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Politics! Poilievre calls out RCMP, auto woes

Front Burner
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Stephen Maher, a longtime federal politics reporter, is here to talk about Pierre Poilievre’s recent comments that the RCMP covered up for Justin Trudeau so he could avoid criminal charges and whether or not this will hurt or help his upcoming leadership review. Plus, fallout from carmaker Stellantis’s plan to move a plant from Brampton to Illinois and what it says about the state of trade talks with the U.S. We'd love to hear from you! Complete our listener survey here. For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts.

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