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The Week with Mark Sutcliffe
April 18, 2010
The conduct of former cabinet minister Helena Guergis and her husband Rahim Jaffer, a former Conservative MP, continued to dominate the week’s Question Period sessions. Host Mark Sutcliffe sits down with journalist Elizabeth Thompson to discuss the unfolding controversy, including allegations that Mr. Jaffer is capitalizing on his Conservative connections for business purposes. New Brunswick MP Yvon Godin has brought forward a private member's bill that requiring justices appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada to be able to hear cases in both official languages without a translator. The bill has passed third reading and is on its way to the Senate. Mark interviews Yvon Godin about the need for bilingual judges and talks with former Supreme Court justice John Major who opposes the bill arguing judges west of Ontario would effectively be shut-out as candidates for the highest court from the land. New allegations of mistreatment of Afghan detainees implicating members of Canada's armed forces have dominated commons committee hearings this week. The Globe and Mail's defense reporter Steve Chase gives Mark his perspective on nature and the impact of those allegations on the military and the government.