What's your reaction to the Senator Mike Duffy expense scandal?

Sunday, May 19, 2013 | Categories: Episodes

What's your reaction to the Senator Mike Duffy expense scandal?
Senate expense scandal: After months of chasing Senator Mike Duffy for his questionable living expenses, it turns out the money was paid back ...by  the Prime Minister's chief of staff.  
What does it say about accountability ...not to mention the role of the Prime Ministers Office?

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Should Canada do something to help Syria?

Sunday, May 12, 2013 | Categories: Episodes

Should Canada do something to help Syria?
Syria: With evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria, several countries including Canada are considering their options to help the people of that war-torn state.

What -- if anything --  should Canada do to intervene in Syria?

With guest host Andrew Nichols.

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Should the West enforce better building and workplace standards in the developing world?

Sunday, May 5, 2013 | Categories: Episodes

Should the West enforce better building and workplace standards in the developing world?
Bangladesh factory collapse: Authorities fear that close to 600 people died in the factory that made cheap clothes for Western markets.

Should the West enforce better building and workplace standards in the developing world?

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Should MPs represent their constituents or their party?

Sunday, April 28, 2013 | Categories: Episodes

Should MPs represent their constituents or their party?
MPs speaking their minds: Parliament has seen over the past weeks some rebellious  Conservative MPs chafing against party policy. And the House Speaker has ruled they have the right to be heard.

Rebellion or not, it raised the question whether MPs ought to represent the interests of their constituents ...or the interests of their party under whose banner they were elected?

What do you think?


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Will the Boston bombing change the way public events are held?

Sunday, April 21, 2013 | Categories: Episodes

Will the Boston bombing change the way public events are held?
The Boston bombing: Why would someone want to bomb a popular sporting event attended by ordinary people and families?  That's the question on the minds of many. Does it mean that now every event where people gather in numbers will carry the menace of slaughter?

Will the Boston bombing change the way public events are held?

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