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THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE IN CANADA
Wednesday, May 5, 2004. |
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Federal Health Minister Pierre Pettigrew caused a ruckus by saying private health care delivery is not incompatible with the Canada Health Act. While Pettigrew later tried to backpedal, claiming he had been misunderstood, his comments have left many wondering just what the government's policy really is. Are public-private partnerships, two-tier health care and other such initiatives threatening the public health system? With an election call expected any time, a special town-hall edition of counterSpin debates the future of Canada’s Health Care System.
Watch this episode Online! Part One,
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Four, in rm format.
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WHAT SHOULD PAUL MARTIN SAY TO GEORGE BUSH?
Wednesday, April 28, 2004. |
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Prime Minister Paul Martin is gearing up for a big trip to Washington. It will be his first visit with President George Bush. Expectations are high as both leaders prepare for national elections this year. But there is a long list of controversial foreign policy issues on the minds of many Canadians. Some of these include the ongoing crisis in Haiti, the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, the situations in both Iraq and Afghanistan and the fast approaching ballistic missile defense shield. On the eve of the Bush-Martin summit, counterSpin debates what Paul Martin’s message to George Bush should be.
Watch this episode Online! Part One,
Two,
Three,
Four, in rm format.
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TRUTH, LIES AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM
Wednesday, April 21, 2004. |
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The 9/11 Commission in Washington continues its daily probing of the White
House, the CIA, the FBI and the Pentagon. While former White House terrorism
adviser Richard Clarke claims President Bush ignored the al-Qaeda threat
before 9/11, National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice insists there was
no “silver bullet” that could have prevented the attacks. With the purported
Iraqi weapons of mass destruction nowhere to be found and the occupation of
Iraq proving more disastrous every day, many feel the reasons for going to
war must again take centre stage. Truth, lies and the war on terrorism, from
9/11 to WMD and Iraq, counterSpin debates what the White House knew and when
they knew it.
With special guest Greg Palast, author of the New York Times bestseller, The
Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Palast also writes for Britain's Observer and
Guardian newspapers, and is an investigative reporter for BBC Television's
Newsnight.
Watch this episode Online! Part One,
Two,
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Four, in rm format.
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SOUTH AFRICA – TEN YEARS AFTER THE END OF APARTHEID
Wednesday, April 14, 2004. |
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South Africans are heading to the polls this week, the third democratic
election since the end of Apartheid 10 years ago. In April 1994, Nelson
Mandela’s African National Congress, after decades of struggle against white
minority rule and racial segregation, opened a new chapter in the history of
South Africa. The ANC promised an end to the social and economic divide
rooted in more than 40 years of extreme segregation and violence. But ten
years later, what has the ANC accomplished? Critics say that an apartheid
based on race has been replaced by an apartheid based on class. And that
South Africa now has the dubious honour of being one of the most unequal
societies in the world. Others say that the ANC inherited a heavily
entrenched divide that is not easy to overcome - and that both patience and
time are needed. On the tenth anniversary of the end of Apartheid,
counterSpin debates the true legacy of the ANC and the future of South Africa.
Watch this episode Online! Part One,
Two,
Three,
Four, in rm format.
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Friday April 2
IRAQ – SHIA UPRISING
Wednesday, April 7, 2004 (284)
Friday March 26
THE ASSASSINATION OF SHEIKH AHMED YASSIN
Wednesday, March 31, 2004. (311)
Sunday March 21
WHO WILL THE FEDERAL BUDGET SERVE?
Wednesday, March 24, 2003. (75)
Friday March 12
IRAQ - ONE YEAR LATER
Wednesday, March 17, 2004. (68)
Friday March 5
IS THERE ROOM FOR RELIGION IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM?
Wednesday, March 10, 2004. (63)
Friday February 27
HAITI ON THE BRINK
Wednesday, March 3, 2004 (15)
Tuesday February 17
CORRUPTION AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS
Wednesday, February 25, 2004. (11)
Tuesday February 3
PAKISTAN IN CRISIS
Wednesday, February 11, 2004 (10)
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