As It Happens: The Thursday Edition
Part One
MMIWG Action Plan
Two years after Canada's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry referred to the disappearances as "genocide", we hear from one of the women behind a long-awaited plan of action.
Windsor/ Detroit Vaccines
Tunnel vision. Windsor's mayor is determined to get his city vaccinated -- and that's helped bring one possible solution into focus: using the Windsor-Detroit tunnel to administer shots.
Texas Abortion Valedictorian
Change of address. A high school valedictorian in Texas tells us why she decided to ditch her approved speech -- and go with a now-viral pro-choice proclamation instead.
Part Two
Residential Schools - Catholic Church
Church and state. Both played a role in Canada's Residential School abuses -- and our guest says it's shocking that some Catholic leaders continue to claim ignorance of the facts.
NL Tourism Opens
Come from away -- again. Newfoundlanders around the country are rejoicing that they'll be able to visit their home province again as soon as July 1st -- and our guest says her flights are already booked.
Part Three
Sri Lanka Ship Burning
Sri Lankan beaches have been inundated by plastic pellets following an inferno on a Singapore-bound boat. And a marine biologist there tells us the blaze could have ripple effects for years to come.
Chinese Furniture Tarriff
You better sit down for this -- if you can afford to. The head of a sofa manufacturer says new tariffs on Chinese furniture imports may hurt retailers' wallets -- but that's just one more reason to buy Canadian.