Episode 16: A conversation with the Prime Minister and our annual Christmas favourite with MPs on the hill

The West Block
24/12/2017 23 min Temporada 7 Episodio 16
Episode 16: A conversation with the Prime Minister and our annual Christmas favourite with MPs on the hill

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 We begin the show this week with a conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Christmas traditions, ethics and what keeps him up at night.  Then we will unpack the politics of that conversation with two seasoned Parliament Hill journalists.  And we end off our Christmas Eve show with music from Dr. Andrea McCrady, Canada's Dominion Carillonneur and MPs reading 'The Legend of The Christmas Tree'

Guests: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; David Akin, Chielf Political Correspondent Global News; Heather Scoffield, Canadian Press Bureau Chief; Dr. Andrew McCardy, Dominion Carillonneur, Raj Grewal, Liberal-Ontario; Rachel Blaney, NDP-British Columbia; Shannon Stubbs, Conservative-Alberta; Gord Johns, NDP-British Columbia; Cheryl Hardcastle, NDP-Ontario, Martin Shields, Conservative-Alberta; Bill Blair, Liberal-Ontario, Greg Gergus, Liberal-Quebec; Larry Miller, Conservative-Ontario

 
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