Health Canada has approved the use of psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, to help some people face end-of-life care. One of these people is Laurie Brooks, who was told her colon cancer could kill her within a year. On today’s show with Evan Solomon, she explains how it feels to be one of four Canadians given approval to use this drug.

Health Canada has approved the use of psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, to help some people face end-of-life care. One of these people is Laurie Brooks, who was told her colon cancer could kill her within a year. On today&rsquo;s show with Evan Solomon, she explains how it feels to be one of four Canadians given approval to use this drug.

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Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Sabrina Grover, Principal, Shakti Strategies; Amanda Galbraith, Principal at Navigator and host of Free For All Friday; and Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent for CTV News Channel and host of The Debate

Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @VassyKapelosShow.

Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Sabrina Grover, Principal, Shakti Strategies; Amanda Galbraith, Principal at Navigator and host of Free For All Friday; and Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent for CTV News Channel and host of The Debate
Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @VassyKapelosShow.

VKS: The Daily Debrief -- Tuesday panel

Relations between Canada and India have taken a nosedive following allegations from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the Modi government was involved in the killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, BC earlier this year. 

Omer Aziz is a former foreign policy advisor in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, writer, author of Brown Boy. He tells Vassy Kapelos the countries had been talking past each other for years and a Eurocentric policy focus may have exacerbated issues.

Relations between Canada and India have taken a nosedive following allegations from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the Modi government was involved in the killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, BC earlier this year. 
Omer Aziz is a former foreign policy advisor in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, writer, author of Brown Boy. He tells Vassy Kapelos the countries had been talking past each other for years and a Eurocentric policy focus may have exacerbated issues.

VKS: 'I saw the long term train wreck coming' -- Former Trudeau government foreign policy advisor says tensions with India unsurprising

Multiple Jewish advocacy organizations in Canada say that the resignation of House Speaker Anthony Rota is a necessary but ultimately insufficient response to compensate for the parliamentary recognition of Yaroslav Hunka, who served in a Nazi unit during WWII.

Michal Mostyn, CEO of B'Nai Brith Canada, and Michael Levitt, CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, tell Vassy Kapelos that Canada has a poor track record in the past dealing with accountability and justice for Nazis, and providing the Deschenes Commission records into Nazi war criminals in Canada would be a good next step.

Multiple Jewish advocacy organizations in Canada say that the resignation of House Speaker Anthony Rota is a necessary but ultimately insufficient response to compensate for the parliamentary recognition of Yaroslav Hunka, who served in a Nazi unit during WWII.
Michal Mostyn, CEO of B'Nai Brith Canada, and Michael Levitt, CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, tell Vassy Kapelos that Canada has a poor track record in the past dealing with accountability and justice for Nazis, and providing the Deschenes Commission records into Nazi war criminals in Canada would be a good next step.

VKS: 'This has been a humiliation' -- Jewish organizations say Rota resignation necessary, further action from government needed to rectify Nazi veteran recognition

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