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The Evan Bray Show - Madelaine Drohan - February 4th, 2025

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Evan goes to the phones to chat with listeners about what's on their minds today. Will this economic oppression by U.S. President Donald Trump stop at tariffs or will he make good on his threats to do worse to Canada? Evan welcomes Madelaine Drohan, author, senior fellow at the University of Ottawa, former Canada correspondent for The Economist, former foreign correspondent for The Globe and Mail, to offer her thoughts.

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