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No Talking Points: Season 2, Episode 15Thursday, Nov.25 , 2021Moderator: Janet E Silver, iPoliticsChattering Class: Kady O’Malley, iPolitics |Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star | Althia Raj, Toronto Star1. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon delivered the speech from the throne on Tuesday. Did the government successfully set a new tone for the 44th Parliament?2. The Liberals are pushing a return to a hybrid sitting of the House for the rest of this session. What effect will that have?

No Talking Points: Season 2, Episode 14Thursday, Nov.18 , 2021Moderator: Janet E Silver, iPoliticsChattering Class: Kady O’Malley, iPolitics |Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star | Stephanie Levitz, Toronto StarTopic 1: Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole has given Sen. Denise Batters the boot from caucus. Will this quiet the dissent? How is this sitting with the socially conservative wing of the party?Topic 2: The prime minister meets with his U.S. and Mexican counterparts today. What are Canada’s key concerns?Topic 3: Parliament resumes on Monday, followed by the throne speech on Tuesday. What’s expected on the government’s agenda?

No Talking Points: Season Two, Episode ThirteenThursday, Nov.11 , 2021Moderator: Janet E Silver, iPoliticsChattering Class: Kady O’Malley, iPolitics |Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star | Alex Ballingall, Toronto StarTopic 1. Annamie Paul formally resigns as Green party leader. Who will lead the party as it tries to move forward given the turmoil of the past year?Topic 2. Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole faces internal party divisions over vaccines. His recent shadow cabinet announcement excluded critics and vaccine skeptics in caucus. How will this play out as MPs prepare for Parliament’s return?

No Talking Points: Season Two, Episode TwelveThursday, Nov. 4 , 2021Moderator: Janet E Silver, iPoliticsChattering Class: Kady O’Malley, iPolitics |Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star | Stephanie Levitz, Toronto StarTopic 1. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a cap on oil and gas emissions while he was at COP26 in Scotland earlier this week. Why was Alberta Premier Jason Kenney so upset about this announcement?Topic 2. Are high level officials from the Liberals and NDP negotiating a deal for the NDP to support the government over the next three years, and if so, why?Topic 3. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is staying quiet when asked about the vaccination status of his caucus members. What are the politics behind his silence?

No Talking Points: Season 2, Episode 11Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021Moderator: Janet E Silver, iPoliticsChattering Class: Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star | Althia Raj, Toronto Star | Kady O’Malley, iPoliticsTopic 1: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his new cabinet earlier this week. Who's in, who's out, and what signals do they send?Topic 2: Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says his MPs will be fully vaccinated when Parliament returns on Nov. 22 . So why is he promising to challenge the mandate in the House?

No Talking Points: Season 2, Episode 10Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021Moderator: Janet E Silver, iPoliticsChattering Class: Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star / Stephanie Levitz, Toronto Star/ Kady O’Malley, iPoliticsTopic 1: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new vaccine passports for international travel. What does this mean for Canadians heading overseas?Topic 2: The Board of Internal Economy has voted to make sure anyone entering buildings on Parliament Hill are fully vaccinated. Why are the Conservatives resisting this mandate?Topic 3: The Green Party of Canada let 11 staff members go earlier this week. Can the party survive federally?

No Talking Points: Season Two, Episode NineThursday, Oct.14 , 2021Moderator: Janet E Silver, iPoliticsChattering Class: Kady O’Malley, iPolitics |Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star | Alex Ballingall, Toronto StarTopic 1: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to name his cabinet later this month. Will he increase the size of it? Who could be sitting on the front bench?Topic 2: Still no date for when Parliament will resume, whether MPs will sit in the House, or if they’ll need to be fully vaccinated. What are some of the issues parties are weighing?

No Talking Points: Season 2, Episode 8Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021Moderator: Janet E Silver, iPoliticsChattering Class:  Stephanie Levitz/ Toronto Star; Alex Ballingall/ Toronto Star; Kady O’Malley/ iPoliticsPart One: Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh have announced formal reviews of their parties' performances in the last election. Will their conclusions be made public? And will they change their parties' approach in the next election?Part Two: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced this week that federally regulated employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the month, with few exceptions. What does this mean for Parliament’s return?

No Talking Points: Season Two, Episode SevenThursday, Sept. 30, 2021Moderator: Janet E Silver, iPoliticsChattering Class: Raisa Patel /Toronto Star; Stephanie Levitz/ Toronto Star; Kady O’Malley/ iPoliticsPart One: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces he will name his new cabinet in October and Parliament will resume before fall ends. Who is expected to be in cabinet and what will a return to the House of Commons look like?Part Two: Following the election results, calls for some party leaders to step down made headlines. Earlier this week Green Party Leader Annamie Paul announced she’d had enough. What's really happening behind the curtain?

No Talking Points: Season 2, Episode 6Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021Moderator: Janet E Silver, iPoliticsGuests: Quito Maggi, president and CEO Mainstreet Research, Amy Go, Chinese Canadian Council for Social Justice, Karamveer Lalh, former UCP researcher and Conservative Party assistant, and  Kady O’Malley, iPolitics.In this special post-election edition of No Talking Points, we drill down in ridings with a majority of Chinese-Canadian voters who delivered a surprise at the ballot box . How did this affect the overall election results, and what concerns caused this community to change their votes?[audio mp3="https://ipolitics.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/NTP-Sept23-V2.mp3"][/audio]