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The West Block (2011)

The West Block poster
Genre
talk show
Country
Canada
Length
1 season, 1 episode
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Canadian Sunday talk show covers news and politics. Hosts interview guests about current events from the West Block of Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

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What happens

The West Block is a Canadian news and political affairs television series that debuted on November 6, 2011 on the Global Television Network. The name of the program is taken from the West Block of Parliament Hill. The series follows a Sunday morning talk show format. The series was hosted by Tom Clark from 2011 until his retirement from journalism in 2016, and then by Vassy Kapelos in 2017 and 2018 until she left the network to become host of CBC News Network's Power & Politics. On June 25, 2018, Mercedes Stephenson, previously the host of Power Play on CTV News Channel, was named Global's Ottawa bureau chief and host of The West Block. During Stephenson's parental leave in 2025, Ben Mulroney became host. Global Sunday, a previous Sunday public affairs show from Global, aired from 2001 to 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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