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The Week with Mark Sutcliffe
May 9, 2010
Members of the government and the opposition are still trying to iron out a deal to release thousands of documents related to the treatment of Afghan detainees. The speaker’s deadline is fast approaching with some saying failure to reach an accord could lead to a snap election. Another public debate is raging over the governor general’s post. Should the prime minister extend Michaëlle Jean’s term or appoint someone new to the office? There are new rules governing lobbyists and calls for former MP Rahim Jaffer to make a return appearance before a parliamentary committee. What’s next? Mark Sutcliffe is joined by John Ibbitson, Ottawa bureau chief for The Globe and Mail. Parliamentary scholar Peter Russell and Andrew Cohen, president of the Historica-Dominion Institute, weigh in on who might replace the governor general and how they’ll be chosen. And New Democrat MP Pat Martin joins us from Winnipeg to discuss the Guergis/Jaffer controversy.