Join Martin Stringer and his journalist guests: John Geddes, Ottawa Bureau Chief for Maclean's magazine, and Mark Kennedy, Parliamentary Bureau Chief for Postmedia News. They'll discuss:
1. The Prime Minister's China trip:
- What was achieved?
2. Old Age Security:
This week, Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page released a study saying the OAS system is not facing a sustainability crisis, and that the government will have adequate revenues to fund it - and even add to it - in the decades to come.
- How does this affect the debate over the Prime Minister's -- as yet unspecified -- intentions to change OAS?
- Where is the issue going, politically?
- What might we expect to hear on this subject in the upcoming budget?
3. The Beginnings of Life:
This week, Ontario Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth made headlines with his Private Member's Motion calling for the creation of a special parliamentary committee to study when life legally begins: at birth, or before?
- What should we make of this individual MP's intiative?
- How's it playing out, politically?
Also, Martin speaks with MPs from the different parties about the week's big events in federal politics.
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