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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
L’Essentiel: Auditor’s General Report – February 25, 2021
Auditor General’s Report: Poor management of delays in building new Canadian ships, difficult access to clean water for First Nations, rail safety, and ways to improve the Canada Child Benefit. Karen Hogan answers our questions. Also (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
L’Essentiel: Assisted Dying Bill – February 24, 2021
Paul G. Brunet, President of the Council for the Protection of the Sick, on the Medical assisted dying Bill. Guy Saint-Jacques, former Canadian Ambassador to China, analyzes the virtual summit between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
L’Essentiel: Trudeau-Biden Meeting – February 23, 2021
We discuss the meeting between Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden with presidential historian Tim Naftali. More and more COVID-19 vaccines in Quebec: the Legault government unveils its mass vaccination plan. Dr. Yves Bolduc analyzes the (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Motion on Uyghurs Genocide – February 22, 2021
The genocide motion on Chinese treatment of Uyghurs and the reform of the Official Languages Act are discussed with MPs Élisabeth Brière (LIB), Steven Blaney (PCC), Mario Beaulieu (BQ) and Alexandre Boulerice (NDP). Also on the (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
L’Essentiel: The Week in Review – February 19, 2021
Journalists Althia Raj (HuffPost), Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse) and Konrad Yakabuski (Le Devoir) discuss the reform of the Official Languages Act and the abolition of mandatory sentences for simple possession of drugs and several (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Abolition Of Mandatory Sentences For Drug Possession – February 18, 2021
Ottawa will amend the Criminal Code in order to be more lenient in the face of simple drug possession. We discuss this with Irvin Waller, professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa. The Trudeau government is expected to table its (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
New Bill On French Language Expected – February 17, 2021
Esther Bégin discusses the impact of COVID-19 variants in Quebec with Dr. Nathalie Grandvaux. Also on the show: the president and CEO of the Conseil du patronat du Québec shares with us the results of his survey on the place of French in (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
New Firearms Legislation – February 16, 2021
Joël Lightbound, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, discusses the new gun bill. Heidi Rathjen, coordinator of the PolySeSouvient group, denounces the draft law on gun control. Finally, political scientists (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
L’Essentiel: The Week in Review – February 5, 2021
Althia Raj (Huffpost), Konrad Yakabuski (The Globe and Mail) and Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse) analyze the vaccine supply management, the possibility of a spring election and Canada-US relations. The Minister of Innovation, Science (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Vaccine Supply Management – February 4, 2021
Today on L’Essentiel : Marc-André Gagnon, a professor specializing in pharmaceutical policy at Carleton University, discusses the management of the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines in the country. Also on the show: Althia Raj (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
February 3, 2021
A look at the impacts of decisions made in Ottawa on the lives of Canadians through in-depth analysis, context, and points of view.
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Federal Vaccine Production Plan – February 2, 2021
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, discusses Canada’s agreement with the company Novavax for the production of a vaccine against COVID-19 in Montreal. Also on the show: Dr. André (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Impact of the Travel Restrictions – February 1, 2021
Esther Bégin discusses with Dr. Nathalie Grandvaux, professor at the University of Montreal, about the spread of new COVID-19 variants in Canada, the mandatory quarantine and the protectionism of the European Union in terms of vaccines. (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
L’Essentiel : The Week in Review – January 29, 2021
A look at the impacts of decisions made in Ottawa on the lives of Canadians through in-depth analysis, context, and points of view.
