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Canadian Leadership and the COVID-19 Response

21 May 2020 @ 1:00 pm

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In managing the biggest health and economic crisis of our time, Canadian politicians and public officials deploy varying strategies and levels of transparency. What does the handling of COVID-19 reveal about those at the helm of our country and our provinces — and what might this mean for Canada post-pandemic? Join acclaimed journalist Chantal Hébert, a regular political contributor to news organizations including the Toronto StarL’Actualité and CBC’s The National, as she shares her perspectives on politics and leadership with host Anna Maria Tremonti, host of the CBC podcast More.

Thursday, May 21, 2020
1pm EDT

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Chantal Hébert is a political columnist whose work appears in the Toronto Star and the magazine L’Actualité. She is a weekly participant on the political panel at Issue on the CBC’s The National as well as Radio-Canada’s Les Coulisses du pouvoir on television and Tout un matin on Montreal radio. Ms Hébert began her career in Toronto as a reporter for the regional newsroom of Radio-Canada in 1975 before moving on to Parliament Hill for Radio-Canada radio.  She has served as parliamentary bureau chief for Le Devoir and La Presse@ChantalHbert

ABOUT THE HOST

Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war, disaster, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National, with postings in Berlin, London, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT

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Date:
21 May 2020
Time:
1:00 pm
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