As It Happens

As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

Nov. 20, 2019

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Impeachment: Sondland
The United States Ambassador to the EU tells the impeachment inquiry that White House pressure on Ukraine was a "clear quid pro quo", and that all involved "followed the President's orders". 

Children's aid changes
Toronto's child welfare agency partners with a national charity to raise money for a new project that will focus on keeping kids with their families. 

Slippery toilet
Mechanical engineer Tak-Sing Wong's new non-stick spray makes a toilet bowl more slippery — and stopping stuff from sticking won't just save us face, it will save us water. 

Part Two

Malta investigation update
A Maltese businessman is arrested while trying to escape on his luxury yacht — and our guest hopes his answers bring police a step closer to solving her sister's murder. 

Trump military pardons
Donald Trump pardons a U.S. veteran of war crimes in Afghanistan — but a former army medic who served in the same place says that's a serious miscarriage of justice. 

Part Three

New Trudeau cabinet
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Chrystia Freeland as his Deputy. And that wasn't the only strategic move in today's cabinet shuffle. 

Wind farm cancelled
Now that the Ontario government has cancelled hundreds of green energy projects, our guest will lose the wind turbine on her property.