Sep 14 2021 — Marie-Danielle Smith — Maclean's on the Hill — The polling consensus is a shrug emoji. The running assumption, as neck-and-neck frontrunners lay out their final arguments, is still that this election could go any which way. Another piece of collective wisdom, with six days left in the campaign, is that last week’s debates must’ve had a favourable impact on the Liberal Party effort. […]
May 23 2015 — Staff — Maclean's on the Hill — This week, Cormac speaks with Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney about Canada’s most recent terror-related arrests. Insp. Mark Ford of the Ottawa Police Service comments on an internal report into confusion in the wake of Michael Zehaf-Bibeau’s rampage through downtown Ottawa last year. Vancouver Lawyer Aniz Alani explains his court challenge to compel Prime Minister […]
Jan 31 2015 — Staff — Maclean's on the Hill — This week, we celebrated the first anniversary of the podcast with a live taping at the University of Ottawa. (Rough cut and photos: here.) We spoke with Conservative minister Pierre Poilievre, NDP MP Jean Crowder, Liberal MP Irwin Cotler and Equal Voice’s Nancy Peckford about what to expect from this year’s election. Then Paul Wells […]
Dec 20 2014 — Maclean's on the Hill — This week, we discuss the defection of former NDP MP Glenn Thibeault to the provincial Liberals, and the mass floor-crossing of nine Wildrose MLAs in Alberta—including former leader Danielle Smith.
Dec 13 2014 — Maclean's on the Hill — This week, Jason Kirby sits down with Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, Aaron Wherry talks to NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, John Geddes interviews Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt and new AFN chief Perry Bellegarde, and the bureau sits down to discuss the fall sitting of Parliament. ONLINE EXTRA: Andrew Leach on regulating the GHG […]