PrimeTime Politics This Week
May 8, 2021
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, May 7: Members of the Commons defence committee join Martin Stringer in the wake of today’s testimony by Katie Telford, the prime minister’s chief of staff, on her handling of military misconduct allegations and what she told Justin Trudeau about the former chief of defence staff. Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault discusses the amendments to Bill C-10 – his contentious legislation on digital regulation and the Broadcasting Act. And journalists Mia Rabson (The Canadian Press) and Niigaan Sinclair (Winnipeg Free Press) review the top political headlines. Wednesday, May 5: Craig Jenne, a University of Calgary immunologist, discusses COVID-19 in Alberta and the province’s new public-health restrictions. Yves Giroux, the parliamentary budget officer, discusses his newest report analyzing last month’s federal budget. Tuesday, May 4: COVID-19 confusion intensified today as the prime minister urged Canadians to receive their shot as soon as possible, despite the caution from members of the National Advisory Council on Immunization about the AstraZeneca and Janssen vaccines. Peter Van Dusen welcomes Dr. Cora Constantinescu (Alberta Children’s Hospital).
