As It Happens

As It Happens: The Tuesday Edition

March 22, 2022

Episode Transcript

Part One

NDP: Jagmeet Singh
We'll ask the leader of the federal NDP about his party's new alliance with Justin Trudeau's Liberals — and whether he's choosing stability over accountability.

Liberal: Mark Holland
The Liberal House Leader says stability for his party means stability for Canadians — including the ones that didn't vote for them or their new ally. 

Paella rules
Paella rules! By which I mean it's delicious rice dish, but also that there are rules. And according to a researcher in Spain, they're being broken far too often. 

Part Two 

Royals Jamaica visit
A professor in Jamaica says a visit from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is a reminder of her country's colonial past — and if the protests make the royals uncomfortable, her people have been uncomfortable for 400 years. 

UK most cherry tomatoes
You say "to-may-toe", our guest says "1 thousand, 269 to-mah-toes" — which is his new world record for most to-may-toes, or to-mah-toes, grown from a single stem.

Part Three

Nunavut elder care
Advocates are concerned about the care Inuit elders are receiving in Ottawa — and they're citing everything from unfamiliar names to inappropriate diets. 

Archive: Fist pumper
A serial Guinness World Record breaker is trying his hand at a new record for fist bumping. Which reminded us of the "As It Happens" guest who fist pumped his way into the record books.