Former CSIS director Richard Fadden joins Michael Serapio to analyze the U.S. investigation of Chinese balloon debris, after several airborne were shot down across North America. NDP MP Alistair MacGregor discusses the summoning of grocery store CEOs to testify at the agriculture committee. Official Languages Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor faces questions on the status of Bill C-13.

MPs Bryan May (Liberal), James Bezan (Conservative) and Daniel Blaikie (NDP) join Michael Serapio with their views on Canada’s defence preparedness, following the U.S. shootdown of an unidentified object over Yukon. We also hear from retired general and former chief of the defence staff Tom Lawson. Toronto city councillor Paula Fletcher joins Michael Serapio to discuss Mayor John Tory’s decision to resign after admitting to having a romantic relationship with a staffer.

MPs Greg Fergus (Liberal) and Frank Caputo (Conservative) debate bail reform and a Conservative private member's bill. Journalists Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse), Bob Fife (The Globe and Mail), and Tonda MacCharles (Toronto Star) analyze the week's top stories on Parliament Hill.

Dr.Alika Lafontaine, president of the Canadian Medical Association, talks about health-care funding and this week's meeting of Canada's premiers. We also hear from political observers Ashton Arsenault, Stevie O'Brien, and Mélanie Richer.

Political leaders react to the death of two children after a bus crashed into a Laval, Que. daycare. MPs debate health care and the federal funding offer to provinces and territories: Adam van Koeverden (Liberal), Stephen Ellis (Conservative), and Don Davies (NDP). And we have reaction from Dr. Michael Gardam, the chair of HealthCareCAN's board of directors. Economists Pedro Antunes (Conference Board of Canada) and Brett House (Public Policy Forum, Munk School, Massey College) analyze the Canadian implications of U.S. President Joe Biden's State of the Union address.

Michael Serapio has full coverage of today's First Ministers' Meeting on health care. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc and New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs discuss the federal offer of $46.2 billion in new spending over 10 years. And we hear from journalists Mia Rabson (The Canadian Press) and Marieke Walsh (The Globe and Mail).

Dr. Alika Lafontaine, president of the Canadian Medical Association, joins Michael Serapio to discuss tomorrow’s meeting between the prime minister and premiers on health care. Guy Saint-Jacques, Canada's former ambassador to China, analyzes the U.S. downing of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon. And political strategists Susan Smith (Liberal), Kate Harrison (Conservative) and Kim Wright (NDP) offer thoughts on the First Ministers' Meeting.

Journalists Robert Fife (The Globe and Mail) and Catherine Lévesque (National Post) weigh in on the federal government's decision to abandon its controversial amendments to its firearms legislation. Canada’s Auditor General Karen Hogan discusses her appearance before a House committee reviewing the federal government’s COVID-19 support programs. Alberta’s Finance Minister Travis Toews has more on today’s meeting between Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and her federal and territorial counterparts.

Justice Minister David Lametti joins Michael Serapio to discuss the plan for a one-year delay to the expansion of medical assistance in dying. And political observers Susan Smith, Sean Murphy, and Peggy Nash debate the latest headlines.

Journalists Bill Curry (The Globe and Mail) and Nojoud Al Mallees (The Canadian Press) join Michael Serapio to analyze Dominic Barton's committee testimony on McKinsey federal contracts and his relationship with the Trudeau government. B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon outlines the province’s priorities ahead of Tuesday’s face-to-face meeting between the prime minister and the provincial and territorial premiers. Laura Tamblyn Watts, the president and CEO of CanAge, discusses the new national standards for long-term care published by the Health Standards Organization.