Alan Carter

Alan chats with Jamie Ellerton, Principal at strategic and public relations firm Conaptus Limited, about the Green Party's future.

Alan speaks with Dr. Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University, and senior fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute. And a member of the board of directors of the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies and lectures regularly at the Staff College of the German Bundeswehr about a post-Merkel Germany.

Alan chats with Dr. Stephanie Carvin, Former National Security Analyst, Associate Professor of International Relations at Carleton University. Author of, Stand on Guard: Reassessing Threats to Canada's National Security, about China releasing the two Michaels.

Alan speaks with Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a former senior government official who worked on China issues and now Senior Fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, about the return of the two Michaels - and Canada's relationship with China moving forward.

Dr Doris Grinspun, RNAO's Chief Executive Officer and Dianne Martin, CEO Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario talk about the nursing shortage in Quebec and Ontario

The Quebec government has announced it will provide nurses with financial bonuses of up to $18,000 as part of its emergency plan to fix the staffing crisis in the province's health-care network.