Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Fri. January 16th, 2026

Prime Minister Carney has struck a tariff deal with China, but Friday’s handshake doesn’t come without a costly compromise to one of Canada’s biggest sectors. Is it a fair pill to swallow, or a gut-punch to the battered-and-bruised Auto sector that was easily avoidable? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled it was unreasonable for the Trudeau Liberals to deploy the Emergencies Act in 2022. They pulled the trigger in an effort to shut down the Freedom Convoy. Chiming in with his two cents is Michael Kempa, an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. You’ll hear that conversation in Hour 3.