Canada Tonight (2023) | Full Cast

Sarah Galashan

Self - Host

Hillary Johnstone

Self - CBC News (Ottawa)

Darius Mahdavi

Self - CBC News Science and Climate Specialist (Vancouver)

Samir Gupta

Self - Canada Tonight Medical Contributor (Live - Toronto)

Eli Glasner

Self - CBC News

Albert Delitala

Self - CBC News

Tricia Kindleman

Self - CBC News

Steve Futterman

Self - Journalist (Live - Los Angeles)

Raffy Boudjikanian

Self - CBC News (Ottawa)

Kris Reyes

Self - CBC News (New York)

Chris Galdieri

Self - Politics professor at Saint Anselm College (Live - Concord. New Hampshire)

Mansour Shouman

Self - Canadian in Gaza (Khan Yunis. Gaza)

Natalie Kalata

Self - CBC News

Olivia Stefanovich

Self - CBC News (Live - Ottawa)

Dianne Buckner

Self - Guest Host

Renee Flippone

Self - CBC News

Karina Roman

Self - CBC News

Glenn Ignazio

Self - Former U.S. Air Force Special Ops Commander (Live - Hartford. Connecticut)

Jackson Weaver

Self - CBC News

Anis Heydari

Self - CBC News (Calgary)

Katie Simpson

Self - CBC News (Live - Bowdoin. Maine)

Zaher Sahloul

Self - President of MedGlobal (Live - Chicago)

Reem Sultan

Self - Palestinian-Canadian with family in Gaza (Live - London. Ontario)

Terry Reith

Self - CBC News (Edmonton)

Liam Collins

Self - Co-author of Understanding Urban Warfare; Retired Colonel (Live - Madison. Wisconsin)

Omar Dajani

Self - Professor of Law, University of the Pacific; Was legal adviser to the Palestinian peace negotiating team (San Francisco)

Nahreen Ahmed

Self - Medical director at MedGlobal (Cairo)

Walter Dorn

Self - Professor of defense studies at Royal Military College of Canada; Royal Military College of Canada (Toronto)

Dave Harden

Self - Former USAID director to the West Bank and Gaza (Live - Westminister. Maryland)

Joseph Belliveau

Self - Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders Canada (Live - Toronto)

Sam Mednick

Self - The Associated Press (Jerusalem)

Lyndsay Duncombe

Self - CBC News (Live - Downtown Vancouver)

Stephanie Carvin

Self - Associate professor at Carleton University; Former national security analyst (Live - Washington)

Rania Lawendy

Self - CEO of Action for Humanity Canada (Live - Milton. Ontario)

Tashauna Reid

Self - Guest Host

Adrienne Arsenault

Self - Chief correspondent for CBC News (Toronto National Studio)

Dan O'Shea

Self - Former U.S. Navy SEAL; Hostage Working Group, U.S. Embassy in Iraq (Live - Tampa. Florida)

Muneeza Sheikh

Self - Partner at Levitt Sheikh (Live - Richmond Hill. Ontario)

Luis Moreno Ocampo

Self - Founding Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (Malibu)

Lori Williams

Self - Associate Professor at Mount Royal University (Live - Calgary)

Carmi Levy

Self - Technology Analyst (Live - London. Ontario)

Greg Lukianoff

Self - CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression; Co-author of The Canceling of the American Mind (Live - Washington)

Anthony Redgrave

Self - Forensic genetic genealogist (Live - Athol. Massachusetts)

Bradley Strauss

Self - Canadian cardiologist flew to Israel to volunteer (Hoshaya. Israel)

Kwabena Oduro

Self - CBC News - Live - Saint-Catherine. Quebec

Arif Lalani

Self - Former Canadian Ambassador to Jordan, Iraq and U.A.E.; Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy (Live - Lisbon)

Molly Rankin

Self - Lead singer for Alvvays (Toronto)

Paula Toledo

Self - Singer of mystery song How Long - Live - Vancouver Newsroom

Brittany Greenslade

Self - CBC News (Live - Hamilton)

Dave McGarvie

Self - Volcanologist

Denis Genereux

Self - Montreal Alouettes Super Fan (Mirabell. Quebec)

