Trump crashes onto the campaign trail

There’s been no shortage of drama one week into this sprint election campaign, which is already affected by U.S. President Donald Trump and his tariffs. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Trump spoke with each other for the first time ever, the day after Carney said Canada's old economic and military relationship with the U.S. is “over.” 

Goldy Hyder, CEO of the Business Council of Canada, explains the impact of Trump’s tariffs and the bigger economic risk of retaliatory tariffs that could drop next week. Then, Liberal candidate Marc Miller discusses how his party is prepared for the intensifying Canada-U.S. trade war.

Then, as federal party leaders fan out across Canada, CBC reporters on the road send us postcards from the campaign trail — with analysis on the Liberal, Conservative, NDP and Bloc Québécois campaigns so far.

After that, party strategists explore the biggest takeaways from the first week of the campaign and what they want their team to do next.

Finally, The House hears from a CBC Manitoba provincial affairs reporter about the tight NDP-Conservative battle in the Winnipeg riding of Elmwood-Transcona, where strategic voting is coming up at the doorstep.

This episode features the voices of:

• Goldy Hyder, president and CEO of the Business Council of Canada
• Marc Miller, Liberal candidate for Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs
• John Paul Tasker, CBC reporter following the Conservatives
• Tom Parry, CBC reporter following the Liberals
• Marina von Stackelberg, CBC reporter following the NDP
• Raffy Boudjikanian, CBC reporter following the Bloc Québécois
• Marci Surkes, Liberal strategist
• Kate Harrison, Conservative strategist
• George Soule, NDP strategist
• Bartley Kives, CBC Manitoba senior reporter