Free For All Friday features top talent across the iHeart radio talk network. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week.
This week's show is hosted by Deb Hutton and features panelists Ryan Price, news director and afternoon drive host on CFAX 1070 in Victoria, B.C., and Sharan Kaur, political strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Bill Morneau.
Topics:
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the federal government is prepared to spend $196.1 billion on health care over the next decade — including $46.2 billion in new spending on top of funds already budgeted. Are you surprised at the amount of money that was announced? Where does it go from here?
- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has accused CBC president Catherine Tait of launching a partisan attack on him, saying she is “not even pretending to be unbiased." Thoughts on this?
- Rebel News CEO Ezra Levant has launched a legal challenge alleging Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault violated his constitutional right to free expression when he Twitter-blocked him. If it’s not hate speech, is it appropriate to block someone in a case like this?
- A lightning round, featuring a discussion on the Chinese balloon, Western University’s student council voting to drop O Canada at the opening of meetings, and more.