The Current for Oct. 8, 2020
Today on The Current:
Wednesday night's U.S. vice-presidential debate featured Mike Pence, Kamala Harris, and a fly who created a bit of a buzz. Matt Galloway unpacks the debate with New York Times columnist Amanda Taub, and Eugene Scott, a political reporter for the Washington Post.
Plus, new data shows COVID-19 is continuing to have a disproportionate impact on communities of colour in Canada. We discuss what's driving those infections, and ensuring equitable health care, with Naini Cloutier, a member of the Ottawa Health Team, Arjumand Siddiqi, Canada Research Chair in Population Health Equity at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and Globe and Mail health columnist André Picard.
Then, the growing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has left hundreds of people dead and thousands displaced. Thomas de Waal, senior fellow with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, talks about what's at the heart of the dispute and how the international community is responding.
And the federal government announced plans Wednesday to ban six kinds of single-use plastics by the end of next year. Laura Sullivan, an investigative correspondent for NPR, discusses why — despite the hype — recycling isn't keeping that plastic out of landfills.