We're not used to this. The President of the United States calling Canada "a very bad abuser" and a poor trading partner, a bad neighbour, and a future 51st state. Very few of us have seen the Stars and Stripes as a negative symbol (off the ice, anyway). But the rhetoric, economic pain, and reputational damage is only getting worse under Donald Trump. How bad could it get?

7:00 | Max Fawcett, lead columnist at Canada's National Observer, chimes in on Trump's tariffs, Mark Carney's big win, Pierre Poilievre's polling woes, Ontario Premier Doug Ford's US media messaging, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's trip to Florida to work alongside right wing podcaster Ben Shapiro.

READ MAX'S WORK: https://www.nationalobserver.com/

50:30 | It's been DUMPING snow at Marmot Basin! 43 centimetres over the past couple of days alone. Plus, the Jasper Pride & Ski Festival launches April 4 - the only gay ski week in the Canadian Rockies. We feature details (and up-to-the-minute powder shots) in this week's #MyJasper Memories presented by Tourism Jasper.

JASPER PRIDE & SKI FESTIVAL: https://jasperpride.ca/

BOOK YOUR JASPER ADVENTURE: https://www.jasper.travel/

54:00 | We ask Max who he sides with in a dust-up between liquor importers and the Alberta government. We get into Tesla's stock slide and Elon Musk calling Sen. Mark Kelly a "traitor" for visiting Ukraine.

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