Economic Indicators, Sustainable Jobs, AI Threats - May 31, 2023

01/06/2023 26 min
Economic Indicators, Sustainable Jobs, AI Threats - May 31, 2023

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Episode Synopsis

David Macdonald, a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, joins Andrew Thomson to analyze the latest GDP numbers from Statistics Canada.

Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, discusses the federal government's upcoming bill on sustainable jobs.

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner, co-founder of a cross-party caucus on emerging technology, explains why she thinks the government needs to respond faster to the emerging threat of artificial intelligence.