Prime Minister Mark Carney enters a make-or-break confidence vote on Monday still short of support, all while projecting confidence and bypassing the U.N. COP climate summit. On this episode of the Playbook Canada podcast, co-hosts Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric dive into the budget math in the House, Carney’s climate calculations and Privy Council Clerk Michael Sabia’s pending shake-up of deputy ministers. Elizabeth May drops in for a 200-second interview about the Green Party’s leverage — and what Canada loses when its prime minister skips global climate talks. 

⁠Nick Taylor-Vaisey⁠ is POLITICO’s Ottawa bureau chief and co-author of POLITICO’s Canada Playbook newsletter 

⁠Mickey Djuric⁠ is a reporter and co-author of POLITICO’s Canada Playbook newsletter 

⁠⁠Alex Keeney⁠⁠ is Playbook Canada's executive producer 

⁠⁠Steve Bone⁠⁠ composed the music used in Playbook Canada.