So what happened? And where do we go from here? Reporter for the Hill Times Stuart Benson sits down with Sam to break down Justin’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Production Manager) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Stuart Benson

Background reading:

• Federal deficit balloons to $61.9B as government tables economic update on chaotic day in Ottawa  – CBC
• Trudeau taps Dominic LeBlanc to serve as finance minister after Chrystia Freeland’s shock resignation | CBC 
• Chrystia Freeland’s years of loyalty culminate in a humiliating and tragic end | Globe and Mail
• Freeland’s grenade brings crisis on top of crisis to a flailing Trudeau government | Globe and Mail

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