Chris Ragan, the founding Director of McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy, and the Chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, joins Vassy Kapelos for a quick fact check on Canada's carbon pricing.

On today’s show:

• Listen to Vassy’s full conversation with Francois-Phillipe Champagne on Newfoundland Premier Andrew Furey's call to halt the carbon tax increase. 
• Dr. Jim Dowling, a Senior Scientist of Genetics & Genome Biology, answers this week's 'The Explainer' question on gene therapy.
• The Daily Debrief Panel with Tim Powers, Scott Reid, and Kathleen Monk.
• Listen to Vassy's full conversation with Bob Rae, a Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, on the road ahead for Haiti after the country's Prime Minister resigned over civil unrest.