The Currentwith Laura Lynch

Homeless residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say voting, or trying to vote, in Canadian elections can often be incredibly challenging with minimal benefits.

Today on The Current: We’re asking NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh what his party is offering Canadians, and whether a vote for the NDP is a wasted vote; plus, we talk to homeless people frustrated by the difficulties they face in casting their ballot; and we compare how the various parties stack up with their plans to fight climate change.

Republican strategists say that U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal of troops from northern Syria has prompted an unprecedented wave of criticism from some of his staunchest defenders. But for some, that doesn't mean they'll stop supporting him.

Between 2004 and 2018, Peggy Allen made approximately 500 calls to police about incidents involving people from the emergency shelter next door in Abbotsford, B.C. Today, she's giving back to the people who she once referred to as the source of her "nightmare."

Today on The Current: Has U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to pull troops out of Syria worn away his support among Republicans? Plus, we discuss why planting trees to fight climate change isn’t as simple as it sounds; and an inspirational tale of one B.C. woman's years-long evolution from battling the homeless people who lived in her area, to finding ways to help them.

In this special election edition of The Current, we talk to Canadians in one of Canada’s fastest growing cities about the financial pressures weighing on their minds ahead of the federal election this month.

Today on The Current: From Surrey, B.C., we bring you our election town hall event Staying Afloat, looking at the challenges of affordability faced by Canadians, in one of the country’s fastest growing cities. Then, we’re talking to director Judith Pyke about her new documentary on the challenges faced by people who are colour blind, from issues in the workplace to knowing whether a banana is ripe. And the lawyer of two Saudi Arabian sisters who fled their home tells us about an attempt to lure them to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul — the same one where Jamal Khashoggi was killed.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said he didn't attend September's day of global action on climate change because "much of it" was "coming from the radical left" — a statement the march's organizers call "ridiculous."

Edmonton chef Shane Chartrand has come a long way from flipping eggs at a truck stop restaurant, and from having little food to eat as a child in foster care. He tells us about his new book, Tawâw: Progressive Indigenous Cuisine, and the personal experiences that have shaped his culinary journey.

Today on The Current: We speak to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney about whether rifts over pipelines and climate change are leading Canada into a national unity crisis; plus, our national affairs panel looks at the issues that matter to western Canada; and we discuss the impact of Turkey’s intervention in Syria, and what it means for the many lives in the path of the incursion.

In his new book about the Cambridge Analytica data-harvesting scandal, whistleblower Christopher Wylie describes an unofficial 2016 meeting in which he and a group of Liberal staffers tried to warn the Obama administration of election interference.

George Elliott Clarke, Canada's former parliamentary poet laureate, wrote a new poem for The Current's town hall event on democracy.

The Current is hosting a live election-themed show in Surrey, exploring the issues of affordability that many Canadians are struggling with. Get your tickets here

Today on The Current: We look at the Turkish offensive in Syria; then we’re checking in with voters in Alberta and asking whether they feel included in the national conversation; plus, Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie tells us how he reached his breaking point; and Indigenous chef Shane Chartrand talks to us about what drives his success, and why his new cookbook is about much more than the recipes

The six federal party leaders who went head-to-head in Monday's election debate hoped to help voters make up their minds. But three undecided voters who watched it unfold told The Current they've still got a tough choice to make.

Today on The Current: We’re debating last night’s leaders debate, with a panel of strategists who discuss the winners and losers; plus, we ask some undecided voters whether last night’s performances swayed them in any direction; and we discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to pull troops out of Syria, which one Republican senator has warned could give ISIS fighters “a second lease of life.”

Pears so creamy you could spread them 'like jam,' mammoth stew, dishes of the Roman empire seasoned with the long-lost herb silphium. Author and culinary geographer Lenore Newman tells us about extinct foods, why humans are so good at loving them to death, and how we can prevent others from disappearing.

We ask if we should ditch flesh-and-blood politicians, and give the robots a go at leadership.

Today on The Current: A panel of former MPs talk us through tonight’s leaders debate, and why it could be a turning point for the election; plus, culinary geographer Lenore Newman explains what mammoth stew might have tasted like, and why our favourite foods might be at risk of extinction; and we ask if we should ditch flesh-and-blood politicians, and give the robots a go at leadership.

Author Jonathan Safran Foer has written a new book about how the food we eat could be a part of the fight against climate change.

Laura Lynch sat down with Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland to talk about what the Liberals are offering voters, as well as her thoughts on technology, climate change and racism in Canada.