Maclean’s on the Hill: Niqab politics and a death in Iraq
What you need to know about the week in Ottawa
Each week, the Maclean’s Ottawa bureau sits down with Cormac MacSweeney to discuss the headlines of the week. Among the highlights on week’s episode, niqab politics and the death Sgt. Andrew Doiron in Iraq:
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THE HEADLINES
ON NIQABSA weak and uninspiring prohibition
ON SECURITYDeath, fear and polling
ON LIBERTYJason Kenney rebuts Justin Trudeau
ON C-51In conversation with Craig Forcese
ON RHETORIC"Segregationists" vs "Liberty perverters"
ON PRENTICEA premier’s tough medicine
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