First part of the show today, we have Andrew MacDougall, former Director of Communications for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Today he lives in London, is a Director at Trafalgar Strategy, and writes about politics and current affairs for Maclean’s, The Globe and Mail, CBC News and The Telegraph. We’re gonna spend a little time talking about the situation in the U.K. … with Boris and Brexit and COVID. And we’re gonna spend a lot of time talking about the state of the Conservative Party in Canada, their leadership … um, race … and what the path to government needs to look like for them.

For part 2 of the pod, as has been our COVID custom, we’ll bring on The Political Panel with Jenni Byrne and Scott Reid. We’ll pick up on all of that, plus … the living history we’re seeing south of the border.

Also the politics behind why Canada is NOT going to be a hub-city for the NHL playoff tournament. And why Jenni is pissed about that. The will-it-ever-end lockdown in Toronto. And why the Canada’s NDP is learning the wrong lessons from Jack Layton.

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