Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for February 21, 2021

By CityNews Ottawa

Posted Feb 22, 2021 05:26:00 PM.

International affairs columnist Geoffrey Johnston is here with his take on this afternoon's House of Commons vote to declare the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in China a genocide. Dave Sali from the Ottawa Business Journal joins Rob for their weekly chat. We dig into the future fiscal health of Canada and its provinces with Conference Board of Canada Chief Economist, Pedro Antunes. NDP MP Charlie Angus is back with a new development in the WE Charity scandal.

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