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Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says his party won’t underestimate new Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre after the MP won a decisive victory in the party's leadership election.

A tribunal taking place in central Moscow is Russia's way of combating and discrediting legitimate efforts to hold soldiers, generals and politicians to account for very real atrocities taking place in Ukraine, experts say.

Rosemary Barton Live speaks with Patrick Brown, a Conservative Party leadership candidate and mayor of Brampton, Ont. More than 600,000 Canadians have signed up to be members of the Conservative Party, and Pierre Poilievre is the perceived front-runner, but Brown says his competitor has been on the wrong side of important issues.

The Russian blockade of Ukrainian wheat risks worsening global food supply shortages and famine in parts of the world as the breadbasket of Europe is cut off, the UN crisis co-ordinator for Ukraine told CBC-TV's Rosemary Barton Live on Sunday.

Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, says the world should not be concerned with allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to save face.

"He wasnt believing history. He wasnt logical. He wasnt rational," Canadas ambassador to Ukraine Larisa Galadza said Sunday about the Russian president.

Rosemary Barton Live speaks with Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest about his take on last week's raucous leadership debate, Ottawa's trucker convoy blockades and where the party is headed.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is urging the international community to turn its attention to the problem of sexual violence in Ukraine.

Rosemary Barton Live speaks with the Commander of Canada's Joint Operations Command, Vice-Admiral Bob Auchterlonie, about his concerns overseeing Canada's troops in Poland, and what he is monitoring on the ground and online.

B.C. Premier John Horgan said Sunday that the province is currently at a “good point” with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, but one expert says there is little data to back up his comment.