Lynn Desjardins, Marc Montgomery, Carmel Kilkenny
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The LINK Online Sat Oct 10, 2015

Your hosts this week, Lynn Terry Haig, and Marc

Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaking about the TPP deal.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaking about the TPP deal.”Ten years from now, I predict with 100 per cent certainty people are looking back, they will say if we’ve got in it, they’ll say that was a great thing. And if we haven’t, they’ll say that was a terrible error.” While the deal has been signed, it still has to be ratified by the various countries © CBC

The twelve nations negotiating a huge international trade deal, have finally reached agreement.

Known as the Trans Pacific Partnership, or TPP, the deal represents 40 percent of the world economy.

The federal government said it’s an important deal for Canada’s trade future. There had been great concerns about what Canada would have to negotiate away in order to reach agreement.

This was especially so for the automobile sector and for dairy and poultry farmers who operate under a protective national supply-management system.

The broad outline of the deal has been announced, but not the details. Many sectors however have given mitigated approval to the deal,  But some are not convinced.

Marc spoke with respected economist Atif Kubursi, formerly a high ranking official with the U.N. and now professor emeritus at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

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Apathy is Boring is one of many civic-engagement groups encouraging young people to vote, in this case, asking them to sign a symbolic pledge to cast a ballot. © Apathy Is Boring

The current federal election campaign ends on October 19th. It has been one of the longest campaigns in recent history.

Issues range from the economy, to taxes, to refugees, to the niqab and more.

There have been a number of leader debates as well, sometimes heated as one might expect. Through it all though is the fact that voter turnout has typically remained steady through several elections at about 60 percent.

This time there is a massive ad hoc effort (several really) to encourage people to get out and vote.

But will it be successful? Lynn spoke to Heather Bastedo, a former professor of political science at Queen’s University.

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The last time the Blue Jays won a World Series was 1993 when Joe Carter (above) hit his famed three-run homer to deliver the victory. © Mark Duncan

It’s been a long long time, 22 years in fact, for baseball fans in Canada to see their lone major league baseball team reach the post season

The Toronto Blue Jays have begun their quarter final series against their American League rivals, the Texas Rangers.

Although the Jays were the favourites, they lost their first game

Terry Haig talks to Richard Griffin, the baseball columnist for the Toronto Star about the hopes for the Jays and what they’re up against.

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