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PrimeTime Politics with Michael Serapio

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Jun 19, 2024 • 26min

Former CSIS Director Calls May's NSICOP Comments 'Mature' – June 18, 2024

Ward Elcock, former CSIS Director, comments on the NSICOP report and the reaction to it. The Toronto Star's Tonda MacCharles talks about an upcoming by-election in Toronto. The Competition Bureau's Anthony Durocher discusses his agency's study of airline prices.
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Jun 18, 2024 • 29min

Elizabeth May Calls for Cooperation on National Security – June 17, 2024

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May discusses her call for cooperation between federal leaders, on foreign interference matters. Polls analyst Éric Grenier, (The Writ) talks about the latest federal polling numbers. Janice Stein, founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, discusses the dissolution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war cabinet.
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Jun 15, 2024 • 28min

Journalist Panel Recaps Busy Week on the Hill – June 14, 2024

The journalist panel, Tonda MacCharles (Toronto Star), Christopher Nardi (National Post) and Kirsty Kirkup (Globe and Mail) recap the week that was on Parliament Hill. World Vision's David Munkley discusses global food security.
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Jun 14, 2024 • 29min

Jagmeet Singh 'More Alarmed' After Reading NSICOP Report – June 13, 2024

The strategy panel, Jordan Paquet, Susan Smith and Anne McGrath discuss news around the NSICOP report. Observer John Kirton provides analysis on the G7 meeting in Italy.
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Jun 13, 2024 • 27min

Questions Remain Following NSICOP Report – June 12, 2024

National security expert Stephanie Carvin comments on the latest developments, following the release of an NSICOP report last week. NDP MP Laurel Collins talks about her private member's bill to criminalize coercive control. Philippe Dunsky, chair of the Canada Electricity Advisory Council discusses a recent report from the council on decarbonizing Canada's electricity grid.
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Jun 12, 2024 • 30min

Elizabeth May Reviews Unredacted NSICOP Report – June 11, 2024

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May discusses foreign interference after reading the unredacted NSICOP report. Former CSIS official Michelle Tessier comments on the release of the NSICOP report last week and the fallout since then. Aengus Bridgman, director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory talks about a report released by his organization on the Canadian information ecosystem.
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Jun 11, 2024 • 29min

Parties Ask Hogue Commission to Investigate NSICOP Findings – June 10, 2024

MPs Mark Gerretsen (Liberal), Andrew Scheer (Conservative), Jean-Denis Garon (Bloc Québécois) and Alexandre Boulerice (NDP) discuss the Bloc's motion asking that the Hogue Commission's mandate be expanded to allow it to investigate allegations of MPs colluding with foreign states. Journalist Catherine Lévesque (National Post) and political analyst Geneviève Tellier comment on today's meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Francois Legault. Liberal MP George Chahal talks about his efforts to prevent the deportation of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the truck driver responsible for the accident that killed 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team in 2018.
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Jun 8, 2024 • 29min

Opposition Demands Names of MPs Accused of Helping Foreign Actors – June 7, 2024

Journalists Tonda MacCharles (The Toronto Star), Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse) and Kristy Kirkup (The Globe and Mail) analyze the week's top political stories, including the opposition's ongoing push to get the government to disclose the identities of the parliamentarians who allegedly collaborated with foreign states. Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, one of four crew members preparing for NASA's Artemis II mission to the moon, explains the objectives of the Artemis program. Immigration Minister Marc Miller discusses the government's new program to give caregivers from abroad permanent Canadian residency status upon arrival.
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Jun 7, 2024 • 29min

Canada Marks 80th Anniversary of D-Day – June 6, 2024

Political commentators Stevie O'Brien (Liberal), Cole Hogan (Conservative) and Anne McGrath (NDP) weigh in on the week's top political stories, including the continued fallout from an explosive report on foreign interference from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. Berkley Lawrence, the dominion first vice-president of the Royal Canadian Legion, discusses today's ceremony in Moncton, New Brunswick, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.
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Jun 6, 2024 • 30min

New Intelligence Report Says Some MPs Helped Foreign Actors – June 5, 2024

MPs Ryan Turnbull (Liberal), Michael Chong (Conservative) and Peter Julian (NDP) respond to the explosive report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, which said some MPs wittingly helped foreign actors interfere in Canada's democratic process. Former London bureau chief for CTV and CBC News, Ann MacMillan, discusses Tuesday night's U.K. election debate, the first between the two party leaders since the snap election call.

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