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Goldhawk Live

June 24, 2012

Goldhawk and Guests open up the mic so Canadians can have their say on issues making headlines. Weigh in by calling 1-877-296-2722.
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Goldhawk Live

June 17, 2012

The Future of the Left in Canada. With Bob Rae announcing this week that he will not seek the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, the field is wide open. And speculation begins. Join host Dale Goldhawk Sunday, as he and his guests consider the future of the left - the Official Opposition NDP, the Liberals, the Green Party, and the impact of this week's events on the shifting sands of leadership. Guests include: Robert Asselin, Associate Director of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa; Kathleen Monk, Executive Director of the Broadbent Institute. Call and have your say: it's toll free. 1-877-296-2722
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Goldhawk Live

June 10, 2012

Join Dale Goldhawk and his guests on CPAC this Sunday, to discuss the federal budget, Bill C-38. The Official Opposition, headed by the NDP, insist that it's too many items - many of which have nothing to do with the budget - rolled up into one bundle of a bill. But because it's a budget, the vote will be considered a confidence vote, and with that comes the possibility to bring down the government. Can it happen? What is the legislation that's at stake? Guests: Joël-DenisBellavance, Parliamentary Reporter, La Presse; Louise Elliott, Parliamentary Reporter, CBC Radio. Tune in, then call in. Our show isn't complete without your two cents. It's toll free, 1-877-296-2722.
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Goldhawk Live

June 3, 2012

This Sunday CPAC offers you a front-row seat of the Thames River Diamond Jubilee Pageant. See almost a thousand boats in a flotilla to honour the sixty-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Join host Dale Goldhawk for an hour of live conversation as he and his guests dish on the jubilee festivities and on Canada's current and historic relationship with the monarchy. Guests: Dr. Carolyn Harris is a royal historian at Queen's University; On the phone: Nathan Tidridge, author of the new book Canada’s Constitutional Monarchy, a high school teacher extraordinaire in in Waterdown, Ontario, who thought what the textbooks had to say about the monarchy were boring. Stephen Maher, National Political Columnist, Postmedia Patricia Treble, Columnist and blogger, Macleans.ca (in Toronto) Tune in then call toll free 1-977-296-2722 to talk about this historic royal event and why it's important to Canada.
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Goldhawk Live

May 27, 2012

Do the proposed changes to Employment Insurance sound fair to you? Join host Dale Goldhawk as he navigates the proposed changes to Canada's EI system. Hear details on the plan from the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to Canada's Labour Minister. Then, join our panel in considering the implications of these potential changes. Guests: Matthew Mendelsohn, Director of the Mowat Centre and its Employment Insurance Task Force, and Associate Professor, School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Toronto (in Toronto). Luc Turgeon, Assistant Professor, School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. On the phone: Dr. Kellie Leitch, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to Canada?s Labour Minister, and Member of Parliament for Simcoe-Grey. Call toll free 1-877-296-2722 to have your say.
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Goldhawk Live

May 13, 2012

Dr. Howard Chodos has just spent the last two years writing a national strategy for Canada on mental health. It's the first time that the Mental Health Commission of Canada has produced such all-encompassing policy paper. But can it be implemented, and can governments agree on who can do what? Or will this report sit on a shelf? "Changing Directions, Changing Lives: The Mental Health Strategy for Canada" proposes: - to increase promotion of mental health in homes, schools and work places; - to foster recovery for people living with mental health problems, and defend their rights; - to provide better access to services; - to address the needs of those living in northern communities; - to improve mental health issues for First Nations communities; - to mobilize and foster improved leadership on the issue across Canada. The strategy also calls for an extra $4 billion to be spent on mental health services over the next decade. Do you see your community, or perhaps the most vulnerable in our society, reflected in this approach? Join host Dale Goldhawk for a live, national conversation about mental health in Canada. Guest: Dr. Howard Chodos Vice-president,The Mental Health Commission of Canada. Tune in Sunday to hear about this new national strategy. Then call in with your view: 1-877-296-2722.
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Goldhawk Live

May 6, 2012

One year ago, Canadians voted in the 41st Canadian general election, and returned the Conservative Party to power - this time, with a majority in the House of Commons. A year later, is the Conservative majority government what you expected? Tune in Sunday as host Dale Goldhawk and his studio guests ask about your expectations, and the reality of life and public policy under this majority government. Has it brought stability, problem-solving, vision? Guests: Bruce Cheadle, National Reporter, The Canadian Press; Susan Riley, Freelance Reporter and Author; Louise Elliott, Parliamentary Reporter, CBC Radio. Call 1-877-296-2722 to have your say.
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Goldhawk Live

