Joanne Liu in conversation with Paul Wells: Maclean’s Live

The international president of Médecins Sans Frontières, Joanne Liu, sits down for a live interview with Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells at the recently renovated National Arts Centre in Ottawa today at 7:30 p.m. This is the fourth conversation of the second season of Maclean’s Live, presented by the Canadian Bankers Association in partnership with the NAC and CPAC. Tweet along with the hashtag #MacleansLive, and follow our liveblog below for all the highlights. CPAC broadcast the conversation live. Also! Sign up for our daily politics newsletter, a morning must-read in the nation’s capital.

This is the fourth Maclean’s Live event of 2019, and the 13th conversation Wells has conducted with leading Canadian political figures. Last month, he sat down with Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz. In March, he sat down with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed. In February, he sat down with Canadian ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton. Last December, he sat down with former prime minister Jean Chrétien. Last November, he sat down with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. In October, he chatted with renowned Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky. In September, he sat down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In June, he sat down with Jane Philpott, minister of Indigenous services. In May, he sat down with Jason Kenney, leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party. In April, he sat down with Katie Telford, chief of staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In March, he sat down with Conservative leader Andrew Scheer. And in February, he sat down with NDP leader Jagmeet Singh.