A middle school teacher gave students a list of hypothetical people, then asked the students who should live and who should die. The list included “a racist, armed police officer who has been accused of excessive force.” Is this an example of “politically correct” philosophies in our education system, or simply a lapse in judgment that failed to take into account what is appropriate for the children’s ages?

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Guest: Michael Zwaagstra, Manitoba High School teacher, author of ‘What’s Wrong with Our Schools: And How We Can Fix Them’

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Doug Ford’s Ontario government continues upending legislative efforts of its Liberal predecessors. Now they have set their sights on the Ontario Liberals Green Energy Act. Meanwhile, Ontario's new Minister of Finance Vic Fedeli announced yesterday that Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals actually left a $15 billion deficit. Now we ask, what is the true financial picture for Canada's most populous province?

Leona Alleslev is the former Liberal MP and CAF veteran who crossed the floor from Justin Trudeau's majority government to join the Conservative Party of Canada. She joins us to explain why she made this choice, and share her concerns about her former party and the Prime Minister.

Conservative Party of Canada leader Andrew Scheer speaks to Leona Alleslev’s crossing.  And discusses NAFTA, the Trans Mountain expansion, border crossers from the U.S, and the Liberal governments’ refusal to confirm PTSD suffering Canadian military veterans would receive a trained service dog

The Federal government announced that the NEB must redo the environmental review for Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion.  Vivian Krause, whose research found that funds were being directed toward anti-pipeline groups by U.S. entities. She has found that the groups also targeted 29 ridings in 2015 election directing funds to assist in defeating CPC candidates.

And yesterday was the three year anniversary of the abduction of Canadian Robert Hall by ISIS-affiliated terrorists in the Philippines who beheaded him.  His family suffered tremendously and was regularly dismissed by the federal government.

Guests:
Tom Adams, Independent energy and environmental advisor and researcher
Bonnie Lysyk, Ontario Auditor General
MP Leona Alleslev
Andrew Scheer, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
Vivian Krause, independent researcher
Gord Bibby, Robert Hall's cousin and spokesperson for the Robert Hall’s family

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Scott Newark offers his perspective the numerous legal issues raised over the past week.

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Guest: Scott Newark, Former Alberta prosecutor and Executive Director of the Canadian Police Association, Senior Policy Advisor to a federal Minister for Public Safety, and Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University.

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