Show Notes
At Issue this week: The federal Liberals are set to announce a bill to make the internet safer for kids, something the Opposition says limits free speech. Quebec asks for $1 billion to handle the growing costs of asylum seekers. Plus, the head of the firm at the centre of the ArriveCan affair summoned to Parliament. Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.
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At Issue this week: Jagmeet Singh defends his decision to end the supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals, but will it help the NDP in the polls? Plus, a look ahead to the Liberal caucus retreat and byelections in Winnipeg and Montreal. Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.
The House may have adjourned for summer, but the politics are heating up. In this final At Issue of the season, the panel breaks down what’s ahead for the federal parties, including a high-stakes Toronto by-election. Plus, the on-going calls to release the names of MPs implicated in the foreign interference report.. Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.
At Issue this week: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he’s more alarmed than ever after reading an unredacted report on foreign interference, but Elizabeth May says she’s relieved. Pierre Poilievre is forced to voice his position on the capital gains tax changes. Plus, a byelection showdown in Toronto. Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.
At Issue this week: A cross-party parliamentary committee looking into foreign interference says it has top-secret intelligence suggesting MPs have knowingly helped foreign state actors. A Conservative MP comes under fire for going against his party's platform on social issues. And could the Bank of Canada’s interest rate cut help the Liberals? Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.
At Issue this week: The Parliamentary Budget Office admits it made an ‘inadvertent error’ calculating the economic impact of the carbon tax and the Liberals want the record corrected. Greg Fergus survives the latest attempt by the Conservatives to oust him as Speaker. Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.