Show Segments

Murray Wood guest-hosting

8:30 – China is refusing some major Canadian canola exports and ramping up inspections during the country’s ongoing dispute with Canada over the arrest of a Huawei executive in Vancouver. Todd Lewis, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, said the issue is a big one for Saskatchewan producers as there are still some farmers with canola in the bin. The 2019 crop is still a ways away, so there is some flexibility this year, but it’s on top of many producers’ minds. He joins Murray now to discuss the issue and what can be done to minimize any losses it causes.

LIVE: Todd Lewis, APAS President.

9:00 – The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session

10:00 – Tensions are heating up between Canada and China, following the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver and the ongoing extradition process. China has arrested several Canadians, sentenced one to death, and recently started refusing canola shipments from Canada’s largest exporter. Is China the biggest threat to Canada on the world stage? To discuss this question, Murray is joined by Jonathan Manthorpe, who covered China for Postmedia for 20 years and recently published “Claws of the Panda: Beijing’s Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada.”

LIVE: Jonathan Manthorpe, columnist and author of “Claws of the Panda: Beijing’s Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada.”

10:30 – Following the resignation from cabinet of Jane Philpott, Columnist Lawrence Martin said the SNC-Lavalin affair “has escalated into one of the biggest in Canadian history.” He said this includes the Pacific Scandal of 1873, the cabinet revolt against Mackenzie Bowell in 1896, the Beauharnois scandal in 1930, the Bomarc Missile Crisis in 1963, and the Sponsorship Scandal in 2002. Martin joins Murray now to explain how SNC-Lavalin compares to other low points in Canadian political history.

LIVE: Lawrence Martin, Globe and Mail columnist based in Washington D.C.

12:00 – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May was one of the strongest voices during last week’s justice committee hearings on SNC-Lavalin, calling Prime Minister Trudeau’s response “deeply disturbing.” During the questioning of Gerald Butts Wednesday, she questioned his assertion that the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin would result in job losses. She also pressed Michael Wernick, clerk of the privy council, saying his evidence was “consistent with being willing to interfere in a partisan fashion for whoever is in power.” May is in Saskatoon today and visiting Regina Tuesday and Wednesday on her “Community Matters Tour,” so she’s taking some time to catch up with Murray.

LIVE: Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada.