Carney defends a housing plan he says the government hasn’t well explained

Prime Minister Mark Carney is backing a plan for the federal government to buy unsold Vancouver condos, but says the government hasn’t done well explaining how it would work. Power & Politics speaks with NDP Leader Avi Lewis about the housing pitch as Parliament wraps for their summer vacation. Plus, a U.S. Senate hopeful in Michigan is campaigning to ‘open the damn’ Gordie Howe bridge — while saying the White House wants to keep it closed.