The Current for December 20, 2018
Today on The Current: We ask whether the diplomatic row with China is escalating, and whether Canada's response has been too soft; we look to London, Ont., where Ottawa's choice about dealing with Saudi Arabia could cost a lot of jobs; we listen back to a conversation with Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, and his powerful documentary delving into the refugee crisis.
Today on The Current:
- If the diplomatic row with China is escalating, has Canada's response has been too soft? MP Erin O'Toole thinks the prime minister should be doing more.
- Recent remarks from the prime minister have fuelled speculation about whether Canada will stop supplying Saudi Arabia with light armoured vehicles. We look to London, Ont., where those vehicles are made, and weigh up the ethical considerations against the livelihoods at stake.
- Chinese artist Ai Weiwei turned his lens on the massive scale of the global refugee crisis in a powerful documentary, Human Flow. In a conversation from last year, he tells Anna Maria Tremonti that the crisis is not limited to refugees and represents the human condition.