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PrimeTime Politics
October 16, 2017
Peter Van Dusen and Martin Stringer provide full coverage of the government’s tax announcement for small business. We hear from Dan Kelly (Canadian Federation of Independent Business) and a panel of MPs: Nathan Cullen (NDP), Joël Lightbound (Liberal), and Pierre Poilievre (Conservative). Journalists Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse) and John Ivison (National Post) analyze the latest political developments. Part one of the “Pillars of Democracy” series, looking at the state of democracy in Canada. We revisit the tainted blood scandal, followed by a discussion on justice with journalist Denise Balkissoon, law professor Carissima Mathen (University of Ottawa), and Promise Holmes Skinner (Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto). Also: Representatives from several housing and anti-poverty groups, including the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, call on the federal government to take a rights-based approach in its upcoming national housing and anti-poverty strategies.