Climate change tops Canada's election agenda

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Can the fourth largest global oil and gas exporter really pioneer tackling climate change? Nigel Cassidy examines if voters agree with this claim from current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Canadians go to the polls next Monday. We hear from economist and climate activist, Naomi Klein and Anastasia Kogan, who lives in the mountainous region of British Colombia. Meanwhile, Jatinder Sidhu reports on the political temperature in Vancouver. As a Brexit breakthrough moves markets, businesses on both sides of the Irish sea tell us what they think. Daniel Donnelly from the Federation of Small Businesses in Northern Ireland tells us what the new customs arrangements would mean for the land border with Ireland. Meanwhile, Ian West, who runs Yes2Ship, an international freight company doubts the practical issues around taxes and customs checks have been fully resolved so far. Plus, as Australia's economy falters, Phil Mercer meets some schoolchildren who are taking lessons in how to build a business. (Picture: A poster of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Canadian Museum of History in Quebec. Credit: Reuters)