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Our live chat starts at 12 pm ET! Ask your questions about the budget.

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Mark Carney and his Liberal government have tabled their first federal budget. Join Catherine Cullen, host of The House, and J.P. Tasker, senior politics reporter for CBC News, as they answer your questions live about the new budget and the politics at play.

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The growing battle over what kids can read.

Libraries are at the centre of a growing movement that seeks to control what’s on shelves by banning books. Valleyview, Alta., is being torn apart, pitting the 2SLGBTQ+ community against members of town council.

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High-priced and unregulated private rehab facilities promote themselves with slick websites promising idyllic settings and medical supervision.

But the fifth estate finds that's often far from reality.

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According to an eight-month fifth estate investigation, numerous groups of nurses and medical workers in cities and towns across the B.C. Interior began reporting cases of stolen identities more than a decade ago — yet senior management continued to deny responsibility.

Watch the full documentary “The Denial Machine.”

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What explains Elon Musk?

CBC's new series Understood: The Making of Musk explores how his youth in apartheid South Africa shaped his drive for dominance, connecting everything from his "legion" of children to his plan to colonize Mars. Host Jacob Silverman reveals the little-known beginnings of the Elon era.

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Single-use plastics vs. compostables.

Marketplace is back for a 53rd season and looked into 'sustainable' alternatives like paper straws, reusable bags and compostable cups, to find out whether they're any better than single use plastics.

Watch now!

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What are the effects of climate change and possible solutions?

2025 marks the second-worst wildfire season on record. Join CBC metereologist and science reporter Johanna Wagstaffe and Laura Lynch, host of CBC's What On Earth, as they answer your questions live about wildfires, air quality and climate change.

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We’re taking your Canada-U.S. trade questions live on TikTok and Youtube starting at 1 pm ET! You can ask us in the live chat when it begins or by sending an email to ask@cbc.ca.

UPDATE (Aug. 6, 2025): This live chat has been updated to start at 1 pm ET.

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Celebrate Canada Day with a special live concert in Ottawa, featuring performances by Sarah McLachlan, Cœur de pirate, Aasiva, Josh Ross, Tom Cochrane, Mitsou, Amanda Marshall, Roch Voisine, Randy Bachman and more. Hosted by Isabelle Racicot, the Canada Day evening show features live musical performances from Ottawa, along with Vancouver, Yellowknife and Summerside, P.E.I.

Ahead of the show, join Adrienne Arsenault and Elamin Abdelmahmoud for interviews with performers and highlights on how Canadians are standing up for Canada.

4 months ago | [YT] | 121

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Mark Canada’s 158th birthday with live coverage hosted by Heather Hiscox in Charlottetown, before joining Adrienne Arsenault in Ottawa’s LeBreton Flats Park.

Canadians came together in a united front against Donald Trump’s tariffs, but where do we go next? Join Saroja Coelho at 2 p.m. ET as she hosts a live call-in show on what it means to be Canadian in 2025.

Then at 4 p.m. ET, David Common and Aarti Pole host live coverage as they connect with Canadians from coast-to-coast.

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