Rudyard Griffiths

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3,430 appearances 35 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 11 Sep

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The Munk Debates Podcast · Friday Focus: Canada's trade war heats up and the Iranians escalate to de-escalate · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

Welcome back to Friday Focus. voice-verified

It is the 11th of September, 2026. voice-verified

I'm Rudyard Griffiths, joined in studio by my co-host Janice Grosstein. voice-verified

Janice, great to see you. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

I missed these conversations uh with you. voice-verified

They uh I know our audience did. voice-verified

We got a lot of emails asking when you'd be back. voice-verified

So great to be back here on September eleventh of all days, where we mark an important anniversary. voice-verified

And that may color and touch a little bit of our conversation as we try to catch up if we can in a half an hour or so on, as you say, a very tumultuous summer. voice-verified

I've gotta begin though, Janice, with the trade war, because this is kind of top of mind for our viewers and listeners. voice-verified

Uh you've taken a bit of flack uh this week. voice-verified

Uh so have I, frankly, because I think you and I share a similar view that this trade war is not without costs. voice-verified

It has real consequences. voice-verified

And it seems, Janice, and I want your thoughts on this, that there's almost a bit of a closing of debate right now in the country about this trade war, uh, why it's happening, what our response could or shouldn't voice-verified

should be, how we should approach the Trump administration. voice-verified

The Prime Minister has used language like we are at war, we are under attack. voice-verified

I'm not blaming him, but the consequence, Janice, I think you felt it, I felt it. voice-verified

Is that the range of debate has shrunk? voice-verified

And Canadian seeming tolerance for diverging points of view other than a voice-verified

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