CBC Radio's The House: Big moves on guns, drugs
Here is what's on this week's episode of The House
Will drug decriminalization stop at the Rockies?
Last year alone, more than 2,200 people in B.C. died of suspected toxic drug overdoses. In a bid to tackle this epidemic, the federal government this week agreed to British Columbia's long-standing request to decriminalize possession of small amounts of some illicit drugs in the province.
But just a day after that historic move, a majority of Liberals voted against a bill that would have decriminalized illegal drug possession across the entire country. Host Chris Hall speaks to Gord Johns, the B.C. New Democrat MP who proposed the legislation, about his bill and why he's determined to keep pushing for a solution to the overdose crisis.
Canada's gun smuggling problem
Evelyn Fox's son was killed by a stray bullet outside a Toronto club in 2016. But the grieving mother isn't happy with the government's new gun control legislation — she feels the freeze on handguns will accomplish little while firearms are still smuggled across the border. She joins The House to discuss what she'd like to see the government do to make city streets safer.
Abram Benedict, grand chief of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, sits down to discuss what police in his territory are doing to stop gun smugglers. Then, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino defends Bill C-21 and Conservative public safety critic Raquel Dancho offers her party's take.
Is the Ford Nation model a national winner?
A provincial election with national implications, a former minister dissing the federal government and Conservative leadership hopefuls jostling for the limelight as a new phase of their contest begins — it was a hectic week in Canadian politics.
Shannon Proudfoot of Maclean's and Joel-Denis Bellavance of La Presse sit down with host Chris Hall to review the week that was.