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Pfizer Vaccine Delivery Delays – January 28, 2021
Dr. Maryse Guay discusses the distribution of vaccines across the country and the timing of the second dose of vaccine in Quebec. Also on the show: journalists Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse), Konrad Yakabuski (The Globe and Mail) and (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Pfizer Vaccine Delays – January 27, 2021
MPs Rhéal Fortin (BQ), Luc Berthold (CPC), Steve Mackinnon (LIB) and Peter Julian (NDP) discuss a possible ban on non-essential travels and the resignation of former Governor General Julie Payette. Also on the show: political scientists (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
L’Essentiel : The Week in Review – December 11, 2020
Our panel of journalists Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse), Konrad Yakabuski (The Globe and Mail / Le Devoir) and Althia Raj (HuffPost Canada) analyzes the federal-provincial meeting on health and the results of the parliamentary session. (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Health Canada Gives Green Light to Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine – December 9, 2020
Quebec expects to receive 1,300,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by March 31. Esther Bégin is joined by former Quebec health minister Yves Bolduc to discuss the challenges of the upcoming vaccinations. Also on the show, six former (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Vaccination Debate and Controversy in Canada and Quebec – December 8, 2020
Tonight on l’Essentiel, the Trudeau government still faces a barrage of questions from the opposition on the upcoming COVID-19 vaccination. In the meantime, Quebec is considering bringing the province back on ‘’pause’’. Roxane (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
L’Essentiel : The Week in Review – December 4, 2020
Our panel of journalists Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse), Konrad Yakabuski (The Globe and Mail / Le Devoir) and Althia Raj (HuffPost Canada) analyze the distribution of future vaccines in Canada, the decision of Quebec Premier François (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Trudeau Govt Under Pressure to Unveil Plan for Immunization – December 3, 2020
The situation is deteriorating in Alberta as the province continues to set new daily records for COVID-19 infection. The province plans to set up field hospitals to deal with the crisis. Esther Bégin welcomes Frédéric Boily, political (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Trudeau Government Accused of Dragging Its Feet on Vaccines – December 2, 2020
As the U.K. gives the green light to its first vaccine, Esther Bégin welcomesl Dr. Nathalie Granvaux, the specialist in molecular medicine at the University of Montreal, to discuss the arrival of future vaccines against COVID-19 in Canada (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Upcoming Federal-Provincial Meeting on Health and COVID-19 – December 1, 2020
The day after the presentation of its economic update, Ottawa also announced its intention to submit it to a vote of confidence in Parliament. Could the opposition plunge the country into an election? We put the question to our panel of (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Economic Update in Ottawa – November 30, 2020
Esther Bégin welcomes the chief economist of the Industrial Alliance Group, Clément Gignac, to dissect Ottawa’s latest economic statement. Also on the show: Political scientists Geneviève Tellier and Daniel Béland analyze the (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
L’Essentiel: The Week in Review – November 27, 2020
Esther Bégin discusses the arrival of future vaccines and how they will be distributed in Canada with epidemiologist and lecturer at the School of Public Health of the University of Montreal Nimâ Machouf. Also on the show: our panel of (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
The Distribution of Future COVID-19 Vaccines – November 23, 2020
A panel of MPs discuss the distribution of future COVID-19 vaccines in Canada and voters’ expectations. Also on the show: How best to re-open the Canada-U.S. border safely to travellers? Esther Bégin is joined by former Quebec (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
L’Essentiel: The Week in Review – November 20, 2020
Journalists Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse) and Konrad Yakabuski (Le Devoir / The Globe and Mail) analyze the debate on the protection of the French language in the House of Commons, the Conservative motion calling on the Canadian (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
A plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 in Canada – November 19, 2020
Justin Trudeau’s government tabled legislation today to establish a roadmap to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 in Canada. Esther Bégin discusses this plan with the spokesperson for the Action-Climate network, Caroline Brouillette. (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
Justin Trudeau Hounded In The Commons Over Vaccination Plan – Nov. 18, 2020
Microbiologist Nathalie Grandvaux provides an update on the efficacy of future vaccines against COVID-19. Also on the program: the Bloc Québécois challenges the Liberals to protect the French language. Finally, the Conservatives succeed (...)
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L’Essentiel with Esther Bégin
The Spread of COVID-19 Accelerates in the Country – November 17, 2020
Despite the milestone of 300,000 cases of COVID-19 infection across the country, the Trudeau government refuses to invoke the Emergency Measures Act. Also on the show: how tired are Canadians of this pandemic? Members of Parliament tell us (...)