PrimeTime Politics Environment Minister Jim Prentice joins Martin Stringer to discuss a special panel of scientists investigating the Alberta oilsands and water quality. Catherine Swift, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, reacts to today’s announcement by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty that Emplyoment Insurance premium increases for 2011 will be smaller than expected. Ian Lee, MBA director of Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business, analyzes Canada’s overall economic situation and the potential for a slowdown. Columnist Lawrence Martin discusses his new book Harperland, a look at Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his political strategy. Party strategists Kathleen Monk (NDP), Don Moors (Liberal), and Bill Pristanski (Conservative) debate political developments on Parliament Hill. Also: Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis announce planned reductions to next year’s EI premium increase Liberal MPs Carolyn Bennett and Pablo Rodriguez hold a news conference on Bennett’s private member’s bill on the long-form census Environment Minister Jim Prentice announces an advisory panel on the Alberta oilsands New Democrat foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar and defence critic Jack Harris repeat their call for a public inquiry into Afghan detainee transfer