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Jimmy Lai’s son; “This is a man who knows what is right.”

Jimmy Lai is one of the most high-profile critics of Beijing and the CCP, the Chinese Communist Party.  Sebastien Lai is Jimmy Lai's son  He joins Matt Galloway to talk about his father’s fight for democracy as he faces life in jail.

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  Canadian MPs denied entry to West Bank

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  Meet the woman who climbed this enormous sheer cliff and made history

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  Orphaned polar bear cub finds new family to survive

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  The best cookbooks of 2025

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  The flu can turn deadly, get your shot, doctors warn

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  Why Zadie Smith loves Billie Eilish, clubbing and third-rate novels

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  Jamaican resilience after category 5 storm

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  She had anorexia as a teenager. She wants you to know it's more complicate…

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  What political chaos in Quebec means for Canada

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  Winter surfing in Canada's oceans and Great Lakes

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  Catch 22: A CBC documentary

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  The brightness and beauty of being indigenous

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  What we know about the Bondi Beach terror attack

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  Canada pushes for a “brain gain” amidst US turmoil

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  Mark Bittman's $15 fine dining experiment