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Happy Canada Day

Jul 01, 202551 min
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS: THE UPCOMING ALBERTA BYELECTION WHERE POILIEVRE IS SET TO RUN   Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP and Lisa Raitt, former Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Happy Canada Day! There's plenty of Canadian political news to discuss today like an upcoming Alberta byelection where Pierre Poilievre is set to run, and our panel discusses whether they view Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to drop the Digital Services Tax as a sign of weakness towards the Trump administration or not. THIS MAN WAS ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR ISRAEL AND THROWN IN A LEBANESE JAIL: HE SHARES HIS STORY Jane Brown is joined by American/Israeli Dan Brotman, who was thrown in jail during a visit to Lebanon and accused of spying for Israel. Dan details his experience and how it all unfolded. RAISE YOUR CANADIAN FLAGS! IT'S TIME FOR A CANADA DAY HISTORY LESSON Jane Brown is joined by Anthony Wilson-Smith, President and CEO of Historica Canada. Raise your Canadian flags! It's time for a Canada Day history lesson from our good friend Anthony Wilson-Smith. And we get a sense of how patriotic Canadians are feeling this year based on a new poll from Historica Canada.
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