Climate and Canada's north, the unofficial campaign and badminton with NDP MP Don Davies
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With climate change threatening the North as we know it, the government moves to protect massive expanses of the Arctic sea and promises millions of dollars in infrastructure. But is it enough? Then we'll unpack the politics of campaign prep from war chests to talking points. And we talk drop shots and the drop of the writ over a badminton match with NDP MP Don Davies.  Guests: Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson, Toronto Star Ottawa Bureau Chief Susan Delacourt, Jordan Press of The Canadian Press and NDP MP Don Davies.
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