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PrimeTime Politics This Week
October 8, 2017
Tuesday, October 3 Peter Van Dusen speaks with Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed, who are both in Ottawa for the First Ministers and Indigenous Leaders meeting. Wednesday, October 4 Peter Van Dusen looks at the debates over corporate tax and taxing marijuana with MPs Bill Blair (Liberal), Don Davies (NDP), and Pierre Poilievre (Conservative). Human rights advocate and former cabinet minister Irwin Cotler discusses the passage of Canada’s “Magnitsky” law for sanctions against foreign officials. Thursday, October 5 Peter Van Dusen reviews the fallout from TransCanada’s abandonment of the Energy East pipeline project. He speaks with Keith Brooks (Environmental Defence) and Jayson Myers (Canadian Chamber of Commerce). Friday, October 6 Martin Stringer speaks with Chief Marcia Brown Martel about compensation for Indigenous people caught in the "Sixties Scoop" and placed in non-Indigenous foster homes.