Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Fri. June 5th, 2026

It’s almost officially Summer, and most employees have submitted their vacation requests for July and August. Are you among the crowd taking a well-earned vacation? Are you saving those paid vacation days for the back-half of 2026? Or is your workload way too heavy, and you’re simply afraid to take time off? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, the Carney Liberals have unveiled their long-awaited, 50-page Artificial Intelligence Strategy. The Prime Minister, along with Canada’s A.I. Minister, says these new rules will ‘strengthen’ privacy laws so that personal information isn’t used ‘inappropriately’ for surveillance pricing. Does it pass the eye test? Are there any holes in this legislation? We dig deeper in Hour 3 with Kim Furlong, the President and CEO for the Retail Council of Canada.