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The Week with Mark Sutcliffe
November 15, 2009
Mark Sutcliffe and his guests hear the views of Canadians on the week's major political news stories. Topics of discussion include an update on the government’s H1N1 “swine flu” vaccination campaign, Canada's new citizenship guide, and the seven-year-long debate over the case of Canadian citizen Omar Khadr. The case was brought to the Supreme Court after the government appealed a lower court order seeking Mr. Khadr’s return from United States custody. Mr. Khadr has been held in the Guantanamo Bay detention centre since 2002 on suspicion of war crimes. University of Ottawa associate professor Amir Attaran joins Mark in the studio to discuss the H1N1 vaccination campaign. Later, Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada, analyzes the long-term implications of the Omar Khadr case. Mark also speaks with retired Colonel Alain Pellerin of the Conference of Defence Associations, focusing on the Canadian mission in Afghanistan. CPAC viewers call in to give their perspective on issues raised over the course of the program.