Episode 19: NAFTA Plan B, Canada's role in de-escalating tensions in the Korean Peninsula, plus Canada's former Ethics Commissioner

The West Block
14/01/2018 31 min Temporada 7 Episodio 19
Episode 19: NAFTA Plan B, Canada's role in de-escalating tensions in the Korean Peninsula, plus Canada's former Ethics Commissioner

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We begin the show this week with Canada's Foreign Minister on what is at stake in the next round of the NAFTA negoations later this month in Montreal and what is our plan B if the talks fail.  Then two experts on the North Korean crisis plus a conversation with Canada's former Ethics Commissioner on her report on Trudeau's 2016 vacation and advice to her successor.

Guests: Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Affairs Minister; Marius Grinius, Former Ambassador to North and South Korea, Bonnie Jenkins, Former State Department Official in Obama Administration
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