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PrimeTime Politics
March 9, 2010
Host Peter Van Dusen speaks with international trade Minister Peter Van Loan about plans to make Canada a tariff-free zone for manufacturers. Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer speaks with reporters in Orangeville, Ont., after an Ontario judge dropped drug-possession and drunk-driving charges against him. Opposition MPs speculate that Mr. Jaffer received preferential treatment due to his ties to the Conservative Party. CPAC’s Martin Stringer speaks with Liberal Senator Mac Harb and Conservative Senator Mike Duffy about the commercial seal hunt. Later, Mr. Harb, Rebecca Aldworth (a representative of Humane Society International), and Cynthia Tynan (a marine ecologist) call on the government to ban the commercial hunt. Mr. Harb has introduced a private member’s bill dealing with the issue in the House of Commons. Peter is joined in the studio by Terry Glavin (from the Canada–Afghanistan Solidarity Committee) and Nasrine Gross (an Afghan-American writer) to discuss the release of a report entitled “Keeping Our Promises: Canada in Afghanistan Post-2011.” Toronto Star reporter Robert Benzie speaks with Peter about the Ontario throne speech. Also on the program, Governor General Michaëlle Jean makes an emotional visit to Jacmel in her birth country of Haiti. Ms. Jean meets with residents and surveys ongoing relief efforts following a massive earthquake that struck the country in January 2010. NDP MP Joe Comartin and NDP leader Jack Layton speak with reporters about recent political developments.