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For most political cartoonists, Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on giving, but for one Canadian cartoonist, his work on Trump may have actually been his downfall. 

You've probably seen the cartoon. It’s Trump, playing golf next to the bodies of Oscar Alberto Martínez and his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, the two migrants who died trying to cross the Rio Grande. Trump is looking down at them, standing beside a gold cart. In the cartoon, he says, “Do you mind if I play through?” 

It's by cartoonist Michael de Adder. He tweeted it out. The piece went viral. 

Then he was dumped by one of his main customers Brunswick News. The newspaper chain owned by New Brunswick’s powerful Irving family. De Adder never did get an answer for why his contract was terminated, but he thinks this cartoon had something to do with it. 

Today on the show, we hear from Michael de Adder, and an expert on political cartoons on the legacy and current state of the medium.

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Monday was the anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China, and hundreds of thousands pro-democracy protesters took to the streets once again since the protests started last month. Protesters are feeling more and more like China is encroaching on their freedoms. 

Tamara Khandaker talks to Shibani Mahtani, the Hong Kong and Southeast Asia correspondent for the Washington Post. She helps us understand the growing sense of desperation inside Hong Kong, as its residents fight for what they believe are fundamental freedoms.

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You might’ve seen the viral video. Or meme. Ivanka Trump, the unwanted diplomat, being awkwardly photoshopped into key historical moments. 

She has been a consistent presence in the Trump administration since he came into office - her official title is Senior Advisor, but there doesn’t seem to be a job that Trump thinks his daughter is unqualified for. This weekend, he gave her the role of top diplomat at the G20 Summit, putting her in the same rooms as some of the most powerful leaders in the world. 

Today on the show, we’ll talk about all of that. What was Ivanka Trump doing at the G20? And how is it that she was allowed to be there?

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Earlier this year, the head of Canada’s spy agency CSIS, testified before the senate committee on national security. He told them that the agency was more and more preoccupied with the threat of violent right wing extremism and white supremacists.

Stats Canada numbers show that in 2017, police reported hate crimes went up by 47 percent. And experts say the number of organized hate groups that are active in Canada is also on the rise.

On this episode, host Tamara Khandaker speaks with Stewart Bell, an investigative journalist for Global News, who reports on terrorism and extremism in Canada.  They talk about who Blood and Honour and Combat 18 are. She also connects with Barbara Perry, an expert on the Right Wing movement about why putting them on the list of outlawed terror organizations matters, and what right extremism in Canada looks like right now.

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China is calling out Canada’s meat as foul while Canada suspects foul play.

The international dispute between the two countries is escalating as the quality of food products from Canada comes into question.

On Wednesday, Chinese inspectors said Canadian pork contains an additive that is banned in China. That resulted in the stoppage of all Canadian meat shipments into the country. Canada insists the matter requires further investigation.

The meat spat follows a dispute between the two countries over the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

On today’s episode of Wait, There’s More, host Tamara Khandaker speaks with John Keogh, founder and managing principal of Shantalla Inc., who breaks down Canada’s actions up to date. Yves Tiberghein, the director emeritus of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia, also speaks about potential links between the current situation and disputes between Canada and China.

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Host Tamara Khandaker speaks with Neal Rothschild, a journalist with Axios, about the decline of the ratings and readership associated with covering Trump. Initially, both soared as people followed it all in what became known as the Trump bump. Jackson Proskow, Washington bureau chief for Global News, also previews the first Democratic debate.

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On this episode of Wait, There’s More, host Tamara Khandaker speaks with reporter Patrick Cain and lawyer Heather Segal about legal weed, old cannabis convictions, and the problems it's causing for Canadians trying to cross the border.

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On this episode of Wait, There’s More, host Tamara Khandaker speaks with Golnar Motevalli, a Tehran-based reporter with Bloomberg News.

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have been escalating since earlier this month when the U.S. blamed Iran for two explosions on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.

Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump came within moments of ordering a military strike on Iran before calling it off.

The U.S. has since said it has struck Iran's military computers with a cyberattack, and on Monday, Trump announced economic sanctions against Iran.

Today we’re talking about the escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran by going back in time to before the Iran nuclear deal and taking a look at how we got here.  

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On this episode of Wait, There’s More, host Tamara Khandaker speaks with Rachel Brown, Global News reporter, who has been covering the current opioid crisis for a while. 

Tamara and Rachel look at how some doctors are taking matters into their own hands and pushing the boundaries. And well talk about one approach and the growing movement for a safer supply of opioids. 

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People on the far right are often focused on a single word: Sharia.

You'll see it on their protest signs and raised in their videos. The claim is that Muslim immigrants want to subject Canada and the U.S. to Sharia Law, which they associate with an oppressive and backwards culture.

Here in Canada, an Ipsos poll recently found that 30 per cent of people believe that Muslims follow Sharia Law instead of Canadian law.

On the Thursday episode of Wait, There's More, Tamara Khandaker speaks with human rights advocate Amira Elghawaby, who explains what Sharia actually is and isn't.

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