Power & Politics

A full transcript of the heated exchange on CBC’s Power & Politics Wednesday night between host Rosemary Barton and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander

 

After Megan Leslie tried once on Monday and three times on Tuesday to get Joe Oliver to explain his position on climate change, Evan Solomon gave it a shot on CBC’s Power & Politics yesterday evening. Here’s how that went.

Obama’s recent trip snubbed Islamabad, and underscored how important relations with Delhi now are

After last week’s showing, Shelly Glover returned to the national broadcaster’s airwaves this week—at the 15:50 mark of this video—to fight the government’s battle. Liberal Mark Holland was prepared this time, eager to argue that he is not a monster and, when challenged, to assert his own understanding of objective reality. That understanding of objective reality is helpfully seconded by the NDP’s Don Davies.

CBC’s Power & Politics reported this evening—available at the 24:30 mark here—on a study of current and projected prison spending by the Conservative government. To discuss the findings, the CBC turned—starting at the 28:40 mark—to a panel of MPs, including Conservative Shelly Glover. Ms. Glover, a former police officer, first suggested that “numbers can be skewed any which way you want, depending on who’s doing them.” She did, though, concede that spending will increase. Host Evan Solomon then moved on to Liberal Mark Holland and New Democrat Joe Comartin.

The already legendary meeting of NDP MP Peter Stoffer and reluctant partisan Mike Duffy on Power & Politics is here, elementary school insults quickly ensue.