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The date is set. On October 17 - the 95-year prohibition on cannabis will officially come to an end in Canada and recreational weed will be legal across the country. We talk to the Minister of Justice and the Premier of Saskatchewan about what happens next. Plus, President Donald Trump took a rare step backwards today, reversing course on his controversial policy of separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. But, the President says he isn't backing down on his 'zero-tolerance' policy? What does that mean? We'll ask a national security reporter at the Washington Post. Finally, as he walks away from federal politics, Tom Muclair joins me to discuss the state of the NDP.
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