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[7 Mar 2005]

Pierre Bourque, Canada’s internet guru of Bourque Newswatch talked politics with Joseph Planta, as well as his art career and more.

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[7 Mar 2005]

In wide ranging chat, Global National’s Kevin Newman talked with Joseph Planta about the role of an anchor in television news in Canada and the United States, his role as an MS Ambassador for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, as well as what it was like interviewing Margaret Thatcher.

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[10 Feb 2005]

Ben Mulroney, the host of CTV’s eTalk Daily talked with Joseph Planta about Canadian Idol, which he also hosts. They hold their auditions in Vancouver this Friday, 11 February, 2005. He previews Idol’s third season, and provides an entertaining chat about Idol, his dad’s book, as well as colleagues Jon Dore, Tanya Kim, and Craig Norris.

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[9 Feb 2005]

Former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister, the Hon. Sinclair Stevens talked with Joseph Planta about the Gomery inquiry, as well as the nature of public inquiries, as well as the Progressive Canadian Party, of which he is the Chair of the Macdonald-Cartier PC Fund.

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[9 Feb 2005]

Link Byfield, Chairman of the Citizens Centre for Democracy and Freedom, columnist for the Calgary Sun, and an Alberta senator-in-waiting, talked with Joseph Planta about the Citizens Centre’s campaign for a same-sex referendum, as well he shared his thoughts on the Gomery inquiry.

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[24 Jan 2005]

The writer-director-actor Don McKellar spoke with The Commentary’s Joseph Planta about his new film, Childstar, which opens nationwide on Friday, January 28, 2005. McKellar also stars in the film along with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mark Rendall, Brendan Fehr, Kristin Adams, Dave Foley, Peter Paige, Gil Bellows, and Alan Thicke.

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[22 Nov 2004]

Legendary author and journalist, not to mention the fascinating, Peter C. Newman talked with Joseph Planta about his new memoir, Here Be Dragons: Telling Tales of People, Passion and Power (McClelland and Stewart, $42.99 CDN).

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[10 Nov 2004]

Federal New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, and the MP for Toronto-Danforth talked with Joseph Planta about being a Member of Parliament, the NDP’s role in Canada’s minority government, as well as why he’s opposed to the “weaponisation of space.”

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[2 Nov 2004]

Tuesday afternoon, Warren Kinsella, former Liberal Party strategist, as well as aide to former prime minister Jean Chrétien was on the line to discuss his thoughts about the campaign. The acclaimed dean of Canada’s blog nation also discussed the state of his party and Canadian political affairs.

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[31 Oct 2004]

Political commentator and the host of The Rachel Marsden Show, Rachel Marsden previewed Tuesday’s Presidential election with Joseph Planta.