Unpacking the lawful access bill, with David Fraser

Peter Mazereeuw speaks with David Fraser, a technology and privacy lawyer with McInnes Cooper, about government bill C-22, which proposes new powers for police and intelligence officers to access Canadians' electronic data and tap into their devices. 

Peter Mazereeuw speaks with senator and former judge Pierre Dalphond about the government's bill to toughen up criminal bail and sentencing rules. 

Peter Mazereeuw tackles the hot topic of immigration fraud, a problem that has spurred the government to introduce controversial changes in law, and the opposition to demand more. He speaks to Ravi Jain, an immigration lawyer who makes the case that immigration consultants are the root of the problem, and Dory Jade, a spokesperson for professional immigration consultants who defends his peers, and highlights the trouble caused by unlicensed practioners. 

Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Jocelyne Bourgon, a former clerk of the Privy Council who served as Jean Chrétien's right hand. They discuss Canada's move away from the United States, national unity, public service cuts, and Bourgon's new book, A Public Servant's Voice: Through the Words of the First Woman Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada.

Peter Mazereeuw interviews Valeriy Kostyuk, the executive director of the Canada-Ukraine Foundation, about his work raising donations and sending everything from power generators to surgical teams into Ukraine as it tries to fight off the Russian invasion.

Mark Norman, formerly Canada's second-highest ranking military officer, weighs in on the government's new plan to build up Canada's defence industry. 

Peter Mazereeuw gets you up to speed on what happened on and away from Parliament Hill this week in this five-minute mini-pod. 

Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Mireille Lalancette (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) and Éric Bélanger (McGill University), the co-holders of the Quebec Research Chair on Democracy, Living Together and Common Values, about the rise in support for the provincial Parti Québécois, which has promised another referendum on leaving Canada. 

Peter Mazereeuw speaks with former Conservative Party president Rob Batherson from Calgary, Alta., on Jan. 31, the last day of the Conservative convention after 87 per cent of delegates voted in favour of Pierre Poilievre's leadership.

Peter Mazereeuw speaks with former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps about Mark Carney's big speech at Davos, China, Trump and Greenland, a 2026 election, floor crossing, and more.