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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Good Talk -- The Government Could Fall on Monday But Will It?

The numbers certainly conclude that if all opposition MPs vote against the budget then the government will fall.  But will that happen and will it happen next week?  All that on the heels of the budget and the latest major projects list? That and this question -- Is Mark Carney still green? All this with Chantal Hebert and Bruce Anderson on this week's Good Talk.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Billionaires!.. a national embarrassment? #revolution

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Monday, November 10, 2025

Good Talk -- Conservative Chaos Hurts Poilievre, Helps Carney

Budgets, especially minority government budgets, always bring a degree of parliamentary drama. But this week, a Conservative member added to the excitement by crossing the floor to join the Liberals. But at the end of the day, does it make a difference? That and a lot more with Chantal Hebert and Bruce Anderson joining Good Talk for their weekly commentary. https://www.siriusxm.ca/TheBridgeCA

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Sunday, October 19, 2025

Searching for a home contractor who abandoned renovations | Marketplace ...

AGM Renovations abruptly shut down after CBC News investigated concerns about shoddy work, leaving customers out thousands of dollars for unfinished projects. Marketplace speaks to some of those customers left in the lurch — and searches for the man behind the company.

00:00 - Recapping AGM Renovations’ fallout
02:03 - Options when a company goes bust
10:43 - Where is Ivan Atanasov?
11:24 - Marketplace travels to Bulgaria
16:53 - Ringing the doorbell // Confronting Ivan? 

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For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.

THE AFTERMATH OF 
AGM RENOVATIONS

producer/director
JEREMY McDONALD
 
associate producer
MICHELLE McCANN 

reporter
ASHA TOMLINSON

editor
AARON TAYLOR 

camera
NORMAN ARNOLD
JOHN LESAVAGE
DAVID MacINTOSH
OLIVER WALTERS
JONATHAN CASTELL
KEN TOWNSEND 
MIROSLAV MIHAYLOV

art director 
DAVID ABRAHAMS 

additional field production
MARIA CHERESHEVA

additional research
IVAN ANGELOVSKI

additional footage
YOUTUBE: AGM Renovations
FACEBOOK
INSTAGRAM 
TELEGRAM

social media producers
CAROLINE GDYCZYNSKI
BRITT PURDY

colour correction
KYLE J. SMITH

sound mix  
DANY TREMBLAY 

resource coordinator
MARC CORMIER

news rollout
DEXTER McMILLAN

packaging editor 
BENNY KOSHY 

packaging producer
MARY-ANN VENDITTI

senior producers
RAJ AHLUWALIA
HEATHER EVANS

executive producer
NELISHA VELLANI

first broadcast 
OCTOBER 17, 2025

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Saturday, October 18, 2025

Good Talk -- A Night To Remember

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Friday, October 17, 2025

How China won the rare earth race against the U.S. | About That

China controls the world's largest reserves of rare earth elements, and now it's tightening its grip. Andrew Chang unpacks how China's export restrictions are giving it powerful leverage over the United States, and why U.S. President Donald Trump is determined to catch up. Images provided by Getty Images, The Canadian Press and Reuters. 00:00 - Intro 1:56 - A race worth running 4:40 - All-in on rare earths 9:13 - Rare earths, weaponized »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: https://www.cbc.ca/news Follow CBC News on TikTok:

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