As It Happens: Monday Edition

Part One

Comments section: CBC
After a slew of remarks characterized as "hate speech", the CBC says it's "taking a pause" -- and suspending all comments on stories about indigenous people. 

CBC comments section: comedian
Ryan McMahon has been subject to vicious comments. He's an Anishnaabe comedian, and he has hosted comedy specials on CBC Radio One. 

Cape Dorset death
A report into the death of an infant in Nunavut puts the blame on the local nurse and the government who stationed her there.

Harper painting follow-up
After an online bidding war, a Vancouver entrepreneur is the proud-ish owner of that nude portrait of former PM Stephen Harper -- which he seems to have bought as a stark reminder.

Part Two

Paris summit: Ed Fast
As the climate change conference kicks off in Paris, we'll speak with Conservative Ed Fast, who was invited along with the Canadian contingent. 

Paris summit: protestor 
After the attacks in Paris, public protests are forbidden -- so our guest and her colleagues are having to be more creative than usual to get their point across. 

Part Three
 
Kenyan athletics: latest
First, the Russian team -- and now, Kenyan officials and athletes are suspended from upcoming track-and-field events for doping and corruption. 

From Our Archives: Fatima Mernissi
She was a feminist who stood up for Muslim women. We remember Moroccan sociologist Fatima Mernissi, who spent her life trying to bridge the gap between feminism and Islam.

Flatworm study
A group of biologists manipulate flatworms so that they grow heads and brains of a different species -- then switch back to their original form.

Lost Boy diplomat
Diplomats helped Gai Nyok resettle to America, as one of the thousands of so-called "Lost Boys" of Sudan. And now, Mr. Nyok himself is being sworn in as a diplomat.