Alberta Fair Deal Panel Reaction with Rachel Notley, Ted Morton and Rafat Alam, Indigenous Racism, Reining in The RCMP and Vaccine Timelines

18/06/2020 48 min
Alberta Fair Deal Panel Reaction with Rachel Notley, Ted Morton and Rafat Alam, Indigenous Racism, Reining in The RCMP and Vaccine Timelines

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Episode Synopsis

Welcome to The Morning News Podcast for Thursday, June 18th.

We begin with a look at the release of the UCP Fair Deal Panel results. We get reaction from Rachel Notley, NDP Leader of the Opposition.

Next we continue our conversation surrounding the Fair Deal Panel. We hear from former PC Finance Minister Ted Morton on what he thinks of the initial findings of the report.

One of the key recommendations put forward by the Panel is the creation of an Alberta-based Pension Plan -- in place of the CPP. We speak with an economist on what a provincial plan would look like, and how it would be a benefit residents.

The "Black Lives Matter" movement has started the conversation surrounding racism - and that conversation includes the issue of racism toward Indigenous people in our country. We hear from a Calgary Indigenous man sharing his personal experience living in our city.

And finally....the timeline for testing is usually decades-long before a working vaccine is ready for a mass rollout....So, are we rushing a COVID-19 vaccine? We get the answer from a Professor of Viral Immunology.

 

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