As It Happens: Monday Edition
Part One
The Michaels released: Kevin Garrett
Kevin Garratt spent more than 700 days in a Chinese prison; tonight he'll offer Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor a few tips, as they begin their first full week back on Canadian soil.
The Michaels released: Kamila Telendibaeva
While the Kovrig and Spavor families celebrate, Kamila Telendibaeva asks whether Canada will now act on behalf of her husband — a Canadian citizen and a Uighur human rights activist who's been imprisoned in China for 15 years.
Highlands rewilded
There's an ambitious new plan to return a huge swath of the Scottish highlands to its natural state — and the person behind the project provides some spoilers on making a landscape unspoiled.
Part Two
Halifax Dalhousie homecoming party
Thousands of students celebrated homecoming in the streets of Halifax this weekend — and although Dalhousie's student union president condemns the scenes, she tells us strict campus policies contributed to the chaos.
COVID propaganda tests
A reporter uncovers a scheme by the Canadian military to use propaganda techniques on unsuspecting Canadians — and he says this is far from the first time.
Part Three
German election
Germany has voted but its not yet clear who will be Angela Merkel's successor. Our guest says whoever takes the helm will have to take on some urgent issues.
Tunisia political crisis
Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets yesterday calling on their president to resign, and a former MP tells us the country's democracy hangs in the balance of what happens next.