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March 11, 2018 Episode 27: Tariffs, Trade and Canada's New Top Cop
Global's Chief Political Correspondent David Akin hosts this week's show and tackles the brewing global trade war over the new U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs. And the Mountie's their woman. Can the RCMP change its culture now that they have a female at the helm.
Guests: Christopher Sands, Director of the Centre for Canadian Studies at John Hopkins University; Raoul Delcorde, Belgium's Ambassador to Canada; Liberal Mp Greg Fergus
23 min
March 04, 2018 Episode 26: Scheer weighs in, federal-provincial showdown and unpacking the politics of the PM's trip to India
Lots of controversy on parliament hill this week regarding the Prime Minister's trip to India last month, this in the midst of the federal budget tabled on Tuesday. Plus Saskatchewan is the only province that did not sign on to the federal governments climate plan and now they are fighting back to get the sixty two million dollars the federal government is witholding because this province did not sign on.
Guests: Andrew Scheer, Conservative Party Leader and leader of the Official Opposition; Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Premier; Susan Delacourt, author and journalist; Joanna Smith, Canadian Press

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24 min
March 04, 2018 Episode 26: Scheer weighs in, federal-provincial showdown and unpacking the politics of the PM's trip to India
Lots of controversy on parliament hill this week regarding the Prime Minister's trip to India last month, this in the midst of the federal budget tabled on Tuesday. Plus Saskatchewan is the only province that did not sign on to the federal governments climate plan and now they are fighting back to get the sixty two million dollars the federal government is witholding because this province did not sign on.
Guests: Andrew Scheer, Conservative Party Leader and leader of the Official Opposition; Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Premier; Susan Delacourt, author and journalist; Joanna Smith, Canadian Press
24 min
February 25, 2018 Episode 25 Canada-India Relations, the battle to lead the Ontario PC party, plus federal budget expectations
The Prime Minister spent the week, it was supposed to be a week to improve Canada-India relations but the visit was mired in controversy. What does this mean for relations between our two nations? Then Ontario PC leadership candidates will debate in Ottawa on Wednesday, who is leading in the polls and how what does this mean for the provincial election in June? And the federal government will table its third budget on Tuesday, what can taxpayers expect on budget day?
Guests: Ujjal Dosanjh, Former B.C. Premier; Tasha Kheiriddin, Global News Radio; Robert Benzie, Toronto Star; Craig Alexander, Chief Economist Conference Board of Canada

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24 min
February 25, 2018 Episode 25 Canada-India Relations, the battle to lead the Ontario PC party, plus federal budget expectations
The Prime Minister spent the week, it was supposed to be a week to improve Canada-India relations but the visit was mired in controversy. What does this mean for relations between our two nations? Then Ontario PC leadership candidates will debate in Ottawa on Wednesday, who is leading in the polls and how what does this mean for the provincial election in June? And the federal government will table its third budget on Tuesday, what can taxpayers expect on budget day?
Guests: Ujjal Dosanjh, Former B.C. Premier; Tasha Kheiriddin, Global News Radio; Robert Benzie, Toronto Star; Craig Alexander, Chief Economist Conference Board of Canada
23 min
February 18, 2018 Episode 24: NAFTA Negotiations, No party unity on Pipelines and federal budget expectations
Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister goes to Washington as negotiators prepare for more talks on NAFTA, what are the big issues still on the table? Plus the NDP are in Ottawa this weekend, just how divisive is the pipeline issue for the federal party? Plus the federal government tables its over later this month, what are Canada's big city mayors hoping to get this time around?
Guests: Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Affairs Minister; Jagmeet Singh, NDP Leader; Don Iveson, Edmonton Mayor

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30 min
February 18, 2018 Episode 24: NAFTA Negotiations, No party unity on Pipelines and federal budget expectations
Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister goes to Washington as negotiators prepare for more talks on NAFTA, what are the big issues still on the table? Plus the NDP are in Ottawa this weekend, just how divisive is the pipeline issue for the federal party? Plus the federal government tables its over later this month, what are Canada's big city mayors hoping to get this time around?
Guests: Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Affairs Minister; Jagmeet Singh, NDP Leader; Don Iveson, Edmonton Mayor
30 min
February 11, 2018 Episode 23 : Environmental assessments, pipeline battle in the west and Food for Thought
The government announced its new environmental bill, what does this mean for future pipeline projects? And the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion battle in the west, what more can the federal government do? Then some Food for Thought with NDP MP Niki Ashton, we break some bread and talk sleep deprivation, challenges on the hill and what a life post politics might look like.
Guests: Catherine McKenna, Environment Minister; Jason Kenney, United Conservative Party Leader ; Niki Ashton, NDP-Manitoba

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33 min
February 11, 2018 Episode 23 : Environmental assessments, pipeline battle in the west and Food for Thought
The government announced its new environmental bill, what does this mean for future pipeline projects? And the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion battle in the west, what more can the federal government do? Then some Food for Thought with NDP MP Niki Ashton, we break some bread and talk sleep deprivation, challenges on the hill and what a life post politics might look like.
Guests: Catherine McKenna, Environment Minister; Jason Kenney, United Conservative Party Leader ; Niki Ashton, NDP-Manitoba
32 min
February 04, 2018 Episode 22: Pipelines, Selling NAFTA and Turkey's military offensive in Syria
This week we take a look at the battle in the west between Alberta and British Columbia over expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, is there a role for the federal government to play? Then we will talk to a former U.S. Ambassador to Canada on what more Canada can do when it comes to selling NAFTA south of the border. And, two weeks ago Turkey began an aggressive military campaign in northern Syria, we'll find out what and what's at stake when it comes to our NATO allies.
Guests: Jim Carr, Natural Resources Minister; Bruce Heyman, Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada; Selçuk Ünal, Turkey's Ambassador to Canada

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24 min

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