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Hosted by Éric Grenier, The Writ podcast explores the world of elections and politics in Canada. www.thewrit.ca
The Writ Podcast is back for the 2026 political season, and what better way than to re-convene the Pollster Panel! Dan, Andrew and James are...
John Hogan’s Liberals are looking for their fourth consecutive victory under a third different leader on October 14, when Newfoundlander and...
The final days of a campaign can be hectic. The Conservatives had to pull together a couple of advertisements on short notice. Every party i...
The tension rises and the drama builds. The results have been trickling in all night — first it was too early to call, then it was too close...
We’re entering a critical phase of this election campaign as the leaders face-off in two debates and advance voting begins this weekend. The...
Parties proudly present their slate of candidates in every election shortly before dumping some of them. It’s an inevitable part of every ca...
We’re deep into the second week of this election campaign and it appears to be Mark Carney’s to lose. But just how solid is the support for...
Mark Carney kicked off Canada’s election campaign on Sunday and already parties are discovering that their best laid plans can go awry very...
We’re apparently only days away from an election call and the polls suggest that Mark Carney’s Liberals have taken the pole position ahead o...
Canada’s political environment appears to be in flux, as the threats of tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump, the resignation of Justin...
Chrystia Freeland’s resignation as finance minister on Monday has thrown Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government into chaos. What should...
Four new polls put the Liberals and New Democrats within zero to two points of each other — and behind the Conservatives by margins of 19 to...
A new poll, employing a new methodology, has the Conservatives at their highest and the Liberals at their lowest levels of support in years...
A new poll by Abacus Data puts the Liberals and NDP neck-and-neck in national voting intentions, well behind the Conservatives. But this isn...
The Liberals face a tough test — maybe their toughest test yet — in an upcoming byelection in the B.C. Lower Mainland. Will Justin Trudeau a...
Pollsters under-estimated Donald Trump’s support in his first two presidential campaigns. Did they do it a third time this year? We take a l...
Incumbents in all three provinces that voted in October took their licks, but David Eby in British Columbia and Scott Moe in Saskatchewan ma...
This week on The Numbers , we parse through the surprising results of the British Columbia and New Brunswick provincial elections. What’s ne...
Justin Trudeau faces a leadership challenge from within his own caucus — will it be the beginning of the end for him? Plus, there are just d...
There are less than two weeks to go in the B.C. and New Brunswick provincial elections, while Saskatchewan’s campaign officially got underwa...
This week on The Numbers , we discuss a couple of new polls that put the Conservatives first, the NDP second and the Liberals in third. Is t...
The writs dropped last week in both British Columbia and New Brunswick as the dates for the next provincial elections were officially set fo...
This week on The Numbers , we parse through the results of Monday's byelections in LaSalle–Émard–Verdun and Elmwood–Transcona. Is it End Tim...
The fall political season could prove to be a tumultuous one, as the end of the deal between Justin Trudeau’s Liberals and Jagmeet Singh’s N...
This week on The Numbers , we break down the implications of Jagmeet Singh's decision to end the supply and confidence agreement between the...
With just a few weeks to go before the writ drop, the next election in British Columbia was thrown on its head Wednesday when Kevin Falcon a...
It's poll-a-palooza on The Numbers this week, as we tackle five federal polls, two B.C. polls and new numbers out of Saskatchewan, New Bruns...
The closest thing to a dynasty in Canadian politics is in Saskatchewan, where the Saskatchewan Party has governed since 2007. First under Br...
What are the most likely results of the Elmwood–Transcona and LaSalle–Émard–Verdun byelections? We rank the potential outcomes — with a draf...
Will Blaine Higgs and his Progressive Conservatives win a third consecutive election when New Brunswickers are called to the polls in Octobe...
A byelection call looms in LaSalle–Émard–Verdun in a contest that could prove a stiff test for the Liberals, as the NDP and Bloc target what...
On this episode of The Numbers , we discuss a new poll that gauges just how recognizable Justin Trudeau, Pierre Poilievre and other party le...
As we wait to return from our break, we're back this week with an extended mailbag episode to answer listener questions, including: * Is it...
The Toronto–St. Paul’s byelection ensured that this political summer would be a hot one, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces serious diss...
On this week's episode of The Numbers , we discuss what happened in the Toronto–St. Paul's byelection and what it means for the future of Ju...
With the high-stakes byelection in Toronto–St. Paul’s on Monday, I invited David Coletto, chair and CEO of Abacus Data , to come back on the...
On this week's episode of The Numbers , we discuss a new poll that puts the gap between the Conservatives and the Liberals at the smallest i...
The last two weeks in B.C. politics have been frenetic ones. First, B.C. United leader Kevin Falcon revealed that the B.C. Conservatives had...
This week, we break down the latest federal polls and discuss whether or not they show a tightening of the race. We then delve into the Baie...
The polls suggest that Premier Wab Kinew is in the midst of a honeymoon after the Manitoba NDP’s victory last year, but that honeymoon will...
This week, we discuss another poll that shows a 20-point lead for the Conservatives, as well as some new numbers on how various religious co...
Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have been in power in Ontario for nearly six years, but the party’s polling remains robust and the PCs...
On this episode of The Numbers, we discuss some BIG numbers that Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives are putting up in both national poll...
More than a week after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented her federal budget, we still don’t officially know whether it will pass...
This week, we assess the pros and the cons of an election for the New Democrats as Jagmeet Singh mulls whether or not to support the Liberal...
The federal budget is only being presented next week, but already we know a lot of its highlights — thanks to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
This week on The Numbers, we discuss the latest federal polls and whether or not the gap is narrowing between the Conservatives and the Libe...
The Alberta New Democrats are looking for a new leader to replace Rachel Notley, and the campaign got a jolt this week when Rakhi Pancholi,...
This week, Philippe and I chat about some of the latest federal numbers and how a trio of provincial Liberal leaders have come out against t...
Last fall, I was joined by David Coletto, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data , to take a look at the new voter coalition that the Conservatives we...