Erin Kiley

Self - Director of international programs for Oxfam Canada - Live - Gatineau. Quebec

Mona Abuamara

Self - Chief Representative of the Palestinian General Delegation (Live - Ottawa)

Zak Kaal

Self - Volunteer and client at campus food bank (Live - Edmonton)

Jonathan Dekel-Chen

Self - Son held hostage by Hamas; Member of kibbutz Nir Oz (Sarasota. Florida)

Carolyn Brouillette

Self - Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada (Montreal)

Mark Cancian

Self - Retired US Marine Colonel; Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Marina von Stackelberg

Self - CBC News (Toronto)

Katherine Korakakis

Self - Parent of two children (Hamstead. Quebec)

Rani Hemaid

Self - Canadian with family in Gaza - Live - Hamilton

Boaz Atzili

Self - Family members held hostage by Hamas (Live - Rockville. Maryland)

Carol Todd

Self - Amanda Todd's mother (Live - Port Coquitlam. B.C.)

Joel Gunter

Self - BBC reporter; Granted access to uncensored footage of Oct. 7 attacks (London)

Andrew McKim

Self - Former NHL player - Live - St. Johns

Juanita Taylor

Self - CBC News (Live - Yellowknife)

Mike Crawley

Self - CBC News (Toronto)

Marah Gibbons

Self - Writes Christmas cards to Canadian solders - Live in Wingham. Ontario

Ursula Perano

Self - Congress reporter, Politico (Live - Washington)

Ellen Mauro

Self - CBC News (Jerusalem)

Chris Pollone

Self - NBC News (Live - Lewiston. Maine)

Belle Puri

Self - CBC News (Live - Vancouver Newsroom)

Racquel Moses

Self - UNFCCC ambassador for net-zero; CEO of the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator (Live - Port of Spain. Trinidad and Tobago)

Brian Coombes

Self - Professor at McMaster University (Live - Dundas. Ontario)

Michelle Ghoussoub

Self - CBC News - Vancouver

Shang-Jin Wei

Self - Professor of business & economics, Columbia University (Live - New York)

Demetri Sevastopulo

Self - Financial Times U.S.-China Correspondent (Live - Washington)

Myra Hird

Self - Environmental Studies professor at Queens University (Ottawa)

Anna Kanduth

Self - Canadian Climate Institute 440 Megatonnes project

Ferry de Kerckhove

Self - Former Canadian Ambassador to Egypt (Ottawa)

Myrlene Bokan

Self - President of Christmas for Kids - Innisfil. Ontario

Andrew Ryeland

Self - An Ontario resident who uses propane to heat his home (Live - Seguin. Ontario)

Jennifer Moon

Self - CBC News (Montreal)

Ayman Oweida

Self - Has Family in Gaza (Live - Sherbrooke. Ontario)

Avi Meyerstein

Self - Founder of Alliance for Middle East Peace (Live - Washington)

David Wilks

Self - Mayor of Sparwood (Live - Sparwood. British Columbia)

Younes Zangiabadi

Self - Middle East expert; Deputy Director, Institute for Peace and Diplomacy (Live - Ottawa)

David Thurton

Self - CBC News (Ottawa)

Amanda Frommelt

Self - Jamie-Lynns mom - Live - Victoria

Jon Allen

Self - Former Canadian Ambassador to Israel 2006-2010 (Live - Toronto)

Ritesh Kotak

Self - Cybersecurity and Tech Analyst (Live - Mississauga. Ontario)

Madi Muggridge

Self - Suicide hotline advocate

Hussein Ibish

Self - Arab Gulf Stakes Institute in Washington (Washington)

Éric Gagné

Self - Former Major League Baseball pitcher; Cy Young winner (Live - Scottsdale. Arizona)

Michael Kempa

Self - Associate Professor of Criminology at University of Ottawa - Live in Ottawa

Michael Zwaagstra

Self - Senior fellow with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy; High school teacher (Steinbach. Manitoba)

Brian Masse

Self - Windsor West MP; NDP Critic for Industry and Automotive Issues (Live - Ottawa)

Alex Panetta

Self - CBC News (Washington Bureau)

Kally Walsh

Self - Parent; Advocate for special needs kids and families (Montreal)

