This week’s zeroes in on three fronts: The Nahanni Fontaine controversy and Premier Wab Kinew’s response, the national clash over the Charter’s notwithstanding clause, and fresh turmoil in Ottawa.
Klein is joined by Winnipeg Sun columnists Royce Koop, Geoff Currier, and King’s Counsel lawyer Lawrence Pinsky. The panel opens with Fontaine’s recent apologies — first for reposting content about U.S. commentator Charlie Kirk, then for remarks about an ASL interpreter caught on a hot mic. The group weighs whether contrition is enough. Currier argues the pattern of behaviour should have consequences; Pinsky says accountability matters more than optics and that cabinet discipline now rests with the Premier. Koop notes the political reality: Kinew and Fontaine go back a long way, but the story ke