As It Happens

As It Happens: The Monday Edition

June 3, 2019

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

MMIWG Report
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls issues its final report — and calls for Canada to make systemic changes on every level. 

Tiananmen Square: Arthur Kent
A new film by Canadian journalist Arthur Kent called "Black Night in June" includes footage he captured 30 years ago today — when the massacre in Tiananmen Square began. 

Part Two

U.K. Trump Visit
Outside Buckingham Palace, our guest is being eaten up inside by the fact that President Trump is eating with royalty inside -- at the invitation of the U.K. government. 

Veronica Tennant
It's been 50 years since Canadian ballerina Veronica Tennant gave the first performance at Ottawa's National Arts Centre — and tonight, she tells us why that stage still matters. 

Part Three

Sudan Violence
An activist in Khartoum describes the scene as government backed militas open fire on protesters who in April were being celebrated for helping to oust Omar al-Bashir. 

Shoal Lake Road 
For a hundred years, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation on the Manitoba-Ontario border has been surrounded by water, and cut off from the mainland. But today, there's celebration, with the opening of the long-awaited Freedom Road.