As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Part One

Refugee numbers
Canada has announced it will take in 25,000 Syrian refugees -- but so far, fewer than two thousand of those asked have agreed to come. 

Paris Summit: India
When it comes to the climate summit in Paris, India faces the biggest emissions challenge -- but it has signalled a new willingness to clear the air.  

Kiss of Judas painting
In the 16th century, religious extremists destroyed depictions of Judas, but one painting survived -- essentially because someone turned it backwards.

Part Two

West Virginia mine blast follow-up
The former CEO of a giant coal-mining company is found guilty of covering up safety violations at a West Virginia mine that eventually exploded, killing twenty-nine people. 

Pistorius latest 
The family of Reeva Steenkamp says she'll "be able to rest", after a South African court overturns Oscar Pistorius's manslaughter conviction -- and convicts him of murder instead.  

Part Three

Cheri di Novo
They lost -- and they are  lost. In the provincial election in Ontario, and the federal election, the New Democrats set out most un-NDP-like economic policies. Now, one party member says that austerity cost them those elections -- and it's time to face it.

Quebec gun registry
For years, gun-control advocate Heidi Rathjen fought the Harper government, over its dismantling of the federal gun registry. Today, she's celebrating -- because Quebec is creating its own registry. 

Syria airstrikes MP
After a marathon parliamentary debate, followed by a vote in favour of airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, Britain's Conservative government moves forward with the plan. We speak with one Conservative MP who voted against it.