Carney and EU struggle to define the relationship
Confusion and resentment over how to define the relationship becomes a hot topic at the Canada-UE summit in Montreal. With U.S. midterms day...
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20 of 45 episodesCan Alberta Premier Danielle Smith control UCP separatists?
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her party is committed to Canada but will UCP separatists play ball? B.C. stares down a close provincial...
Carney urges Albertans to choose Canada
Prime Minister Mark Carney urges Albertans to choose Canada in the province's upcoming referendum, but will his message change minds? How pr...
What the PQ's return means for Carney and Canada
What does the Parti Québécois's win mean for a federal government now facing separatist challenges on two fronts? The Liberals' major projec...
Carney fast-tracks a West Coast pipeline
Prime Minister Mark Carney puts a West Coast pipeline on the approval fast track ahead of the Alberta referendum. The Parti Québécois emerge...
Is Carney pushing too hard to speed up project approvals?
The Liberals move to ram through accelerated major project approvals as unions push back over workers' rights. B.C.’s snap election call: pr...
Is Carney’s Europe pivot in Canada’s best interest?
Prime Minister Mark Carney moves to deepen ties with the European Union, but is it in Canada’s best interest? The Liberals try to lure forei...
Canada faces more U.S. trade war escalation
With Canada's $28 billion tit-for-tat counter-tariffs sparking further U.S. tariffs and outright bans on some Canadian products, the At Issu...
Carney’s decision to abandon trade talks
Canada-U.S. trade talks collapse and Donald Trump threatens even more tariffs. Was it the right decision for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s go...
Carney's G7 hits and misses
Mark Carney's mixed-bag G7 trip wins big interest in Canadian oil, and another snub from Donald Trump. Analyzing the big challenges facing t...
Canada scrambles to bridge U.S. trade divide
Canada grapples with more Trump threats to free trade and a delay in opening the new Gordie Howe bridge. The Liberals move against social me...
Carney fends off recession accusations
Mark Carney fends off accusations of driving Canada into a recession. What ordering the CRTC to back down over its 'Netflix tax' means for U...
Will Donald Trump's revenge tour backfire? | Analysis from Washington
CBC’s weekly podcast, Two Blocks from the White House, takes a clear-eyed look at what’s happening in the U.S. right now and what it means f...
Carney says Canada can make America great again
Prime Minister Mark Carney tells U.S. investors how Canada 'will help make America great again.' Climate frustrations push Steven Guilbeault...
What Stephen Colbert’s cancellation says about Trump’s America | Analysis from Washington
CBC’s weekly podcast, Two Blocks from the White House, takes a clear-eyed look at what’s happening in the U.S. right now and what it means f...
Alberta premier's move to keep separation referendum alive
Premier Danielle Smith addresses Alberta's sovereignty quagmire with plans for a referendum on having the original separatism referendum. Ho...
Has Trump made conspiracy theories mainstream? | Analysis from Washington
CBC’s weekly podcast, Two Blocks from the White House, takes a clear-eyed look at what’s happening in the U.S. right now and what it means f...
How is Mark Carney balancing energy ambitions and climate concerns?
The Liberals announce their plans to double Canada’s electricity grid by 2050 and build on changes to project approvals with progress on pip...
Is U.S. Voting set to change forever? | Analysis from Washington
CBC’s weekly podcast, Two Blocks from the White House, takes a clear-eyed look at what’s happening in the U.S. right now and what it means f...
Will a pipeline push soothe separatist sentiment?
Will Carney’s move to speed up natural resource project approvals — including pipelines — soothe separatist sentiment in Alberta? Plus, repo...