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Gender attitudes and how they affect children's sense of self
Our weekly panel discussion features three parents weighing in on the issue of keeping a child's gender private. It's a choice that's been much debated since a Canadian couple went public with their decision not to tell anyone whether their infant, named Storm, is a boy or a girl. Vahe Tokmajyan, a Calgary-based sculptor originally from Armenia, Nadia Zouaoui, a freelance journalist and film-maker from Montreal, originally from Algeria, and Rufo Valencia, a reporter with RCI's Latin American section, originally from Bolivia, join Marc Montgomery to share their thoughts.
Panel - Correspondents share news from Halifax, Ottawa and Vancouver
For our Friday discussion Marc Montgomery gets the latest from our reporters from across the country, Robert Jaros in Halifax, Valerie Morand from Ottawa and in Vancouver, Lorn Curry.
The Link's correspondents talk about fire, floods, hockey and more
Marc Montgomery is joined by reporters Robert Jaros in Halifax, Lyne-Francoise Pelletier in Toronto and Frank Rackow in Calgary to hear about some of the stories making news in their regions including fires and floods on the prairies, Ontario's licensing of foreign-trained doctors and even word that a doctoral student at the University of New Brunswick will be helping to guide NASA, the United States space agency, back to the moon.
Panel - Coping with gas prices
Many Canadians are talking about the price of gas. For some in this country, the price is becoming harder and harder to afford. And few of us can choose to stop driving altogether. Next week, The Link will be taking an in-depth look at the cost of oil and gas and Marc Montgomery gets us started with a panel discussion with Amrick Mahill president of Vancouver's Black Top AND Checker Cabs, Ambarish Chandra, economist with the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business and computer consultant and "hypermiler" Nicholas Panteleev. ( Photo: Istockphoto )
Panel - The Link's correspondents talk elections, immigration, criminal convictions and more
Marc Montgomery is joined by reporters Robert Jaros in Halifax, Valerie Morand in Ottawa and Lorn Curry in Vancouver to talk about the election results and reaction in their region; plus the troubling case of trusted Catholic bishop who served in Nova Scotia and has just been convicted in Ottawa, and news of a Canadian journalist originally from British Columbia who is now being detained in Syria.
Panel - New citizen voters discuss the campaign's last week
With the May 2nd election only days away, we turn, one more time, to our panel of new citizens for their observations. Khady Beye is a journalist with Radio Canada International in Montreal who's originally from Senegal. Vahe Tokmajian is a Calgary-based sculptor who came to Canada from Armenia. And, in Vancouver, Christian Sida-Valenzuela is a journalist with RCI's Spanish-language programs and the director of the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, who's a native of Mexico. They share their thoughts with Marc Montgomery as they prepare to vote for the first time in a Canadian federal election.( Photo: Istockphoto )
The Link's correspondents talk holy days, politics and more
Marc Montgomery talks about a Sikh holiday, Earth Day, politics in Ottawa, a mega-casino in Vancouver, the plight of two young bear cubs and more with reporters Lorn Curry on the West Coast, Valérie Morand in Ottawa and Robert Jaros on the east coast.
Panel - New citizens weigh in as campaign hits halfway mark
The two televised leaders debates are over and the federal election campaign is at the halfway mark. Today our panel of new Canadians who are voting in Canada for the first time are in to share their views about how the leaders are measuring up and whether anyone is addressing the issues they care about.
Panel - Disaster relief fundraising
Our weekly panel discussion examines what it means to be away from one's country of origin when it's hit by a natural disaster, such as an earthquake. Gilda Salomone is joined by two Canadians, one from New Zealand, the other from Japan; who watched from afar as their hometown or country was devastated by an earthquake. They tell us how they coped and how they are helping. ( Photo: AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama )
Panel discussion - Weighing the pros and cons of nuclear power
As Japan struggles to cool damaged nuclear plants, Canadians are wondering about the safety of using nuclear power. Gilda Salomone discusses the pros and cons with a panel of three experts including Dominic Ryan, a physics professor at McGill University in Montreal and president of the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering, Gordon Edwards, president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility and Dr. Mary Gospodarowicz, medical director of the cancer program at Princess Margaret Hospital of the University Health Network and head of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto. ( Photo:AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co. )