Health Canada approves the administration of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds. This vaccine was previously reserved for people aged 16 years and over. Clinical trials have shown that it produces enough (...)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attempts to reassure Canadians by saying that all vaccines are safe. He was reacting to a statement by Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) that said Pfizer and Moderna are the (...)

Ottawa is moving towards creating a vaccine passport for traveling abroad. This was confirmed by Health Minister Patty Hajdu in an interview. Foreign Minister Marc Garneau is expected to discuss the issue this week with his G7 counterparts (...)

Former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbor will lead an independent investigation into how the military handles complaints of sexual misconduct. We discuss this and other political files of the week with journalists Joël-Denis Bellavance (...)

How inclined are people to get vaccinated in Canada? Which Canadian provinces are most favourable to vaccines? What are the current federal voting intentions nationally? Jean-Marc Léger, the president of the national polling firm Léger, (...)

Quebec announces that a woman has died of thrombosis after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. We hear from Dr. Nathalie Grandvaux, a specialist in molecular medicine. The pandemic situation in Alberta and Ontario, Prime Minister Justin (...)

Michel Leblanc, President and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, explains the impacts of the labor dispute and the strike at the Port of Montreal. Should Ottawa use a special law to force longshoremen to return to (...)

A look at the impacts of decisions made in Ottawa on the lives of Canadians through in-depth analysis, context, and points of view.

The federal government bans passenger flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days. We discuss this decision with Roxane Borgès Da Silva, specialist in public health and professor at the University of Montreal. During the Climate Summit (...)

The guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin, the fight against systemic racism and the amendments to the federal budget… We discuss these subjects with MPs Alexandre Boulerice (NDP), Greg Fergus (LIB), Marie-Hélène Gaudreau (BQ) and Jacques (...)

The panel of political observers Sheila Copps (LIB), Marc-André Leclerc (CPC), Farouk Karim (NDP) and Richard Nadeau (BQ) analyze the creation of a national daycare program and the various political positions of the federal parties (...)

Has Justin Trudeau’s government invested too much money in its new budget and is it likely to create inflation in the country in the coming years? Are the budgetary expectations of Canadians and the business community being met? (...)

Journalists Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse), Althia Raj and Konrad Yakabuski (Le Devoir) analyze the Conservatives’ plan to fight climate change, the management of the third wave by the provinces and the future federal budget. The (...)

Journalists Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse), Althia Raj and Konrad Yakabuski (Le Devoir) analyze the Conservatives’ plan to fight climate change, the management of the third wave by the provinces and the future federal budget. MPs (...)

The federal government says it is ready to help Laurentian University. We are discussing it with Official Languages Minister Mélanie Joly. Dr. Nathalie Grandvaux shares concerns about AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines and (...)

Our panel of observers Karouk Farim (NDP), Sheila Copps (Liberal), Richard Nadeau (Bloc Québécois) and Marc-André Leclerc (CPC) discuss new questions regarding possible side effects of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and the financial (...)

MPs Greg Fergus (LIB), Bernard Généreux (PCC), Alexandre Boulerice (NDP) and Gabriel Ste-Marie (BQ) discuss their expectations for the next federal budget. The abortion debate is catching up with Conservative leader Erin O’Toole. (...)

While waiting for the federal budget, the pandemic has deepened the finances of Quebec and Ontario, which have just presented their respective budgets. Back on the hot issues of the week with journalists Joël-Denis Bellavance, Althia Raj (...)

The federal carbon pricing plan is deemed constitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada. University of Ottawa professor Nathalie Chalifour analyzes the impact of this decision on Canadian federalism. Canada could have been better prepared (...)

On the way to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget on April 19, what are the expectations of the various federal parties? We put the question to MPs Greg Fergus (LIB), Joël Godin (CPC), Sébastien Lemire (BQ) and Peter Julian (...)

Hate crimes against Asian Canadians have been on the rise since the start of the pandemic. Winston Chan, entrepreneur, Fo Niemi, director general of the Center for research-action on race relations, and Michelle Hui, municipal councilor (...)

Guy Saint-Jacques, former Canadian Ambassador to China, discusses the trials of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig in China and Canada’s new sanctions against China in the Uyghur case. Political scientists Geneviève Tellier and (...)

Journalists Althia Raj, Konrad Yakabuski and Joël-Denis Bellavance discuss the first anniversary of the pandemic and its handling by the government and the rumor of elections in the spring. Dr. Réjean Hébert, geriatrician, discusses the (...)

One year after the start of the pandemic: both in Ottawa and Quebec, this is the occasion for commemoration. The elderly bear the brunt of COVID-19. With the geriatrician Réjean Hébert, we reflect on the lessons to be learned from this (...)

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller explains the importance of a new website to educate Canadians about drinking water issues in many Indigenous communities across Canada. The Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec and (...)

Retired Colonel Michel Drapeau discusses the appointment of the first woman to the position of vice-chief of the defence staff and issues of sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. Also on the show: Dr. Nicholas Brousseau, medical (...)

What did Justin Trudeau know about General Jonathan Vance’s alleged sexual misconduct case and since when? We debate the controversy with our panel of MPs. Also on the show: the Jonathan Vance case, the testimony of the Kielburger (...)

Journalists Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse), Konrad Yakabuski (Le Devoir) and Althia Raj (HuffPost) analyze the popularity of federal leaders, the Trudeau-Biden virtual summit and Parliament’s motion on the Uyghur genocide. Paul (...)

The auditor general releases reports: poor management of delays in building new Canadian ships, lack of access to clean water for First Nations, rail safety, and ways to improve the Canada Child Benefit. Karen Hogan answers our questions (...)

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 (...)