The politics of Tamil migrants

Saturday, August 21, 2010 | Categories: Episodes |

tamilship.jpgSenator Mobina Jaffer talks about the Tamil migrants and her arrival in Canada as a refugee. Peter MacKay talks to The House from Pond Inlet, Nunavut about Canada's Arctic Sovereignty exercise. Former Liberal MP and BC Ombudsman talks about the job of Ombudsman. Jean Chretien's portraitist talks about painting the former Prime Minister. John Boyko discusses his biography of R.B. Bennett, Canada's depression-era Prime Minister.
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