Governing Through One Crisis After Another with The Chiefs: Brodie, Murphy & Topp

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . Greetings and a happy 2026, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! What better way to kick off our podcast year than by convening the most popular panel we run at Air Quotes Media. So demanded by this listenership, we’ve welcomed back The Chiefs to give us their governance wisdom! These are 3 former Chiefs of Staff to some of Canada’s most accomplished heads of government: Ian Brodie, Brian Topp and Tim Murphy. Today on the show, 3 core conversations: I want to talk about the enormously delicate task of managing the Canada/U.S. relationship. Ana Bailao, Douglas Guzman, and Dawn Farrell – 3 outsiders brought in by Prime Minister Carney – each charged with a key element of the government’s agenda. How’s it going to work? Is it going to work? And Prime Minister Carney’s time abroad and how to run a government while he's travelling. Thank you for joining us on podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. Watch episodes of The Herle Burly via Air Quotes Media on YouTube . The sponsored ads contained in the podcast are the expressed views of the sponsor and not those of the publisher.

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This episode is 78:39 long.

This episode was published on Jan 8, 2026.

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