Dara Solomon

Self - Executive Director, Toronto Holocaust Museum (Live - Toronto)

Matt Binder

Self - Technology reporter at Mashable (New York)

Marta-Marika Urbanik

Self - Sociology professor at University of Alberta (Live - Edmonton)

Michael Chaiton

Self - Director of research at CAMH (Live - Toronto)

Scott Clancy

Self - Retired Major General Canadian Armed Forces (Live - Coburg. Ontario)

Barbara Perry

Self - Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism; Ontario Tech University (Live - Oshawa. Ontario)

Terry Shillington

Self - Retired (Lethbridge. Alberta) (5:20 MT)

Mark N. Katz

Self - Professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University (Live - Oakton. Virginia)

Greg Ross

Self - CBC News (Live - Toronto)

Ramsey Hijazi

Self - Family physician; Organizer of the Ontario Union of Family Physicians (Ottawa)

Kevin Dodge

Self - Winnipeg Blue Bombers Super Fan (Winnipeg)

Avishai Infeld

Self - Advocacy coordinator for Hillel Montreal (Live - Montreal)

Jennifer Laewetz

Self - Indigenous policy and government relations analyst (Live - Ottawa)

Natalia Goodwin

Self - CBC News

Katherine Schweit

Self - Former FBI special agent (Live - Centerville. Virginia)

Ketty Nivyabandi

Self - Amnesty International Canadas Secretary General (Ottawa)

Michael Bauer

Self - Historian, author and former IDF paratrooper (Kibbutz Brit Guvrin. Israel)

Dianne Bassendowski

Self - Parent of out-of-province university applicant (Live - Dawson Creek. BC)

Aaron David Miller

Self - Former U.S. State Department Middle East negotiator; Senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Live - Washington)

Diana Sarosi

Self - Director of Policy and Campaigns, Oxfam Canada (Live - Ottawa)

Cheryl Bader

Self - law professor at Fordham University; Former Assistant Federal Prosecutor for New Jersey (Live - New York)

Sasha Ariev

Self - Her sister is being held hostage by Hamas (Jerusalem)

Tanya Haj-Hassan

Self - Pediatric intensive care doctor with MSF; Co-founder of the GazaMedicVoices (Live - Toronto)

Dëneze Nakehk'o

Self - Dene Storyteller Facilitator (Live - Fort Good Hope. N.W.T.)

Scott Leckie

Self - Dentist; President of the Manitoba Dental Association (Live - Winnipeg)

James Elder

Self - UNICEF spokesperson

Ketsia Théberge

Self - Quebec teacher - Live - Granby. Quebec

Paul Parks

Self - President of Alberta Medical Association (Calgary)

Idil Mussa

Self - CBC News (Niagara Falls. Ontario)

Alexandra Saieh

Self - Humanitarian Policy, Save the Children International (Live - Miami)

Kash Heed

Self - Former B.C. Solicitor-General; Former Chief Constable, West Vancouver Police Department (Live - Richmond. B.C.)

Hammam Farah

Self - Has family in Gaza (Live - Toronto)

Aya Dufour

Self - CBC News (Sudbury. Ontario)

Chris Westwell

Self - Residence of Fort Smith (Fort Smith. Northwest Territories)

Alison Northcott

Self - CBC News (Live - Lewiston. Maine)

Phil Andrew

Self - Former FBI agent; Expert in crisis negotiation; Principal, PAX Group (Chicago)

Joseph Moreno

Self - Former Federal Prosecutor (Live - Alexandria. Virginia)

Kellen Wiseman

Self - Director of UBC Master of food and resource economics (Live - Vancouver)

Jonathan Guyer

Self - Senior Foreign Policy Writer for Vox (New York)

Kara Lang

Self - Former Canadian womens soccer player (Live - Vancouver)

Kathryn Harrison

Self - Professor of Political Science at UBC (Live - Vancouver)

Simon Pek

Self - Associate professor of business at the University of Victoria - Victoria. BC

Sophia Mathur

Self - Youth climate activist

Maureen Leshem

Self - Cousin believed to be held hostage by Hamas (Live - Toronto)

Sam Samson

Self - CBC News (Regina)

