On June 24th 2022, the US Supreme Court overruled its nearly 50-year-old landmark precedent case of Roe v Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion in America.

In this special episode of The Scoop, we are joined by Professor Nick Bala from the Faculty of Law, Dr. Paul Gardner of the Department of History and Dr. Ashley Waddington of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Queen’s University.

Drs. Waddington, Gardner and Bala discuss Roe v Wade’s history, the immediate and long-term constitutional implications for Americans seeking abortion care, and comparative implications for abortion rights in the Canadian context.

This week on The Scoop, join CFRC Broadcast Journalist Karim Mosna, and Arts News Coordinator Christena Lawrie. Karim will share details from the recent special council meeting on the encampment protocol. Christena will feature interviews from the local arts community including coverage of Artfest.

In this segment, Alex sits down with David Harder, Founder and Co-CEO at Atma Journey Centers to discuss the Psychedelic Medicine Global Conference taking place at Queen’s University from May 20-22 2022. Learn more about the conference and what to expect. Buy your tickets by clicking here!

Karim Mosna covered Science Rendezvous Kingston where he spoke with founder Dr. Lynda Colgan, as well as several student and faculty representatives from various Queen’s departments including: Mechanical Engineering, Space Engineering and Psychology. He also sat down with Janice Hill, the Associate Vice-Principal of Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation at Queens to talk about Red Dress Day.

The 2022 Ontario general election will be held on June 2, 2022, to elect Members of the Provincial Parliament to serve among the 124 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. In the meantime, candidates across the province have begun campaigning in their respective ridings for their respective parties and their doing so in a variety of ways and across numerous platforms.

With us in this extended episode of The Scoop to chat about political campaign communications and their impact on the electorate are Dr. Jonathan Rose and PhD Candidate Tim Abray of Political Studies here at Queen’s University.

From Abray and Rose we learn much about the types of campaign ads that exist in liberal democracies and the various campaign strategies that inform their content and presentation.  Abray and Rose also consider and comment upon messaging from the ‘Big Four’ parties’ campaign websites and discuss the impact such ads have on voter decision-making.

On Wednesday April 13th, the Bank of Canada announced that it would raise the benchmark interest rate to 1 percent, meaning it has risen by half a percentage point.  The Bank of Canada’s interest rate impacts Canadians and businesses because it influences the rates paid and received on savings accounts, mortgages, GICs, etc. With Canada experiencing some of the highest inflation it has seen in over 30 years, economists are expecting interest rates to continue rising in order to keep the increasing prices under control.

Joining us in this segment to chat about the rate hike, its motivations and impact for Canadians and businesses is Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the School of Policy Studies here at Queen’s University.  Drummond provides insights into why there are issues with leaving interests rates too low for too long, the long and short-term benefits of the rate hike on the Canadian economy and for average Canadians and businesses.

In this segment of The Scoop, Taylor is joined once again by PSAC 901 president Astrid Hobill to talk the union’s strike mandate vote outcome, and the subsequent agreement reached with Queen’s.

In this segment, Taylor sits down with PSAC 901 President, Astrid Hobill, to discuss the strike mandate taking place on February 14th 2022, which turned out to be a successful strike mandate vote.

On Tuesday February 15th 2022, Queen’s University Principal and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane announced the formation of a task force that will see university and local community partners work together to find new approaches to address large unsanctioned gatherings in the University District.  

In this episode, Principal Deane joins CFRC to discuss Kingston community and stakeholder concerns about large street gatherings prior to and throughout the pandemic, the work the new task force will undertake, project timelines and also strategies for monitoring its recommendations expected by September 2022.

As of February 4th, 2022 with Freedom Convoy organizers vowing to stay in Ottawa, and more people scheduled to roll into town to join the demonstration, some leaders are calling for increased measures-including calling in the Canadian Armed Forces to protect the neighbourhoods and residents. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said using the military to clear the convoy is not in the cards.  Now into its eighth day in Ottawa, the RCMP will be deploying additional forces to assist Ottawa police with policing the demonstration.

Joining us in this segment to chat about policing efforts being deployed to help end the tricky stalemate between the federal government and members of the trucker protest is Andrew Graham from the Department of Policy Studies. He covers the current situation in Ottawa with the stalemate and policing, matters related to the Emergency Act and questions of CAF deployment, and possible resolutions for the situation.