‘We’re careening towards a moment of truth’: The Roundtable on the state of the economy and the perils of pipeline politics

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Statistics Canada’s latest employment data, including high levels of youth unemployment and what it tells us about generational dynamics in Canada’s economy and their political implications.

On the back half of the show, they discuss Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s proposed West Coast pipeline and the Carney government’s reluctance to champion the project. They argue that Canada needs east-west energy infrastructure to access global markets and higher oil prices, rather than defaulting to north-south pipelines that deepen economic dependence on the United States and contribute to a price discount.

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