Tasneem Jamal was three years old, the same age as Alan Kurdi, when she became a refugee. But her story had a happy ending. Now, she says Canada can do better when it comes to helping refugees, and has in the past. GUEST: Tasneem Jamal, author of Where the Air Is Sweet, a 2014 novel about the Ugandan Asian expulsion, living in Kitchener, Ontario

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Tasneem Jamal was three years old, the same age as Alan Kurdi, when she became a refugee. But her story had a happy ending. Now, she says Canada can do better when it comes to helping refugees, and has in the past. GUEST: Tasneem Jamal, author of Where the Air Is Sweet, a 2014 novel about the Ugandan Asian expulsion, living in Kitchener, Ontario

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Many First Nations groups have spoken out against the Harper Conservatives. Now, an Aboriginal policy analyst says maybe they should rethink their stance on the party. Joseph Quesnel believes First Nations peoples should vote for the Conservatives in the federal election. He says the party, at least, has plans rather than expressing platitudes. GUEST: Joseph Quesnel, Troy Media columnist, Aboriginal policy analyst focused on Aboriginal policy, property rights, and water market issues

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Many First Nations groups have spoken out against the Harper Conservatives. Now, an Aboriginal policy analyst says maybe they should rethink their stance on the party. Joseph Quesnel believes First Nations peoples should vote for the Conservatives in the federal election. He says the party, at least, has plans rather than expressing platitudes. GUEST: Joseph Quesnel, Troy Media columnist, Aboriginal policy analyst focused on Aboriginal policy, property rights, and water market issues

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Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders, has spoken out in her new book and says she was raped, and it was her own fault. She didn't back down from that stance in an interview with Sunday Times magazine. She goes even further to say that women who wear revealing clothes are "asking for it." Is she wrong? Is it okay for a woman to say this?GUEST: Sally Armstrong, journalist, documentary filmmaker and human rights activist

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Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders, has spoken out in her new book and says she was raped, and it was her own fault. She didn't back down from that stance in an interview with Sunday Times magazine. She goes even further to say that women who wear revealing clothes are "asking for it." Is she wrong? Is it okay for a woman to say this?GUEST: Sally Armstrong, journalist, documentary filmmaker and human rights activist

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Why are people in Quebec cutting up their cash? It makes no economic sense, but shopkeepers and locals in Gaspesie, Quebec are making their own local currency by doing it. GUEST: Aaron Hutchins, associate editor with Maclean's

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Why are people in Quebec cutting up their cash? It makes no economic sense, but shopkeepers and locals in Gaspesie, Quebec are making their own local currency by doing it. GUEST: Aaron Hutchins, associate editor with Maclean's

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Is Canada’s private refugee sponsorship system is broken? A Calgary immigration lawyer thinks so, and explains why.

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Is Canada’s private refugee sponsorship system is broken? A Calgary immigration lawyer thinks so, and explains why.

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