Randy Boissonnault, Israel-Hamas War, Interest Rate Decision – October 25, 2023

26/10/2023 28 min
Randy Boissonnault, Israel-Hamas War, Interest Rate Decision – October 25, 2023

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Employment Minister and Alberta MP Randy Boissonault responds to Alberta's pitch to leave the Canada Pension Plan and set up its own.

Ahmed Benchemsi, the communications director for the Middle East and North Africa with Human Rights Watch, discusses the humanitarian situation in Gaza in the face of the Israel-Hamas war.

Pedro Antunes, the chief economist at the Conference Board of Canada, reacts to the Bank of Canada's decision to hold its key overnight rate at 5 per cent.