The West Block

Former conservative prime minister Stephen Harper sits down with Mercedes Stephenson in New York City where he launched his latest book, Right Here Right Now-a look at globalism and how the populist movement has arisen from this. 

Guest: Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper

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The United States has officially pulled out of the 1955 Treaty of Amity with Iran. It's the latest move in the deterioration in relations between the two countries. Will international dispute lead to nuclear war? And can Iran be trusted?  

Guest: Joseph Cirincione, President of Ploughshares Fund

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On October 17th cannabis will be legal across Canada, what are the laws on cannabis impaired driving and drug possession?  Then provinces are pushing back on Ottawa's plan to implement a national carbon tax next year, will they succeed?  And Canada has a new cyber security centre, what are they warning Canadians about to prevent online attacks?

Guests: Jody Wilson-Raybauld, Justice Minister; Jason Kenney, Alberta United Conservative Party Leader; Scott Jones, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

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Today is the deadline for the US congress to receive the text on a NAFTA deal, Canada has not signed on.  What happens next?  Should convicted child murdered Terri-Lynne McClintic have access to an aboriginal healing lodge? Plus after last week's election in New Brunswick, why is the battle for the top political job in that province still going on?

Guests: Marc Garneau, Transportation Minister; Andrew Scheer, Conservative Party Leader; Blaine Higgs, New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party Leader

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Today we talk to Border Security Minister Bill Blair about what his government is doing to reduce the number of asylum seekers crossing into Canada illegally.  Then, veterans says the government is reneging  on promises made to vets in the last election, we'll put those concerns to Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O'Regan. Plus is Afghanistan a failed state?

Guests:  Bill Blair, Border Security Minister; Seamus O'Regan, Veterans Affairs Minister; John Sopko, Inspector General for the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

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