Power & Politics

POWER and POLITICS: Monday, March 12, 2018


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After a highly controversial leadership convention, Doug Ford was elected leader of the Ontario PC; MPPs Yasir Naqvi, Toby Barrett, Peter Tabuns discuss the upcoming election. CBC Polls Analyst Eric Grenier breaks down Ford’s victory. Plus, conservative strategists Denise Siele and Kate Harrison weigh in on Ford’s leadership. Jean Simard, president of the Aluminum Association of Canada, on what Canada must do as U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum still loom large. Rideau Hall welcomed Belgian royalty with a German flag: Wim Dehandschutter, Belgian journalist with Nieuwsblad, says it’s a big mistake, but Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders downplays the fumble. MMIWG commissioners Marion Buller and Michele Audette on the hearings underway in Montreal. Finally, London Times columnist Edward Lucas on British PM Theresa May pointing the finger at Russia after a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with a military grade nerve agent.
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