Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for January 7, 2021

By CityNews Ottawa

Posted Jan 7, 2021 05:24:00 PM.

Rob speaks with Omar Kahn, Senior Vice President for Corporate and Public Affairs with High Tide Inc, about the concentration of cannabis retailers in Ottawa. We head up the Valley and speak with Jane Toller, Warden of Pontiac County, about Quebec's coming lockdown and curfew measures that will last into February. Conservative Party Shadow Minister for Transport, Stephanie Kusie, joins Rob to break down the many unanswered questions swirling around the Liberal government's new travel restrictions. Carleton University Rob speaks with Political Science professor Melissa Haussman about some of the ways that Donald Trump could be removed from office before Joe Biden's inauguration.

 

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