Host Pierre Donais reviews the day’s headlines.
From the House of Commons foyer, reporter Danielle Young presents a summary of exchanges heard during Question Period.
Pierre Donais welcomes representatives from the different federal political parties to review issues that have dominated debates in the House of Commons. The panel of MPs includes Luc Harvey (Conservative), Marlene Jennings (Liberal), Diane Bourgeois (Bloc Québécois), and Peggy Nash (NDP).
Liberal senator Céline Hervieux-Payette (leader of the opposition in the Senate) comments on the government's decision to use pressure tactics on Liberal senators – who form the majority in the Upper House – to make them pass Bill C-2 (a law modifying the Criminal Code).
Official Languages Commissioner Graham Fraser reacts to a National Post editorial in which the author states that Canada is not a bilingual country and that funding bilingualism is a waste of time.
Reporter Carole Anne Guay speaks with Michel Boissonneault (the manager of closed captioning service in the federal government’s Translation Bureau) about a new French-language closed-captioning service for Question Period broadcasts.
Saint Paul University professor Clinton Archibald reviews the day's developments on the national scene.
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