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VETERAN ALLEGES BREACH OF PRIVACY, OTHERS DECRY POOR BENEFITS ON THE FIRST DAY OF VETERANS' WEEK

Saturday, November 5, 2011 | Categories: News Promo, Past Episodes |

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This week on The House with Evan Solomon, another veteran alleges a breach of privacy at the hands of Veterans Affairs. Disabled veteran Dennis Manuge alleges his personal information was accessed hundreds of times by personnel at Veterans Affairs Canada. Evan sits down with Manuge and Michael Blais, founder and president of Canadian Veterans Advocacy, the group behind the second Veterans National Day of Protest followed by an interview with Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney.

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The aftermath of the G20

Ambassador Witschel (© German Embassy).jpgWorld leaders replaced movie stars on Cannes' red carpet this week. The normally tightly-scripted meeting of the G20 came with several twists, courtesy of the European debt crisis. Reporter James Fitz-Morris brings us the details and then we ask the German ambassador to Canada if the crisis is finally over.
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Provincial-federal showdown of the costs of Ottawa's omnibus crime bill

Jean-Marc Fournier (CP, Sean Kilpatrick).jpgDebate is raging between Ottawa and some provinces over who will foot the bill for the implementation of federal government's so-called "omnibus crime bill" -- bill C-10.  Justin Piche, an assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Memorial University, talks with Evan about the potential costs and who may ultimately foot the bill.
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Kady O'Malley's That's A Good Question!

Rafferty (Adrian Wyld CP).jpgYou wanted to know more about how it's possible to impose "party discipline." The NDP's John Rafferty provides Kady with the perfect example of what happens when an MP doesn't do what the party leadership wants.

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