“Durum’s much the same,” he said.

“Nothing in the extreme west or Alberta goes that direction because the freight is not advantageous.”

Derek Brewin, an agricultural economics professor with the University of Manitoba, doubts the tariffs will have much impact on CWRS prices.

“I don’t think a small reduction in flows to the U.S. will hurt Canada as much as the tariffs will hurt canola oil, where the U.S. is their major buyer,” Brewin wrote in an email.

“There is a huge share of Canadian Hard Spring that flows out of Vancouver to final customers in Asia and the Middle East and west coast Latin America. If the U.S. adds a tariff on our wheat, it is more likely to drive up U.S. hard spring prices than have much effect on those trade flows or prices at the West Coast.”

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The Harper government had sparked #IdleNoMore, one of the longest-sustained chains of Indigenous protests across the country. It was a reaction to omnibus legislation that, in part, deregulated environmental protections under the Navigable Waters Protection Act.

”Justin Trudeau was elected,  in the wake of the biggest cacophony of Idle No More,“ said Niigaan Sinclair, a professor at the University of Manitoba and panelist on APTN News’ Truth and Politics segment.

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He noted that tensions continue to exist within the party, which is often divided between a pro-business side and a pro-social welfare and mixed economy side.

“Justin Trudeau brought them more to the social democratic left side of the party with major spending, major deficits, but also some very positive social programs like daycare and support for health, pharmaceutical plans, dental plans,” he said.

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Adams said one of the reasons might be an electoral strategy to hold on to seats for future elections, and being a cabinet minister helps candidates in being re-elected. 

But he said cabinet is also built and shuffled to represent different parts of society.

To read the entire about the shuffle, please visit the link here with CBC Manitoba.

A political analyst the NDP is likely relieved to have kept the seat in what has been one of their strongest urban areas.

Christopher Adams, an adjunct professor of political studies at the University of Manitoba, says NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh worked hard to keep the seat in a tight race.

“He made a number of visits to Winnipeg, so if they had lost this riding it would have been disastrous for the NDP,” Adams said.

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Mr. Trudeau brushed away those calls.

Royce Koop, a political scientist at the University of Manitoba, said Mr. Trudeau had succeeded because time was running out for the Liberals to change leaders before the next election.

“If you’re Trudeau and you’re trying to hang on, delay is a good tactic,” Mr. Koop said.

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“If it’s a (win) for the Conservatives, it will matter a lot to them and it will show that Poilievre is able to reach into different parts of our society, but if the NDP loses the seat, I think it’ll be a blow to the NDP,” said Chris Adams, an adjunct professor of political science at the University of Manitoba.

“If they lose this, it will be of concern to Jagmeet Singh’s supporters,” he said.

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Andrea Charron, associate professor of political studies and Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies spoke with CJOB about this important day and about the current wars happening around the world.

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To Charron, it makes sense to revisit such questions at a time when rapidly advancing technology is pushing allies like the U.S. and NATO countries to look at how to make sure their air defence systems are able to protect people and their militaries against modern threats. 

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