As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Monday, December 12, 2016

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Catherine McKenna
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she won't let the doubts of a premier here — or a president-elect there — keep her government from putting its climate change agreement into action.  

Russia & CIA
After months of rumours, the CIA confirms that Russia did indeed interfere in the U.S. election — and that its hackers only had eyes for Donald Trump. 

Restored film
In a 90-year-old film Austrian film, all Jews are expelled from the city of Vienna — and Nikolaus Wostry of the Austrian Film Archive says it didn't just predict the rise of Nazism in the 'thirties, it has a message for audiences in 2016. 

Part Two

Fentanyl funeral director
With increasing frequency, a BC funeral director is arranging services for families whose loved ones have died of fentanyl overdoses — and he's doing what he can to reduce his clientele. 

Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm
Remembering Sadiq Jalal al-Azm, one of Syria's most famous thinkers — who believed in a brighter future for his country, despite the destruction. 

Part Three

Safe injection: Philpott
Health Minister Jane Philpott says Ottawa is done trying to arrest its way out of the opiod crisis. Her new health strategy starts by making it easier to open safe injection sites. 

Trans refugee swimmer
A transgender Ugandan swimmer was outed back home while at a competition in Edmonton. Now, he'll be staying in Canada as a refugee.