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Thoughtful, frank conversations with Canada’s top political insiders, hosted by Althia Raj. A podcast from HuffPost Canada's Politics team.
The Liberal government revealed a mini-budget chock full of new spending — but it’s the pitch to keep the spending taps open, to inject up t...
The path to electoral victory for the Conservative party involves building a bigger tent and floating a few trial balloons — during a pandem...
While it seems debates over free speech have been on a rolling boil south of the border, the topic has also dominated francophone TV and rad...
The U.S. election cycle feels like it has its own gravitational pull and two candidates signal different opportunities — and potential chall...
Annamie Paul is the first new leader of the federal Green party in 14 years. As she tries to move the party beyond Elizabeth May’s shadow —...
The throne speech has been read. The Conservatives and Bloc have signaled their displeasure, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh finds himself king...
Months into a pandemic, the initial political unity in Ottawa has disintegrated. Historic economic packages have been approved at breakneck...
As the government whips through 2020 with minority numbers, the Liberal’s No. 1 dissenting MP sits down for a candid talk about how he's fou...
With a cabinet decision due over the fate of Teck Frontier, a massive new oilsands mine project, the Liberals face another test on how serio...
The Liberals have returned to Ottawa in need of dance partners to get things done. We speak to current and former House leaders on the moves...
We’ve made it to the end of the rainbow. The Liberals have been re-elected with a strong minority, with equally strong divisions across Cana...
Parliament has adjourned and, we’re told, a nasty campaign lies ahead. Our pundit panel reviews how the Liberals have done after nearly four...
Social media has given politicians more platforms than ever to engage with the public. But the temptation to package sound bites into spicy...
Two motions put climate change at the top of the agenda in Ottawa this week. Elizabeth May doesn’t think it’s a coincidence. But as the deba...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's former principal secretary has kept a low-profile since testifying about the SNC-Lavalin affair. Now, he spe...
Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott’s ejection from the Liberal caucus has opened yet another chapter in the SNC-Lavalin affair — and a r...
It’s make or break for the Liberals as they begin to pitch their election-year budget. But are its goodies strong enough to change the chann...
Jody Wilson-Raybould unleashed scorching testimony that burned her party. As her fate in the Liberal party remains unclear, veteran NDP MP N...
The Liberal government is eager to have its pipeline review bill pass through the Senate before the election. These senators say, not so fas...
Jody Wilson-Raybould’s cabinet resignation seemingly blindsided the prime minister. Her high-profile departure tests the government’s resili...
The House has returned to new digs — both physically and in terms of election-year partisan burns. Our politics panel weighs in on the early...
Who knew you could experience separation anxiety with a building? We tour Centre Block one last time before it closes for at least a decade...
A Quebec First Nation’s land claim to Parliament Hill tests the Liberals’ promise to build a nation-to-nation relationship. In this episode:...
The former Tory veteran and now leader of the People's Party of Canada says he’s not opposed to immigrants or legitimate asylum seekers when...
Whether you agree or disagree with him, Maxime Bernier is a newsmaker. We sit down with the People’s Party of Canada leader to talk about hi...
As the NDP and Tories piled on the Liberal government for deepening Canada's deficit, they face some deep troubles of their own. In this epi...
Three years into their mandate, how are the Liberals doing with their ambitious agenda to grow Canada's middle class? Have partisan politics...
A new UN report gives humanity 12 years to get its act together to curb rising temperatures and avoid unprecedented environmental disaster....
Canadian schmoozing is back at the United Nations as the Justin Trudeau government ramps efforts to secure a seat at the Security Council ta...
Jagmeet Singh was supposed to be a fundraising magnet, but his first rocky year as NDP leader has been a bust. The party calls a regroup in...
While Maxime Bernier tried to steal headlines from the start of the Conservative party policy convention in Halifax, 3,000 delegates focused...
This session of Parliament comes to an end with the legalization of recreational marijuana — a day after the Liberals were smoked in a rare...
Donald Trump’s first official trip to Canada ended with the president and his subordinates hurling insults at the prime minister and making...
Who knew “sunny ways” included buying a controversial pipeline that Kinder Morgan wanted to dump. With 2019 around the corner, will this pol...
Scott Simms was stripped as a standing committee chair after he refused to toe the party line on the government’s controversial Canada Summe...
The government is taking another crack at repealing some of the Tories’ controversial changes to Canada’s election laws. But there are some...
The NDP are pissed. The Tories are bewildered. And the Liberals are pretty pleased with their new debate-lite convention process that suppor...
Kinder Morgan’s pipeline ultimatum added fuel to a simmering Canadian political family feud. And after weeks of Tories asking for Daniel Jea...
Move over Morneau. Tories have changed focus and are hell-bent on selling a story of Liberal intrigue starring the prime minister’s national...
Employment And Workforce Minister Patty Hajdu, labour pioneer and former NDP MP Peggy Nash join host Althia Raj for a live conversation abou...
From the scrutiny over Bill Morneau’s personal millions to the country’s budgeted billions, we talk about pharmacare and the Liberals’ sunny...
The NDP took a hard turn to the left at its convention in Ottawa as Jagmeet Singh gave Canadians a sneak peek at the party’s much-anticipate...
The Trudeau government’s contentious Canada Summer Jobs program changes sucked up a lot of oxygen at the 2018 Manning Centre conference. Was...
Parliament resumes this week as the death knell for NAFTA gets louder. Our panel joins Althia to talk about what’s on tap for this upcoming...
Within 24 hours, sexual harassment allegations ousted a federal minister from cabinet and two provincial PC leaders from their top spots. Ou...
An end-of-year note to listeners from host Althia Raj.
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals swept to power promising real change. As the Grits celebrate two years in government, we mark the anniversary by l...
In this episode: Guy Caron’s spokesman Farouk Karim, Charlie Angus’ campaign manager Jesse Brady, Jagmeet Singh’s campaign manager Michal Ha...
In this episode: The last in our series on NDP leadership hopefuls: Jagmeet Singh. Hosted by Althia Raj.
Charlie Angus, Jagmeet Singh, Guy Caron and Niki Ashton take part in a final debate hosted by HuffPost Canada before NDP members choose thei...