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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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[4 Feb 2005]

The Citizen’s Assembly on Electoral Reform was charged with looking at British Columbia’s electoral system. They’ve recommended that the current system be replaced with a new scheme, BC-STV. Frankie Kirby co-represented Vancouver-Kensington as a member of the Citizen’s Assembly, and she talked with Joseph Planta about the assembly’s recommendation.

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[4 Feb 2005]

Ken Tucker, the film critic from New York magazine, and formerly the television critic from Entertainment Weekly, talked with Joseph Planta about his new book, Kissing Bill O’Reilly, Roasting Miss Piggy: 100 Things to Love and Hate about TV (St. Martin’s Press, 2005).

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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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[20 Jan 2005]

Gregor Robertson, the BC NDP candidate in Vancouver-Fairview for the upcoming provincial election, talks to Joseph Planta about why he’s entered the political arena, after years of success running Happy Planet Foods.

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[1 Dec 2004]

Kate Colley Lo of Tourism Vancouver discussed Dine Out 2005, the successful dining experience featuring many of Vancouver’s finest restaurants, as well as all things tourism in Vancouver this December with Joseph Planta.

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[1 Dec 2004]

Former MP Deborah Grey talked with Joseph Planta about her politics and her career in it, which is the subject of her new memoir, Never Retreat, Never Explain, Never Apologize: My Life, My Politics (Key Porter, 2004).

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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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[18 Nov 2004]

The Hon. Sheila Copps, en route to give a speech in Kitchener, talked with Joseph Planta about her new book, Worth Fighting For (McClelland and Stewart, 2004), as well as the ouster of Carolyn Parrish from the Liberal caucus, and the current Prime Minister, Paul Martin.