interference.
  • Vassy Kapelos is joined by Professor Dan Malleck, Chair of the department of health sciences at Brock University, and Director of the Centre for Canadian Studies to help answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question. This weeks question came from Dan on Instagram and read "does alcohol cause cancer?".
  • The Daily Debrief Panel with Sabrina Grover, Jeff Rutledge and Mike Le Couteur.
  • Salam El Mousawi co-founder of Muslim Awareness Week joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how today marks 8 years since a gunman opened fire at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre in which six Canadians died and 19 others were wounded. 

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