The Canadian government wants to invest $6 billion over five years to boost Canada’s skilled trades sectors. As more young people struggle to find entry-level work in 9-to-5 professions, are the skilled trades a viable option? What do you want to know about the demands and the opportunities of life in the trades?

Abigail Fulton [FULL-tun] is the executive director of the Construction Foundation of B.C., a charity focused on workforce development in the trades. She joins Just Asking alongside Jim Stanford, an economist and the director of Centre for Future Work, a labour economics think tank.

This week, Health Canada approved two generic versions of Ozempic. This will mean reduced cost, and therefore broader access, to a medication that’s been prohibitively expensive for many.

What questions do you have about accessing and using GLP1 drugs? What do you want to know about both the risks and benefits of broader access to these drugs?

Here to field your questions are Jennifer Lake, assistant professor at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto, and Dr. Megha Poddar [MEG-ah POE-dawr], assistant clinical professor at McMaster University.

“Ascend your looks to be a better version of yourself” is Looksmaxxing in a nutshell, but young men in the movement are using increasingly radical measures to improve their appearances, including extreme dieting and “bone-smashing” to achieve a very specific look. What is this trend that is attracting young men and making its way into mainstream conversation? And why should we watch for its influence on the young people in our lives? Our expert panel is Jamie Cohen, an associate professor of media studies at CUNY Queens College, and John Oliffe, a professor and Canada Research Chair in Men’s Health Promotion and the University of British Columbia.

From higher ticket prices to thousands of cancellations, airlines around the world are reacting to fuel supply issues and it’s having a major impact on how and where we travel. What should you know before you book your next flight? Our expert panel is John Gradek, a faculty lecturer in supply chain networks and aviation management, and Max Johnson, a travel and tourism consultant based in Winnipeg.

Canada's food supply chains could use a shot of resilience -- the rise in oil prices is only the latest in a long list of factors that keep driving up food costs. We take questions on what makes our food supply chains so vulnerable to climate and poltical crises and what can be done to curb the costs.

Our guests are Tyler McCann, managing director at the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, and Lauren Baker, deputy director at the Global Alliance for the Future of Food.

"Unity does not require uniformity" sounds good as a slogan, but what does it say about a party's politics and point of view? Mark Carney's Liberals now form a majority government, but it took opening its doors to MPs that hold disparate views and competing political records. What does that do to a party's core values?

Our guests are Justin Ling, staff columnist at the Toronto Star, and Vandana Kattar, a political consultant and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Prime Minister Carney.

Soon after threatening to wipe out Iranian civilization this week, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire. We’re taking all of your questions about this shaky ceasefire, and its likelihood of success.

Our expert panel is: Jennifer Kavanagh, director of military analysis at Defense Priorities; Sabine Nolke, former Canadian ambassador and specialist in international law; and Ben Rowswell, a former Canadian ambassador and consultant with Catalyze4.

Whether you know all your obscure sparrows and warblers or your bird ID skills are limited to the Blue Jay, dive in for a fascinating conversation on birding and its benefits.

Our guests are David Bird, Emeritus Professor of Wildlife Biology at McGill University, and writer and bird watcher Julia Zarankin.They are briefly joined by Erik Wing, a cognitive neuroscience research associate at York University.