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Podcast: Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne
Episode: Trump needles Trudeau about Canada becoming the 51st State
Description: At reports say Donald Trump joked at one point during his dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday night that if Canada can't handle the economic effects of a punishing 25 per cent tariff on its goods, it should become the 51st state of the U.S.Christopher Sands, Director of the Canada Institute, Wilson Centre joins Ben to analyze the implications of this "joke".