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GUEST: Mike Walker, Former Hamilton Tiger-Cats Defensive tackle and 1986 Grey cup champion, 2022 CFL Hall of Fame inductee

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GUEST: John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer

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The federal government is poised to amend the Criminal Code provision on the use of a controversial defence known as self-induced extreme intoxication following a Supreme Court of Canada ruling last month.

Justice Minister David Lametti put a bill on notice on Wednesday night to amend the law. That means the soonest the government could table the amendment in the House of Commons would be Friday.

What exactly does this mean?

GUEST: Andrew Furgiuele, Lecturer with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto

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Timothy Caulfield has spent the pandemic battling bunk science and lies.

The course of COVID-19 has seen more Canadians spiral into the realm of conspiracy theories and it’s kept the misinformation expert busy.

So busy, he says, he felt he didn’t have time to really delve into one, particular conspiracy theory that was gaining traction: the racist lie that there is a co-ordinated effort to replace white people with immigrants, in what is known as the Great Replacement theory.

GUEST: Tim Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and a Professor with the Faculty of Law and School of Public Health at the University of Alberta

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For the second time in four years, the Hamilton Bulldogs are the alphas of the Ontario Hockey League. They have punched their ticket to the Memorial Cup.

Avery Hayes had a hat trick and Mason McTavish scored two goals as Hamilton beat the Windsor Spitfires 6-1 Wednesday night at FirstOntario Centre to win the OHL Championship in seven games.

GUEST: Steve Staios, President and General Manager of the Hamilton Bulldogs

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Border communities in Canada are calling on the federal government to drop the ArriveCan mobile application at the land border, which they say will prevent Americans from visiting their friendly neighbour to the north during the peak tourism season.

GUEST: Jim Diodati, Mayor of Niagara Falls

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New polling suggests Liberal and New Democrat voters think Jean Charest or Patrick Brown would make the best leader of the federal Conservative party.

The data released by the research firm Leger is based on an online survey it did of 1,528 Canadian adults last weekend using computer-assisted web interviewing technology.

GUEST: Peggy Nash, Former NDP Finance Critic, and author of Women Winning Office: An Activist’s Guide To Getting Elected - Available May 2022

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The Canadian government is dropping the requirement that domestic and outbound international travelers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, effective June 20. However, all re-entry requirements will remain in effect, and all passengers will continue to have to wear face masks.

Is it time to move on from the pandemic?

GUEST: Dr. Brian D. Lichty, Associate Professor in Pathology and Molecular Medicine with the McMaster Immunology Research Centre

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For the first time in more than a decade, Ontario’s NDP will have a new face leading the party at Queen’s Park after MPPs selected a interim leader to take over the reins from Andrea Horwath.

A senior NDP source confirmed to Global News the party’s caucus decided to recommend Peter Tabuns, a long time MPP, as interim leader.

GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Publisher of the Queen’s Park Observer

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A bear market, rising interest rates and other financial worries is giving new worries for those who have invested in cryptocurrency.

How has the crypto crash exposed the lies hiding behind the sector?

GUEST: Mark Yamada, President & CEO of PUR Investing Inc

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Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says it was "unacceptable" that a Canadian representative attended an event hosted at the Russian Embassy, and has vowed it won't happen again.

ALSO: New Indo-Pacific Advisory Committee

GUEST: Stephanie Carvin, Associate Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University

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Doug Ford hasn’t even named a new cabinet, fresh off his majority election victory, and one of the biggest challenges his new government will face is already staring him down.

Four of the five major education unions have taken the first step to start bargaining, ahead of their contracts expiring on Aug. 31.

GUEST: Karen Littlewood, President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation

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North American equities tumbled on Monday, with the S&P 500 confirming it is in a bear market, as fears grow that the expected aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve would push the economy into a recession.

Should we be worried?

GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University