Murray Wood: Conservative floor crossers could hand Mark Carney a majority government
Murray Wood says Prime Minister Mark Carney is happily accepting floor crossers from the Conservatives, but maybe it's t...
8:30 – Gov. Gen Mary Simon has agreed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s request to dissolve Parliament, triggering an election campaign amid a fourth wave of COVID-19 and over opposition accusations it is reckless and unnecessary. The Liberal party leader visited Rideau Hall on Sunday to ask Simon to pull the plug on the minority Parliament and send Canadians to the polls on Sept. 20. Jim Farney, political scientist and Regina Director of the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy joins Gormley to discuss the election call.
LIVE: Jim Farney, political scientist and Regina Director of the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.
9:00 – The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session
10:00 – Adrienne Batra, editor in chief of the Toronto Sun, joins Gormley to discuss all things federal election 2021.
LIVE: Adrienne Batra, editor in chief of the Toronto Sun.
10:45 – There are more than 4,000 charities active around Saskatchewan, and we’re embarking on a new project to feature some of the great people doing great work in this province during a brand-new segment we like to call “The Best of Saskatchewan.” In this week’s feature, we’ll catch up with Tmira Marchment, executive director of Sofia House.
LIVE: Tmira Marchment, executive director of Sofia House.
11:00 – Following the withdrawal of American troops, the situation in Afghanistan is rapidly turning into a humanitarian crisis as the resurging Taliban take back the country and enact brutal vengeance on anyone who supported US and Canadian troops. Former diplomat Chris Alexander, who served as Canada’s first resident ambassador to the middle-eastern nation, says the Taliban are being supported directly by the government of Pakistan, and has called for sanctions from the international community. Alexander joins Gormley to tell us more about what’s happening in Afghanistan and his says a permanent ceasefire is impossible without strong sanctions against Pakistan.
LIVE: Chris Alexander, former Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2013 to 2015) and resident Ambassador to Afghanistan (2003 to 2005).
