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In this special back-to-basics episode of Canada’s Economy, Explained, host Marwa Abdou cuts through the alphabet soup of GDPs, CPIs, and BoC rate cuts to tackle the real questions Canadians keep asking.

• Why is it easier to trade with the U.S. than across provinces?
• Why is climate policy so expensive?
• Why are interest rates cooling inflation but putting the freeze on housing?
• Why is youth unemployment so high?
• And what’s really at stake in Mark Carney’s first federal budget?

As James Carville once quipped on the campaign trail, “It’s the economy, stupid” — and more than three decades later, the line still rings true (especially north of the border). Packed with sharp insights and plain-language explanations, this episode unpacks the economic forces shaping our paycheques, prices, and future prosperity — and why, in 2025, it’s still the economy.