Government challenges courts, a new party and fall political expectations

The West Block
16/09/2018 24 min Temporada 8 Episodio 2
Government challenges courts, a new party and fall political expectations

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Ontario Premier Doug pulls the nuclear trigger to reduce the size of Toronto city council, why?  Then there's a new federal party, the People's Party of Canada led by former conservative MP Maxime Bernier, who does the leader hope will join his party? And we'll unpack the politics as MPs return to Ottawa on Monday and what the government hopes to accomplish this fall.

Guests: Doug Ford, Ontario Premier; Maxime Bernier, People's Party of Canada Leader; Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star; Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg News
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