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The cabinet shuffle has happened. Now what?: Amanda Lang breaks it all down. Plus, repaying COVID-19 business loans

Members of the federal cabinet applaud as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for a media availability after a cabinet shuffle, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.

This is the eighth episode of The Hub’s bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss the recent federal cabinet shuffle and what it might tell us about the direction of economic policy and the issues that will animate the next federal election. They also discuss growing calls from industry groups for the federal government to extend the repayment period for business loans provided during the COVID-19 pandemic.

You can listen to this episode of Hub Dialogues on Acast, Amazon, Apple, Google, Spotify, and YouTube. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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