English | Français This week on Talk Politics, Ken Rockburn speaks with Carleton University's Fen Hampson about the presidential nomination races in the United States. This week, the race for the Democratic nomination became tighter when Hillary Clinton picked up 3 primary victories that moved her back into contention with Barack Obama. On the Republican side, John McCain clinched the Republican nomination with easy wins in Texas and Ohio. Hampson talks about the candidates and the races and about how the Canadian government has found itself in the middle of the Democratic campaign with alleged leaks of Obama's position on NAFTA.

Also on the show, Ken speaks with Alain Pellerin from the Conference of Defence Associations and Kim Nossal, Head of the Political Science Department at Queen's University, about grants received from the Department of National Defence. Both guests have been invited to appear to refute claims made on last week's program by Amir Attaran of the University of Ottawa that the grants are awarded to promote the views and aims of the government and the Defence Department.

And finally Ken speaks Terry Fallis, the author of the political thriller "The Best Laid Plans". Fallis is a former political aide and is now a public affairs consultant with the firm Thornley Fallis.