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EI controversy and the NDP's future

This week on The House, with Justin Trudeau facing some pointed criticism for his government's decision to boost Employment Insurance benefits for parts of the country and not other hard-hit areas, we talk to Alberta's Minister of Labour, Christina Gray, about her concerns with Ottawa's approach. Then, NDP President Rebecca Blaikie discusses the results of her party's election post-mortem, the future of leader Tom Mulcair, and what the party needs to do in order to reconnect with voters.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters in Calgary after a roundtable session about changes to the EI program with unemployed workers. (CBC)
The House49:59EI controversy and the NDP's future

This week on The House, with Justin Trudeau facing some pointed criticism for his government's decision to boost Employment Insurance benefits for parts of the country and not other hard-hit areas, we talk to Alberta's Minister of Labour, Christina Gray, about her concerns with Ottawa's approach.

NDP President Rebecca Blaikie discusses the results of the party's election post-mortem, the future of leader Tom Mulcair, and what the party needs to do in order to reconnect with voters.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says he's warned Canada's International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland about what he sees as the significant problems with the Trans Pacific Partnership.

With voters in Saskatchewan heading to the polls on Monday, the CBC's polls analyst Eric Grenier looks at whether Brad Wall will win another term.

Finally, In House panelists Rosemary Barton and Joël-Denis Bellavance look ahead to the NDP convention and analyze the government's handling of the EI changes story.

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