CBC Radio | Posted: June 4, 2022 8:00 AM | Last Updated: June 4, 2022
Here is what's on this week's episode of The House
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Caption: The Liberal government has introduced new restrictions on handguns in Canada and is moving to decriminalize possession of some illicit drugs in B.C. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)
Media Audio | CBC News: The House : Big moves on guns, drugs
Caption: On this week’s show: An NDP MP discusses his defeated proposal to decriminalize drug possession across the country. A mother whose son was killed in a shooting, a border community leader, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and his Conservative critic Raquel Dancho all weigh in on the problem of gun violence and firearms smuggling in Canada. Plus — two journalists talk about the Ontario election and its implications for the federal Conservative leadership race.
But just a day after that historic move, a majority of Liberals voted against a bill that would have decriminalized illegal drug possession across the entire country. Host Chris Hall speaks to Gord Johns, the B.C. New Democrat MP who proposed the legislation, about his bill and why he's determined to keep pushing for a solution to the overdose crisis.
Media Audio | CBC News: The House : Will drug decriminalization stop at the Rockies?
Caption: NDP MP Gord Johns talks about his proposed legislation to decriminalize drug possession across Canada, which was defeated a day after the federal government announced limited decriminalization in B.C.
Evelyn Fox's son was killed by a stray bullet outside a Toronto club in 2016. But the grieving mother isn't happy with the government's new gun control legislation — she feels the freeze on handguns will accomplish little while firearms are still smuggled across the border. She joins The House to discuss what she'd like to see the government do to make city streets safer.
Abram Benedict, grand chief of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, sits down to discuss what police in his territory are doing to stop gun smugglers. Then, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino defends Bill C-21 and Conservative public safety critic Raquel Dancho offers her party's take.
Media Audio | CBC News: The House : Canada’s gun smuggling problem
Caption: A mother whose son was killed by a stray bullet, a leader of a cross-border Mohawk community, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Conservative critic Raquel Dancho each discuss how Canada should regulate firearms and stop gun smuggling.
Shannon Proudfoot of Maclean's and Joel-Denis Bellavance of La Presse sit down with host Chris Hall to review the week that was.
Media Audio | CBC News: The House : Is the Ford Nation model a national winner?
Caption: Shannon Proudfoot of Maclean’s and Joel-Denis Bellavance of La Presse discuss the Ontario election and its implications for the federal Conservative leadership, as well as former finance minister Bill Morneau’s critique of his erstwhile colleagues.