#230 SNC-Aladdin

September 19, 2019

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#230 SNC-Aladdin

A bonus segment on Trudeau's "make-up" with guest co-host, Arshy Mann. Plus, one reporter’s real life story on the gift of poutine from Trudeau. And this week’s news has been about the three worst people in Canada: Faith Goldy, Maxime Bernier, and Ezra Lavant. Why?

Jesse Brown

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Tiffany Lam

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Paul Wells co-hosts for our regularly scheduled programming.

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