"Trumps tariffs will hurt Americans first" Canadian economist says

Anil Wasif, Toronto-based economist, manager of the research team at Infrastructure Ontario joins Vassy Kapelos to discuss how understanding why the Trump administration has embraced tariffs is key to developing Canada's response.

On todays show:

• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with with Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc who says he's ‘very pessimistic’ Trump tariffs can be avoided by Tuesday.
• Carmi Levy, CTV tech expert joins Vassy to discuss how Instagram might work better as a dating app than Tinder. 
• Matt Skube, CTV News Anchor joins Vassy to provide a weather update as snow continues to barrel down on multiple parts of Canada. 
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Zain Velji, and Tom Mulcair. 
• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Liberal leadership contender Chrystia Freeland who says everything should be on the table when it comes to Canada’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.