April 29, 2012

A university education in the province of Quebec has been called "the biggest bargain in the country". But on Wednesday, student dissatisfaction with Premier Jean Charest's proposed tuition fees turned into a riot scene in Montreal. Over 80 people were arrested. The rest of the country might be thinking, 'What are those students on about, with such comparatively low tuition?' But the so-called Quebec Spring uprising has a lot in common with other youth protest movements around the world. Is this a disconnect over public education, a disconnect about politics, or both? Sunday, join host Dale Goldhawk as he discusses the costs of - and value of - a post-secondary education in Canada. Guests: Ross Finnie, Associate Professor with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa. Alex Usher, President, Higher Education Strategy Associates (in Toronto). Call 1-877-296-2722 to be part of this cross-Canada conversation.
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Goldhawk Live

April 22, 2012

This week Canada marked the 30th anniversary of the repatriation of the Constitution (1982), which contained a document near and dear to the heart of then-minister of justice Jean Chrétien: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Some would say it raised the bar for equality rights in Canada. Some would not. Join host Dale Goldhawk and his guests Sunday as they take a look back at how the Charter was created, how it has shaped Canadian society since then, and what the consequences are now. Guests: -Martha Jackman, professor of law, University of Ottawa -In Winnipeg: Marilou McPhedran, principal, Global College -By phone: Peter Hogg, professor emeritus at Osgoode Hall Law School
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Goldhawk Live

April 15, 2012

A year ago, the question was "Is the F-35 jet the right jet for Canada?" This week, questions have shifted squarely to the minister of national defence, to what should and should not be included in reporting the costs to the public - essentially, to the accountability and transparency of the procurement process. Tune in Sunday to hear the latest assessments of whether acquiring the F-35s is being done in the best way to serve Canada. Then call in and speak with host Dale Goldhawk. We want to hear your point-of-view. Guests: -Philippe Lagassé, assistant professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa -Murray Brewster, national affairs reporter, The Canadian Press -On the phone: Alan Williams, former assistant deputy minister (Material) at the Department of National Defence
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Goldhawk Live

April 1, 2012

This Sunday, tune in to Dale Goldhawk's live, national call-in show, and have your say about the federal government's economic plan. Is Canada's new budget appropriate for the kinds of challenges that our changing demographics and global economic factors present? Dale will introduce you to his distinguished guests: -Glen Hodgson, chief economist and senior vice-president, Conference Board of Canada -Andrew Jackson, economist, Canadian Labour Congress -On the phone: John Manley, president and chief executive, Canadian Council of Chief Executives. Manley is a former finance minister, and former deputy prime minister of Canada.
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Goldhawk Live

March 25, 2012

You're invited to join a roundtable discussion Sunday to talk about the NDP's new leader Thomas Mulcair. Dale Goldhawk welcomes your calls, along with his guests - Gloria Galloway, national reporter with The Globe and Mail, and Luc Turgeon, University of Ottawa political scientist. As part of CPAC's live coverage of the NDP leadership convention, Goldhawk Live is your chance to share your reaction to the NDP membership's choice. What do you think the new NDP leader will bring to the party? And, with a new Environics poll revealing that the NDP could be neck-and-neck with the federal Conservatives in popular support, does this new leader have the ability to bring the NDP to power?
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Goldhawk Live

March 18, 2012

In the midst of global slicing and dicing of economies, Canada's austerity program will come in the form of the March federal budget, and takes aim at a singular group: the public service. What kind of cuts are we talking about, and what will it do to the bottom line exactly? Join host Mark Sutcliffe as he fills in for Dale Goldhawk this Sunday, for a long-view look at what kind of bureaucracy Canada can afford, how it might be transformed, and how it will affect the "givens" of our everyday services. Guests: - Derek Fildebrandt, Research Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation - Gary Corbett, President, The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
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Goldhawk Live

March 11, 2012

Goldhawk Live is being presented at a later time due to the preceeding NDP leadership debate. Fifty-five thousand Canadian military veterans were given free university education after World War Two. Some were given property. It was a chance to start life anew. Times have changed, governments have changed. But has Canada's social contract with the men and women who serve in war changed? Join Mark Sutcliffe this Sunday as he fills in for Dale Goldhawk to host Goldhawk Live. Then call in to join these guests in our cross-Canada conversation. Guests: Eve Adams, parliamentary secretary to the minister of veterans affairs; Allan English, professor of history, Queen's University; Wayne Johnston, veteran and founder of woundedwarriors.ca; Sean Bruyea, retired intelligence officer and veterans' activist. (A representative of the National Council of Veterans Associations was not available.)
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Goldhawk Live

March 4, 2012

Join host Martin Stringer this Sunday as he fills in for Dale and asks for his guests' views of the robo-calls allegations. Opposition MPs have alleged that the Conservative Party is linked to automated "robo-calls" that were made at the time of last year's election which directed voters to incorrect polling stations. The Conservative Party of Canada, led by Prime Minister Harper, has said this week that the Conservative Party can say absolutely, definitively, it has no role in any of this..." and that as far as allegations of electoral fraud, the Opposition NDP and Liberals need "to produce that information and give it to Elections Canada." Guests: Glen McGregor, Parliamentary Reporter, The ottawa Citizen; Bruce Cheadle, National Affairs Reporter, The Canadian Press; Bruce Campion-Smith; Bureau Chief, The Toronto Star.
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Goldhawk Live

