8:30 – Earlier this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump and the meeting seemed to go well. Next month, Carney and all the premiers will be in Saskatchewan to talk about Canada’s next moves. Wolfgang Alschner, an empirical legal scholar specialized in international economic law and the computational analysis of law at the University of Ottawa, joins Evan to chat about the latest on the trade war and CUSMA.
Listener Question: Do you think Canada has a strong enough unified front to take on U.S. President Donald Trump and his trade war?
9:00 – Open phones – Evan goes to the phones to chat with listeners about what’s on their minds today. Call 1-877-332-8255.
10:00 – Manitoba has adopted a simple, yet potentially life-saving new health-care related law. It’s called Debbie’s Law, which requires the health-care system to tell patients if they won’t be able to provide life-saving treatment in time. Dominick Lucyk, Second Street communications director, joins Evan to discuss how the change could save lives if adopted in Saskatchewan.
LQ: Do you think Saskatchewan adopting Debbie’s Law could actually save lives?
10:30 – Do you think Debbie’s Law should be implemented in Saskatchewan? Call Evan at 1-877-332-8255.
11:00 – You’re quick & clever! And for some weird reason, you’ve carried the right answer in your head for years. Or maybe you just trust Uncle Google. It‘s time for Saskatchewan’s Smartest Radio Listener for Little Town Apparel — your chance for fame and acclaim and to prove just how smart you are. Not only do you get bragging rights, you’ll win prizes too! Call 1-877-332-8255 to play!
11:30 – Sports and the arts don’t always mingle. This was especially the case for Patricia Dawn Robertson, Saskatchewan writer and author of Media Brat: a Gen-X memoir. Her father, John Robertson, was a sports reporting icon, but Patricia hated spectator sports. She joins Evan to talk about her destain for sports, but her love for her sportswriting father and brushing shoulders with some of the top athletes back in the day.
LQ: What’s something you and your parents didn’t see eye-to-eye on?
12:00 – Evan revisits his earlier conversation with Wolfgang Alschner, an empirical legal scholar specialized in international economic law and the computational analysis of law at the University of Ottawa.