As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Monday, October 5th 2015

Part One

Trans-Pacific Partnership: autoparts supplier/Osgoode Hall trade law professor Van Harten
With the Trans-Pacific Partnership a done deal, we'll take a look at what's in the long-secret accord -- and, specifically, what's in it for Canada's auto sector. 

Médecins Sans Frontières hospital bombing 
An airstrike destroys a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Afghanistan, killing at least 22 people. MSF demands an investigation into what it calls a "war crime". 

Old beaver
Scientists discover the fossil remains of a buck-toothed, beaver-like mammal that thrived after the dinosaurs died. 

Part Two

South Carolina flooding
Our guest spent last night in his boat, looking for people to rescue in Columbia, South Carolina -- and tonight, he'll describe the flooding that has paralyzed the city, and the state. 

Strategic voting stickers
An NDP supporter in Vancouver is putting stickers on Liberal campaign signs -- not to vandalize, but to proselytize about the importance of strategic voting. 
    
Part Three

Wab Kinew feature interview
A feature interview with aboriginal broadcaster Wab Kinew, about his memoir The Reason You Walk.  He shares his personal journey to reconcile with his dying father -- and about the healing he believes the country needs after the legacy of the residential school system.