February 26, 2012

Many Canadians haven't warmed up to the vocabulary of austerity yet; we've been congratulating ourselves on surviving the 2008-2009 recession. But our economy is about to shift, and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is preparing to unveil his response - the federal budget - in March. Many factors are in flux - jobs, the dollar, and energy. Our economic reliance on revenues from the oilsands has earned Alberta the title of Golden Goose. What effect could environmental concerns have on that goose's future? Is a more profound shift in economic direction possible? Join host Dale Goldhawk this Sunday as he and his guests take a survey of the Canadian economy, its current strengths and weaknesses, hints from the finance minister about the upcoming March budget, and how oil figures into all of it. Guests: Dana Krechowicz, Sustainable Prosperity; James Meadowcroft, Canada Research Chair, Governance in Sustainable Development, Carleton University; Janet Annesley, Vice President of Communications, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (in Toronto).
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Goldhawk Live

February 19, 2012

There are three main groups who are said to have called for Bill C-30 - the Conservative federal government, the police, and some child online protection organizations. The government calls the bill the Protecting Children from Predators Act. Critics of the bill say it's unfair to necessarily link citizens' privacy concerns with being lenient on child predators. If passed, Bill C-30 would oblige Internet service providers to hand user information over to police without a warrant, as well as other police and state powers. Does the bill serve Canadians well, or go too far in invading your right to cyber-privacy? Join host Dale Goldhawk and his guests as they discuss the implications of the legislation. Guests: Candice Hoeppner, MP Portgage Lisgar, Manitoba, and parliamentary secretary to the minister for public safety; David Murikama Wood, Canada Research Chair in Surveillance Studies, Queen's University (Ontario); Tamir Israel, counsel, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic; Matt Torigian, Chief of Police for Waterloo Region and president of the Ontario Police Chiefs Association.
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Goldhawk Live

February 12, 2012

This week on Goldhawk Live we look at the issue of the shift in power and influence from Eastern Canada to Western Canada. This week Statistics Canada confirmed that the west is growing mainly because the economy based on oil, gas, potash, and other natural resources is going gangbusters. Manufacturing meanwhile, the bastion in Ontario and Quebec for decades, continues its long slow spiral downwards. Another study from the HEC (Hautes Études Commerciales) in Montreal claims that Quebec will soon gain the label of Canada's poorest province, even though it is home to vast untapped wealth in minerals, gas, and other natural resources. Federal-provincial transfers are meant to cushion the blow. Equalization payments are meant to ensure that government services are equally funded, but the reality is that these two provinces will soon lose their influence in deciding public policy in this country. Just how will Canada change? Politically, economically and more importantly, why 147 years after Confederation is Canada as resource dependent now as we were then?
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Goldhawk Live

February 5, 2012

Last week in Davos, Switzerland Prime Minister Harper said that the current pension plan enjoyed by Canadians is not sustainable given the current economic climate. Though not articulated, speculation is that the government plans on raising the eligibility of Old Age Security from 65 to 67. By doing so the government believes that it would be able to lessen the burden of the expense of our current pension program that is expected to triple to $108B by 2030. Critics are perplexed by the announcement, saying that, as a percentage of GDP, old age security will rise to 3.1% by 2030 from 2.3% in 2010 and will decline again after the boom. Fixes to any shortage of revenues could be remedied, they say, by any number of measures that would not be as drastic to average income Canadians as the Harper proposal. What do you think? Is Canada's current pension scheme sustainable? Should governments remain in the business of looking after the welfare of this country's senior citizens? Call in with your thoughts. Brian Lee Crowley, managing director of the MacDonald Laurier Institute, and the chief economist of the Canadian Labour Congress Andrew Jackson join Dale Goldhawk for a spirited discussion on the future of Old Age Security.
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Goldhawk Live

January 29, 2012

Canada's economy, it has been said, was resilient through the 2008-2009 global economic recession. Now, after changes brought on by international markets and decreased manufacturing, it is reshaped into a new, post-recession entity. The federal government played a proactive role in providing stimulus, through an economic investment program - but now, is there a role for private corporations to play? This Sunday, join guest host Martin Stringer and his guest panelists, to discuss how Canada's corporations could contribute to sustainable economic prosperity for Canada. Guests: Christopher Waddell, Director of the School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University; P.M. Vasudev, assistant professor, Faculty of Common Law, University of Ottawa; Glen Hodgson, senior economist and vice-president, The Conference Board of Canada.