PrimeTime Politics This Week
November 28, 2020
Watch this week’s highlights from CPAC’s flagship show, PrimeTime Politics, the source for political roundup and analysis of policy issues. Get an insider’s perspective from Ottawa featuring interviews and guest panels from the Hill. Friday, November 27: New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs joins Martin Stringer to discuss the COVID-19 situation in his province and the uncertainty over Canada’s vaccine supply. We hear more on vaccine distribution from Kerry Bowman, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine. And journalists Erica Ifill (Hill Times and the Bad + Bitchy podcast) and Laura Stone (The Globe and Mail) analyze the latest developments. Monday, November 23: Some provinces set new COVID-19 records today, while a pair of provinces decide to leave the Atlantic bubble. Peter Van Dusen has the latest with Dr. Lisa Barrett, a Dalhousie University researcher and infectious diseases physician. Small businesses can begin applying for the new federal rent subsidy, but many in and around Toronto are chafing at new lockdown measures they believe will unfairly benefit big-box retailers. We hear from Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. And analysis from our regular Monday panel of journalists: Joël-Denis Bellavance (La Presse), Susan Delacourt (Toronto Star), and John Ivison (National Post).
