As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Part One

Munir Sheikh
The former head of Statistics Canada has some timely advice for the newly elected Liberals: re-instate the long-form census, stat. 

Cirillo anniversary
Martin Magnan returns to the National War Memorial to pay tribute to Corporal Nathan Cirillo -- one year after Mr. Magnan came to the soldier's aid in his last moments. 

Libraries baseball spat
While Toronto plays Kansas City in a tense fight for the American League pennant, both cities' libraries are involved in a high-stakes, winner-take-all...exchange of pointed book recommendations on Twitter. 
    
Part Two

Prime Minister statues
A proposal to put up statues of every one of Canada's Prime Ministers on an Ontario university campus may crumble in the face of a public outcry. 

Punch study
Using cadavers, a Utah scientist reaches a striking conclusion: the human hand may have evolved to make us better at punching each other. 

Part Three

Mark Towhey feature interview
Mark Towhey served as chief of staff for former Toronto mayor Rob Ford tells us about his chaotic tenure at City Hall -- and his new book about the experience, "Mayor Rob Ford: Uncontrollable: How I tried to help the world's most notorious mayor".