Why Tariffs Could Crush Canada’s Economy — ft. Mike Moffatt

Prof G Markets

Vox Media Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.6 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ed and Scott open the show by discussing Apple’s new investment in “American innovation,” Howard Lutnik’s decision to put his sons in charge of Cantor Fitzgerald, and a new Moody’s Analytics report on U.S. consumer spending. Then Mike Moffatt, Founding Director of the University of Ottawa's "Missing Middle Initiative” and former economic adviser to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, joins the show to unpack the biggest challenges facing Canada’s economy. He offers insight into the country’s political landscape, breaks down its housing crisis and explains why small businesses struggle to thrive in Canada. Finally, Mike explains how Canadians perceive the Trump administration’s rhetoric and what tariffs could mean for Canada’s economic future. Subscribe to the Prof G Markets newsletter Order "The Algebra of Wealth," out now Subscribe to No Mercy / No Malice Follow the podcast across socials @profgpod: Instagram Threads X Reddit Follow Scott on Instagram Follow Ed on Instagram and X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you think talking about finances in general is hard, try talking to your parents about money.
0:07.0	What you don't want to do is like, do you have any money, what's going on?
0:11.0	You don't want to come at them in a more adversarial way.
0:15.0	Or, as I said, you don't want to come out like you're now the parent.
0:19.0	What to do about the ups and downs of your 401k?
0:22.6	If you or someone you care about plans to retire soon, that's on the next explain it to me.
0:28.4	New episodes every Sunday morning. Today's number, 202,080 kilometers.
0:37.8	That's the length of Canada's coastline, the longest in the world.
0:41.2	True story.
0:42.0	If you're ever wondering what it means when a young woman, a young attractive woman,
0:45.7	is wearing a Canada goose jacket, it means she's one bad decision away from having an only fan.
0:51.1	In 1997, no, no. having an only fan.
1:03.4	I don't fully get it.
1:05.6	Surely she's rich if she's got the cat and a goose, huh?
1:08.2	I don't get it either, but for some reason it made me smile.
1:10.6	Maybe it doesn't matter at all.
1:11.6	I made that one up.
1:13.2	Yeah, I can tell.
1:14.3	Doesn't that make sense, though?
1:18.1	When you see a hot girl in the Canada's goose jacket, there's like a reasonable chance.
1:19.6	Surely you've owned a goose.
1:21.1	Oh, I own several geese.
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