Michael Serapio speaks with Sohaib Shahid (Conference Board of Canada) and Trevor Tombe (University of Calgary) about the Canadian economy and the latest inflation numbers. Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan discusses the start of consultation on a proposal to ban replacement workers in federally-regulated sectors. Senator Tony Dean recaps his recent tour of Canada's Arctic region and ongoing concerns about security and sovereignty in the Far North. And parliamentarians pay tribute to the late New Democrat MP Bill Blaikie, who passed away in September.