Craig Needles Podcast Episode 139: Friday Round Table with Nathan Smith, Shobhita Sharma and Ali Chahbar

By Craig Needles

January 27, 2023 - 7:37pm

On this week's edition of the Friday Round Table, Craig welcomes political insiders Nathan Smith and Shobhita Sharma as well as London Police Services Board chair Ali Chahbar to talk about the issues of the week.

They talk about a surgical backlog at London's Children's Hospital, the compassion of Londoners amid the city's homelessness crisis and Justin Trudeau facing a vicious backlash as he walked down a street in Hamilton.

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