Canada’s Longest-Running Political TV Program QUESTION PERIOD Returns for 44th Season, September 7 on CTV

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TORONTO (August 20,2014) –CTVannounced today the launch of the 44th season ofQUESTION PERIOD,premiering Sunday, Sept. 7 at 11a.m. ET onCTV and CTV GO, once again hostedby CTV News’ Robert Fife, the multiple award-winning political reporter and oneof the country’s foremost Parliament Hill journalists. QUESTIONPERIODis Canada’s weekly destination for in-depth and insightful discussion onCanadian politics, with a unique look at the agenda for the upcoming week. Fifeinvites viewers behind the walls of parliament, lending his insider knowledgeand authoritative analysis to the intricacies of Canada’s political scene andthe issues that affect all Canadians.

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“Whenit comes to analyzing and interpreting the often complex political happenings onParliament Hill, as well as the breaking political news that sets the nationalagenda, Robert continually demonstrates his commitment to journalisticexcellence and to sharing the stories that impact our nation,” said WendyFreeman, President, CTV News.

WithFife’s careful guidance, audiences are poised to receive the best view ofParliament Hill and its inner workings. In addition, QUESTIONPERIODcontinues to deliver the country’s most popular political panel, “The Scrum,”featuring press gallery members who have deep insight into the happenings inCanadian politics.

Basedin Ottawa, Fife is also CTV News’ Ottawa Bureau Chief, as well as ExecutiveProducer of both QUESTIONPERIOD andCTV’s daily political show, POWER PLAY WITH DON MARTIN. With more than 35 yearscovering national politics, Fife continues to uphold his longstanding trackrecord of breaking some of Canada’s biggest political stories, includinguncovering the recent Canadian Senate expense scandal. His tireless workbreaking the scandal earned him some of the highest accolades in professionaljournalism, including the Don McGillivray Award for Investigative Journalism,top prize among all recipients in the investigative categories of the 2013Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) Awards, handed out this past May. Inaddition, he was honoured with CAJ awards in the “Open Broadcast News” and“Scoop” categories. This past June, Fife was awarded top investigativejournalism prizes from the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association(RTDNA), including the Dan MacArthur and Ron Laidlaw Awards.

Inaddition to airing Sundays at 11a.m. ET onCTVand CTV NewsChannel,encore presentations of QUESTIONPERIOD airSundays at 5 p.m.ET onCTV NewsChannel, CTVnews.ca/qp, the CTV News GOApp, the CTVMobilechannelon Bell MobileTV, via podcast, andon CTVTwo at varioustimes across the country (visit CTVNews.ca/qp fordetailed listings). A radio broadcast of QUESTION PERIODalso airs Sundays at 6 p.m. ETin Quebec onCJAD 800.

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JulieMacFarlane, CTV News, 416.384.4623 or julie.macfarlane@bellmedia.ca

Patricia Garcia, CTV News, 416.384.3624 or patricia.garcia@bellmedia.ca