Editing This Hour Has Seven Days (section)

==== Select episodes and issues covered ====
As an example of the broad scope of each episode of ''Seven Days'', consider the one that aired on the January 1, 1966 episode. It featured: [[Brian Nolan]]'s interview with surrealist artist [[Salvador Dalí]]; Ken Lefolii's interview with reporter [[Richard Dudman]], who was blamed for upsetting peace negotiations in [[North Vietnam]]; Robert Hoyt and Douglas Leiterman's interview with Washington columnist Max Freedman concerning President [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Johnson]]'s performance in the latest peace offensive; a comedy sketch by [[Stan Daniels]] and Barry Baldaro portraying future events in [[Rhodesia]]; a report on increased U.S. usage of chemical and biological weapons; a satirical report on [[Ronald Reagan]]'s [[1966 California gubernatorial election|gubernatorial candidacy in California]] accompanied by film clips from some of his films; Dinah Christies' interview with actor [[Peter Ustinov]], cartoonist [[Jules Feiffer]], and writer [[Stan Freberg|Stan Freburg]], regarding the 1960s; [[Larry Zolf]]'s [[Vox populi|man-in-the-street]] interviews in London gauging public recognition of Canadian Prime Minister [[Lester B. Pearson]]; and finally a [[Round table (discussion)|round table discussion]] with Finance Minister [[Mitchell Sharp]] who discusses public life, federal-provincial relations, foreign ownership and Canada's economic condition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?IdNumber=285939&app=filvidandsou|title = Record| website=[[Library and Archives Canada]] |date = July 20, 2017}}</ref>

The show was also instrumental in news coverage of the [[Munsinger Affair]],<ref>See: "[https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1809595470 Who is Gerda Munsinger?]" and "[https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1809595445 Canadians react to the Munsinger affair]," via ''CBC Archives''.</ref> a 1966 sex scandal involving former federal Minister of Defence [[Pierre Sévigny (politician)|Pierre Sévigny]]. When Zolf showed up on Sévigny's doorstep in pursuit of the story, Sévigny whacked Zolf on the head with his cane.<ref name="fotheringham">[[Allan Fotheringham]], ''Birds of a Feather: The Press and the Politicians'' (Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1989).</ref>

Among other controversies inspired by the show, LaPierre was once shown wiping away tears on the air after a filmed interview pertaining to the [[Steven Truscott]] case,<ref name="goldenage">[http://www.timescolonist.com/news/amid-cbc-turmoil-this-hour-has-seven-days-stands-out-as-golden-age-1.1624298 "Amid CBC turmoil, 'This Hour Has Seven Days' stands out as Golden Age"]. ''[[Victoria Times-Colonist]]'', November 27, 2014.</ref> a report on the [[Miss Canada]] pageant was criticized as journalistic "poaching" because the rival [[CTV Television Network]] had exclusive coverage rights to the event, and an interview with members of the [[Ku Klux Klan in Canada|Ku Klux Klan]]<ref>"[https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1079593539817 Chuvalo, Welles, and the Klan]," ''CBC Archives''.</ref> was deliberately engineered to provoke an on-air reaction when a black civil rights activist was brought in, unannounced, to join the interview partway through.<ref name="goldenage" />