Gamechangers

What's at the heart of reconciliation? -- with Max FineDay by Tom Parkin

NDP Veterans Critic Rachel Blaney speaks with Tom about the fights veterans keep having to have to for retirement and disability benefits and the need to put a legal duty on the Government of Canada for veterans.

University of Saskatchewan political scientist Dave McGrane talks about his book, "The New NDP," which traces changes in the federal NDP since the leadership of Jack Layton.

Tom is joined by Angella MacEwan, chief economist for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, to discuss why Canada's economic growth is so low and why such a large slice of that growth is going to the wealthiest.

NDP Housing Critic Sheri Benson talks with Tom about the Parliamentary Budget Officers' report on the Liberals' National Housing Strategy -- and how, when you get closer, the numbers disappear.

Former Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow discusses the critical role of the Alan Blakney government in putting section 35 -- treaty and aboriginal rights -- into Canada's constitution during the 1980s.

Political scientist and Saudi-watcher Anthony Fenton joins Tom to tell us about the roots of the war in Yemen, the involvement of the Saudis and Emiraties -- the the Canadian arms trade in the Arabian Peninsula.

NDP Trade Critic Tracey Ramsey joins Tom to discuss buy America laws and provisions, Trump's trade war with the WTO and China, and how we know if trade deals are working for us.

NDP MP Charlie Angus joins Tom to discuss the Cambridge Analytica case and how the Trudeau government is failing to enact the laws and enforcement to protect Canadians from misuse of their personal data.

Tom is joined by Toby Sanger, economist and executive director of Canadians for Tax Fairness, who explains how Canada's tax system has become riddled by tax cuts for the wealthy -- leaving lower revenues to pay for pubic services for the Canadian people.

Tom Parkin interviews Cindy Blackstock on Jorgan's Principle, Wendy Cukier on gun control laws and David Eby about BC's casino money laundering scandal.