Free For All Friday – Hour 1

Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada’s top newsmakers.

On today’s show:

• CTV’s Garrett Barry with breaking news out of St. John’s, Newfoundland, as a new deal is struck for protesting fish harvesters
• Dr. Christopher Labos, cardiologist and medical writer with a degree in epidemiology; author of Does Coffee Cause Cancer?: And 8 More Myths about the Food We Eat, on the resurgence of infectious diseases like measles and if you should be concerned
• David Phillips, Senior Climatologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada, on the winter weather kicking off spring nationwide this weekend

Free For All Friday – Hour 2

Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week’s panel features host Amanda Galbraith; Garry Keller, Vice President of StrategyCorp; and Sabrina Grover, Principal at Shakti Strategies.

Topic 1: Poilievre-led attempt to bring down Trudeau minority over carbon tax fails – Any big surprises here? Was it worth putting the motion forward anyway? Do you think the Conservatives would win other opposition parties over?

Topic 2: Fish protestors meet riot police outside N.L. legislature, budget to be delivered this afternoon, plus a new deal – What was your reaction to these protests? Is this an issue that we’re paying close enough attention to? Was there a level of police overreaction here?

Topic 3: NDP motion regarding Palestinian statehood passes after major Liberal alterations // Liberal MP Housefather not ruling out crossing the floor to the Conservatives – Was the initial motion a bad call on the government’s part? Did they overstep with significant late amendments? Do you think it’s likely Housefather could cross the floor?

Topic 4: Inside a Toronto high school with no classrooms or due dates – Can this be a workable structure from your perspective or is this an abdication of responsibility for including structure?

Topic 5: Former Quebec premiers, citizens pay tribute to native son Brian Mulroney in Montreal