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PrimeTime Politics Weekend
October 9, 2009
Host Martin Stringer sits down with Glen Hodgson, a chief economist at the Conference Board of Canada, to analyze employment statistics from September 2009. Journalists Louise Elliott and John Geddes join Martin in the studio for a discussion about the week’s major news stories, including the Liberal Party’s leadership under Michael Ignatieff. Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks about pressing political issues with reporters in Welland, Ont. In an October 8th meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, members consider Bill C-15, which proposes minimum penalties for serious drug offences. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson and lawyers Phil Downes and Howard L. Krongold deliver their testimony before being questioned by Conservative senators Pierre Claude Nolin and John D. Wallace, among others.