The 2020 Network

The 2020 Network


/Thread #17: Ford/Kavanaugh hearings, Julie Payette as Governor General, and covering controversial figures

September 28, 2018

On this episode of /Thread, host Sarah Turnbull chats with National Post reporter Marie-Danielle Smith and author, political commentator, and Ottawa's Toronto Star bureau chief Susan Delacourt about: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, whether Canada's current Governor General Julie Payette is cut out for the role, and how journalists should cover controversial - to put it lightly - figures like Toronto City mayoral candidate Faith Goldy.