Yesterday Global News brought you the story that StatsCanada was seeking sensitive financial information about Canadians without their consent. Today we find out StatsCan scooped up 15,000 Canadians’ credit rating info…without telling them.

Guest: Andrew Russell - National journalist with Global News

Canadian common sense - October 30

Daily memo: Canadian common sense

Tonight, we talk to author and teacher David Michael Slater on growing up in Squirrel Hill, a small Pittsburgh neighbourhood where 11 are now dead after a shooting in a local synagogue. Then we have a conversation with advocate-for-justice Sheri Arsenault on drunk driving penalties.

This is the Charles Adler Tonight podcast.

An article in the Montreal Gazette unpacks life growing up in the small neighbourhood of Squirrel Hill where 11 are dead after a shooter entered the Tree of Life synagogue and opened fire.

Guest: David Michael Slater - Children’s author, teacher

Opening monologue: Trudeau is blaming the Harper government for this StatsCanada fiasco.

Telling the classic story of a young boy with a disability who had the opportunity to know what winning felt like.

Daily memo: Canadian common sense

With the support of a local mining company and the Canadian embassy in Mongolia, Nate Leslie will be assisting in bringing a shipping container of donated hockey equipment overseas. Also, Global News chief political correspondent David Akin comes on to tell us why StatsCan wants to get your personal banking information.

That's all coming up on the Charles Adler Tonight podcast.

Global Report on Statistics Canada has requested financial statements for half a million Canadians.

Guest: David Akin - Global News chief political correspondent.