The Hill Times' Hot Room
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The Hot Room is a podcast by The Hill Times, Canada's all-politics, all-the-time newspaper in the heart of Parliament Hill. We talk to politicians, experts, and other reporters about the biggest stories of the day.
Hot Room podcast theme music written and performed by Gavin Gardiner for The Hill Times.
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Sheila Copps on Carney, Poilievre, her time in the Chrétien cabinet and more
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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'Don't waste patriotism': former top public servant Alex Himelfarb
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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What's going on in Quebec, with Daniel Béland
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Trade wars: A new soap
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Byelection strategy, with Dan Arnold
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Carney's carbon capture deal, with Janetta McKenzie
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Breaking down the navy submarine project, with Darren Hawco
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Booze, fights, and a three-foot salmon: tales from Canada's parliamentary past, with Charlie Feldman
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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What just happened in the House?
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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The Safe Social Media Act—censorship or saving the kids?
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Marilou McPhedran and the Afghan document affair
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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'Albertans don't feel respected': Monte Solberg on the campaign to remain
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May 29, 2026 |
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From Phoenix to Dayforce: Auditor General Karen Hogan on the public service pay saga
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May 08, 2026 |
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30 by 30: Can we do it? Megan Leslie weighs in
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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How Carney's majority will change things up on the Hill
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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'Constituents don't matter, and that's a problem': Alex Marland weighs in on floor crossing, and more.
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Unpacking the lawful access bill, with David Fraser
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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'It's a balancing act': the bail reform bill, with Senator Pierre Dalphond
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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'It's a massive problem': Immigration fraud—who's to blame and how to fix it
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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'Pace yourself for the long haul': Jocelyne Bourgon joins The Hot Room
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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'We knew there was something coming': how a Canadian charity has been sending aid into Ukraine
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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The 'ambitious' Defence Industrial Strategy, with Mark Norman
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Tumbler Ridge shooting upends the agenda: The week in review
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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'Hang tight': Why Quebec sovereignty and separatism are in the headlines again
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Rob Batherson debriefs on Poilievre's leadership win and what's next for Conservatives
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Sheila Copps on Greenland, a 2026 election, and the return of Parliament
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Re-engaging with China, with Senator Yuen Pau Woo
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Mark Critch on Trump, Canadian politics, and being TikTok famous
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Cut, not cap? The latest on public service downsizing, with Marlo Glass
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Who wants an election? With David Coletto
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Building a highway to the Arctic, with Caroline Wawzonek
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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No 'I' in team: why party discipline has gone too far, with Alex Marland
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Heather McPherson on her campaign to lead the NDP
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Reviving the NDP, with Peter Julian
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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The notwithstanding clause, and the Supreme Court's big decision
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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A wild week in politics, with Stuart Benson
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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'Political landmines', budget cuts, and fall strategy with Sheila Copps
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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'Pierre has to be Pierre': How the Conservatives will tackle the return of Parliament
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Plastics pollution treaty in jeopardy
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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'We're living in a pretty dynamic time': Inuit leader Natan Obed
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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'Just a slash and burn': Bhagwant Sandhu on Carney's public service cuts
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Something fishy in the fisheries
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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'Everything is negotiable at all times': a Trump trade update, with Eric Miller
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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A military spending spree, with David Perry
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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The crisis of Canadian democracy, with Andrew Coyne
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Making sense of the 'Building Canada Act', with Elizabeth May
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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The return of Parliament, with Sheila Copps
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May 23, 2025 |
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Carney's missing budget, with Mostafa Askari
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May 16, 2025 |
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'Ally is a verb': How to do your part for reconciliation, with Rose LeMay
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May 09, 2025 |
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'This really is an intergovernmental struggle': The view from Alberta, with Jared Wesley
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May 01, 2025 |
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What you need to know about the party platforms, with Kevin Page
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Why you should believe the polls, with Frank Graves
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Hot Room explainer: The 'third party' advertisers filling up your screens
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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'No magic math'—Why cutting waste won't fund election promises
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Carney's cabinet, Trump in trouble: Peter Mazereeuw gets you up to speed
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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How to win the trade war, with Flavio Volpe
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Local leaders fighting the trade war, with Rebecca Bligh
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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9-minute mini-pod: A look at high-speed rail, and the week ahead in politics
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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'To fight Trump, he's going to become Trump'
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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How to make Canada better in a crisis, with Alasdair Roberts
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Eric Miller explains the tariff war
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Frank Baylis on his bid for the Liberal leadership
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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'Amateur hour on the Rideau,' with Sheila Copps
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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The sales tax holiday, with Corinne Pohlmann
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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How to lower housing prices, with Carolyn Whitzman
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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How dirty money gets into Canadian politics, with Jessica Davis
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Lots of cash, no strings attached: Jerry DeMarco on the Net Zero Accelerator program
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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The immigration cutback, with Elizabeth Long
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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India vs. Canada, with Bhagwant Sandhu
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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What the heck is going on in the House?
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Health Minister Mark Holland, on the new pandemic readiness organization
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Confidence votes: how, why, and when
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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EVs from China? The Hot Room debates
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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The end of S&C, confidence votes, and the NDP
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Fall priorities, with NDP House Leader Peter Julian
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Fixing the temporary foreign worker program with Ratna Omidvar
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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$9.1-million out the door, and counting: checking in with the Foundation for Black Communities
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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The crisis in Venezuela, with Ben Rowswell
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Palace intrigue in the PMO, with Sheila Copps
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Trump, NATO, and submarines, with Steve Saideman
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Inside the Senate, with Raymonde Saint-Germain
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Heading into summer, with MP George Chahal
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Green Party Leader Elizabeth May explains the foreign interference report
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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How Quebec fits into the next federal election
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May 31, 2024 |
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Foreign interference, and what we should do about it, with Lynette Ong
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May 24, 2024 |
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Charlie Angus on politics in 2024
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May 17, 2024 |
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'Summer of discontent': Chris Aylward on the return-to-office order for civil servants
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May 10, 2024 |
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MP Scott Reid: The House rules
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May 03, 2024 |
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Fixing family medicine, Part 2, with Dr. Kathleen Ross
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Jane Philpott on how to fix health care
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Should political parties be exempt from privacy laws?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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The online hate speech bill, with Justice Minister Arif Virani
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Brian Mulroney: the person, the politician, with Arthur Milnes
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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How the Haida Nation is securing self-goverance
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Mini-pod: Joly in Israel, and the week ahead in politics
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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The Foundation for Black Communities
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Trudeau's rules for A.I.
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Stolen cars and the Port of Montreal
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Wedge politics, with Dan Robertson
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Trump, and Trudeau's Team Canada
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Feb 02, 2024 |