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As It Happens: Monday edition

As It Happens for Monday, May 30, 2022

Episode Transcript

Part One 

Arbour report: Anand
We'll ask Canada's Defence Minister whether a new report on the military's longstanding problem with sexual misconduct will finally change what its author calls a "deeply deficient culture." 

Texas Republician turned in gun
He's a longtime NRA member and Second Amendment defender, but our guest says after last week's shooting in Uvalde, Texas he felt compelled to give up his AR-15. 

Ronnie Hawkins obit
Robbie Lane and The Disciples were among many artists mentored by the late Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins — and tonight, Mr. Lane remembers a great friend, and one of the greats, period. 

Part Two 

Punjabi rapper killed
Rapper Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu was killed this weekend, after making a name for himself in Canada — and his colleague says his political stances may have made him a target.  

UK Shell resignation
We'll hear from a former consultant to oil-and-gas multinational Shell about why she chose to resign very publicly from her role, rather than resign herself to climate inaction. 

Part Three

Soccer crowds violence
French officials are blaming Liverpool fans for the chaos that unfolded at Saturday's Champion League final in Paris. But one tear-gassed supporter tells us he feared for his life. 

4-student school job 
Running a remote school with just four pupils nearly 200 kilometres from the northernmost tip of Scotland may not be the average teacher's dream job. But our guest says they should dream bigger. Or smaller and farther.