The Current for Feb. 2, 2022
Today on The Current:
Denmark has dropped all COVID-19 restrictions; what will it take for Canada to safely reach that point? Matt Galloway talks to Michael Bang Petersen, a professor of political science at Aarhus University, who's advising the Danish government on its COVID-19 response; and Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious disease physician at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.
Plus, with the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing just days away, the CBC's Anthony Germain takes us inside the Olympic Village to tell us what he's seeing — and how it compares to the Beijing Olympics he reported on in 2008.
Then, with the federal Conservatives set to vote on Erin O'Toole's leadership, we discuss what's at stake — both for O'Toole and the party itself.
And Canadian soccer is having a moment: the women's team are Olympic champions, and the men's team is on the cusp of its first World Cup in more than three decades. We reflect on Canada as a soccer nation — and why it's time for our own professional women's league — with Nick Bontis, the president of Canada Soccer; Diana Matheson, a two-time Olympic medallist with Canada's women's soccer team; and Shireen Ahmed, a senior contributor with CBC Sports and host of the Burn It All Down podcast.
