Counterpoint - Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by:

John Mraz 

Former liberal war room director with several dozen elections worth of experience

and

Bill Hutchison

Former broadcaster...longtime journalist...professor at Seneca

Topics include:

Does Toronto have anything unique that it can offer Kawhi Leonard?

CSIS has identified foreign actors attempting to directly influence the upcoming federal election campaign, a Toronto Star and BuzzFeed News investigation has learned. 

CBC has been doing pre-election polling on a wide array of voter issues... and immigration is the latest poll which reveals Canadians are divided on immigration, with clear limits on the kind of migration they find acceptable.

China has escalated its abuse against the two Canadians they have kidnapped and jailed. They’ve confiscated the glasses of Michael Kovrig. Yet another abuse in retaliation over Huawei exec Mung Wazou. China is openly mocking Justin Trudeau over his comments that he has lots of global support. He can’t say for sure President Trump talked to China.. Then, we see a tweet from Liberal MP of small business and export. Mary Ng writes. “When in Beijing, you dropped by @COWSICECREAM – a true Cdn #smallbiz success story from #PrinceEdwardIsland!"

Governor General Julie Payette won't be moving into Rideau Hall, the home and workplace of every viceregal going back to Confederation, because it’s not private enough.

Over the weekend in Portland there was yet another bloody confrontation between neo-nazi groups and antifa. This has been a pretty regular feature in the city in the last couple of years. But this weekend a Conservative reporter, Andy Ngo, whose beat is to cover these protests, was attacked and left with a brain bleed, ripped ear and burns from milkshakes thrown at him which were actually quick dry cement. 

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