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Ottawa is pledging to end homelessness within ten years, and is investing tens of billions of dollars to do so.
The investment will manifest across several housing and healthcare initiatives, including $2 billion for mental health and addictions infrastructure, a new Centre for Mental Health and Addictions in Winnipeg, as well as renewing the Canada Housing Benefit.
Besides the investment, the promise requires heavy buy-in from provinces and territories.
Host Caryn Ceolin speaks to Steve Pomeroy, industry professor at McMaster University with the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative. The discuss what sets this plan apart from the 2017 Trudeau government commitment to slash homelessness by 50% in ten years, and what else is needed for the pledge to actually meet Canadians where they're at.

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Plus: Fallout continues over NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's alleged affair with a Chinese spy, Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators have begun a new round of talks in Abu Dhabi aimed at ending the nearly five-year-long war, the RCMP has recovered a million dollars in their latest operation, and Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin is in Turkey this week for the annual United Nations Climate Conference. We love feedback at The Big Story, as well as suggestions for future
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The livelihoods of some 500 Stelco workers are the crux of a recent showdown between Industry Minister Melanie Joly and the CEO of Ohio-based steel producer, Cleveland-Cliffs.
Joly wants the company to reverse its layoff of Canadian workers, claiming it goes against the original agreement the company signed when they acquired Stelco back in 2024. Cleveland-Cliffs, however, says they haven't broken any terms.
Host Caryn Ceolin speaks to Toronto Star business reporter Josh Rubin to breakdown the timeline of the Stelco drama, what legal action Ottawa could actually take against the steel giant, and whether or not the jobs lost are a chip within a complicated trade relationship.

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Plus: The country's top court is set to hear legal arguments this week about the validity of a federal ban on hundreds of types of firearms, the CEO of NVIDIA is admitting to an affair and their shares are dropping, Russell Brand has been sentenced to serve over 10-years in jail, and British Columbia’s Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a private laboratory provider to pay thousands in damages for discriminating against transgender and non-binary patients. We love feedback at The Big Story, as well as suggestions for future
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