Dalia Al-Awqati

Self - Head of Humanitarian Affairs for Save the Children Canada (Live - Toronto)

Michelle Oberman

Self - Law professor at Santa Clara University of Law (Live - Palo Alto. California)

Markus Scholz

Self - The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (Live - Vancouver)

Taylor McKee

Self - Assistant professor of Sport Management Brock University (Live - St. Catherines. Ontario)

Gar Pardy

Self - Former hostage negotiator (Live - Ottawa)

Michael Halpin

Self - Assistant professor of sociology at Dalhousie University (Live - Halifax. Nova Scotia)

Moshe Lander

Self - Senior lecturer of economics at Concordia University (Calgary) (6:31pm MT)

Richard Hill

Self - Curator of Canadian Art at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Live - Vancouver)

Tim Richter

Self - President and CEO of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness - Calgary

Alicia Planincic

Self - Economist with the Business Council of Alberta

Jack Cloonan

Self - Former FBI Special Agent (Live - Millsboro. Delaware)

Corey Fleischer

Self - Founder of ErasingHate (Montreal)

Benjamin Friedman

Self - Policy Director, Defense Priorities (Live - Washington)

Erin Collins

Self - CBC News

Kirk Read

Self - Professor at Bates College (Live - Auburn. Maine)

Maayan Shavit

Self - Family members were killed and kidnapped on October 7 in Israel (Toronto)

Jamie-Lynn Frommelt

Self

Daniel Davis

Self - Host of The Daniel Davis Deep Dive (Washington)

Murtaza Haider

Self - Professor of Real Estate Management (Toronto)

Matthew Cullen

Self - CBC Sports (Live - Toronto)

Theresa Blackburn

Self - Publisher at River Valley Sun (Live - Florenceville-Bristol. New Brunswick)

Sama Bader

Self - Father is in Gaza (Live - London. Ontario)

Yusuf Faqiri

Self - Soleiman Faqiris brother (Toronto)

Ben Rowswell

Self - Director of the global democracy program, Canadian International Council (Toronto)

Thomas Daigle

Self - CBC News (Live - Windsor. Ontario)

Aharon Brodutch

Self - Israeli-Canadian has family held in hostage (Live - Toronto)

Jennifer Smith

Self - Mom of 6 y.o who is helping the homeless; Mom of 6-year-old who is helping the unhoused - St. Johns

Asad Choudhary

Self - Yumna Afzaals former school principal (Live - London. Ontario)

Ernesto Verdeja

Self - Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame (Live - South Bend. Indiania)

Meirav Leshem Gonen

Self - Her daughter has been missing since the Hamas attack (Tel Aviv)

Loreli Williams

Self - MMIWG Advocate (Vancouver)

Paul Boissonneault

Self - Fire chief of Oakville, Ontario; Secretary, Board of Directors at Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (Ottawa)

Thaer Ahmad

Self - Board member at MedGlobal (Chicago)

Rana Bader

Self - Husband is in Gaza (Live - London. Ontario)

Lauren Ravon

Self - Executive Director of Oxfam Canada (Live - Ottawa)

Jodie Ginsberg

Self - President, Committee to Protect Journalists (New York)

Jason Steidl

Self - Gay Catholic theologian; Author of LGBTQ Catholic Ministry: Past and Present - Live in New York

Irwin Cotler

Self - International chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights; Canadas former special envoy on combating antisemitism (Live - Montreal)

Kim Prosser

Self - Mother of Ashtyn Prosser (Sedona. Arizona)

Christopher Costa

Self - Former special assistant to the U.S. president; Led the White House Hostage Response Group; Executive Director of the International Spy Museum (Washington)

Craig Martin

Self - Professor of Law, Washburn University (Live - Washington)

Carolyn Dunn

Calgary

Mark A. Miller

Self - Aviation journalist

Adam Hancock

Self - Journalist

Patrick Fok

Self - Journalist

Imad Harb

Self - Director of Research and Analysis at Arab Center Washington

Mark Kersten

Self - Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice University of Fraser Valley

Nik Lynam

Self - Winnipeg Jets superfan

Jim Gurnett

Edmonton

Daniel Gan

Self - Canadian traveller in Japan

Ella Shelton

New York defender

Jenna Benchetrit

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