Lunch With Laura
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Lunch with Bill Blair: Ex-police chief-turned-Liberal on carding, the G20, and why tough laws don’t make us safer“When you're in a job like that you have to get up and decide you're going to do what's right – and it may not be what's popular."CanadaSep 29, 2015
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‘My choice is Justin’: Lunch with ex-Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion – and giving Trudeau’s candidates hell“He’s a young man with a vision. This lack of experience – age is strictly a matter of mind over matter."CanadaSep 11, 2015
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Irwin Cotler on human rights, Peter MacKay, and why the Liberals maybe shouldn’t have supported Bill C-51"At a certain point the choice becomes either, you know, are you going to be in a position where you can form the government, or are you going to vote against C-51 and then may not be able to form the government?”CanadaJun 8, 2015
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‘A family affair’: Canada’s next first lady? Lunch with Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau“It's important for Canadians to have a better idea of who stands by the person who is holding such an important role, and what kind of values does she share, and what does she do with her life, and what are her passions?"CanadaMar 23, 2015
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‘Daddy smoked crack’: Toronto’s former mayor Rob Ford, on cancer, drugs and his political futureGood news is not something that automatically comes to mind when one thinks of Ford, especially not towards the end of his tenure as mayor of Canada’s largest city.CanadaMar 18, 2015
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Lunch with Tory MP Steven Fletcher: on doctor-assisted suicide and what life meansConservative MP Steven Fletcher is the first quadriplegic in the House of Commons. These days, however, it appears his legacy will be forged on a much more personal issue: doctor-assisted suicide.CanadaFeb 28, 2015
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Lunch with Liberal Andrew Leslie: ‘Just going overseas and bombing does not work’Perhaps most worrying for Prime Minister Stephen Harper is the fact that Leslie is now one of 18 Liberal candidates or nominees for candidacy who are veterans – a demographic that has traditionally voted Conservative, but may turn away this election year.CanadaFeb 18, 2015
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Lunch with NDP’s Ruth Ellen Brosseau: Harassment ‘happens everywhere’ – even Parliament HillEven Ruth Ellen Brosseau – known as REB in inner circles – was taken aback when she arrived on Parliament Hill.PoliticsNov 28, 2014
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Lunch with RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson: Marijuana use ‘not as big a deal’ as it used to beRCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson opens up about drugs, Duffy, privacy and the murder beat over smoked meat sandwiches.PoliticsSep 24, 2014
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Lunch with private eye Snowdy: Guergis fallout ‘could have been a lot worse’Derrick Snowdy is the private investigator who was thrust into the public eye during the "busty hookers" scandal allegedly involving former Conservative MP Helena Guergis.CanadaJul 30, 2014
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