The West Block

THE U.S. IS EXPECTED TO BECOME THE WORLD’S TOP OIL EXPORTER IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.  SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE GLOBAL OIL INDUSTRY?

Guest:  Charles Mason, HA True Chair in Oil and Gas Economics, and Associate Dean in the College of Business, at the University of Wyoming

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A second cabinet minister resigns, the Prime Minister's former Principal Secretary testifies before the Justice Committee...the opposition wants the former Attorney General to come back to the committee and testify again.  Lots on the show this week.

Guests: Karina Gould, Minister of Democratic Institutions; Pierre-Poilievre, Conservative-Ontario; Peter Julien, NDP-British Columbia; Mike Van Soelen, Navigator Limited

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EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY, CALLS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO STEP DOWN, AND A CABINET SHUFFLE ...ALL AS MPs BEGIN A TWO WEEK BREAK AWAY FROM PARLIAMENT HILL.FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD TOLD THE JUSTICE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK SHE EXPERIENCED A CONSISTENT AND SUSTAINED EFFORT BY THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE WITHIN GOVERNMENT INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER TO POLITICALLY INTERFERE IN HER DECISION ON THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF THE QUEBEC BASED COMPANY SNC-LAVALIN.  WE'LL HEAR VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON A CONTROVERSY THAT HAS PUT THE GOVERNMENT IN CRISIS.

Guests: David Lametti, Justice Minister; Candice Bergen, Conservative; Daniel Blaikie, NDP; Susan Delacourt, Toronto Star Bureau Chief; Joel-Denis Bellavance, La Presse Bureau Chief

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Long awaited talks between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un collapsed on Thursday when the U.S. refused to lift sanctions to appease North Korea.  What happens now and where does this leave relations between these two nations?

Guest: Troy Stangarone, Senior Director of Congressional Affairs and Trade at the Korea Institute

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Should nations take back their citizens if they fought for ISIS?  And what about the families of these foreign fighters?  And does de-radicalization work?

Guest:

MUBIN SHAIKH, A FORMER SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTER TERRORISM OPERATIVE WITH CISIS AND RCMP UNDERCOVER OPERATIVE AND AN EXPERT ON COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM.

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