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Negotiations Continue on the Line 5 Pipeline File – May 12, 2021 Mediation is ongoing between the State of Michigan and the Enbridge oil company over the possible closure of the Line 5 pipeline. Ottawa has decided to play the legal card, presenting Tuesday a brief in a US federal court to prevent the closure, which would result in the possible loss of thousands of jobs in Canada. Meanwhile, the Governor of Michigan is threatening to seize Enbridge’s profits from the operation of the pipeline. We take stock with Carol Montreuil, vice-president of the Canadian Fuels Association. Should the ...

Reaction to NACI Guidance on Vaccines – May 4, 2021 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 preferred vaccines, unlike those from Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca. NACI argues that Canadians who consider themselves at low risk for coronavirus would be better off waiting for these vaccines. Dr. Nathalie Grandvaux answers our questions on the conflicting guidance. What is the political impact of NACI’...

Canada Sets New Target For Reducing Emissions – April 22, 2021 Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault joins Peter Van Dusen to discuss the government’s new climate change target of reducing emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. Raywat Deonandan, a University of Ottawa epidemiologist, reacts to the latest news on COVID-19 vaccines, variants, and travel restrictions. Political commentators Farouk Karim, Tim Powers, and Susan Smith analyze Ontario’s COVID-19 turmoil and the week’s other top stories.

April 20, 2021 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 regarding the new federal budget. The creation of a national network of daycare centers, budget investments for Francophones in minority communities, the COVID-19 situation in Ontario and Alberta: we discuss it with political scientists Stéphanie Chouinard and Frédéric Boily. The Superior Court of Quebec upholds the Law on the Secularism of the S...

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