NB Poli Podcast

This pod was produced the last week of May and released a bit later. We breakdown some of the highlights of the 2026 municipal elecitons in NB and talk about potential implications. Beyond that, We can't help but engage with some recent provincial news as well!

In this week's pod, we cover the upcoming municipal election, the candidates, the voters, and some of the issues.

After a long break, we are back. We will catch up on a range of issues from the anti-bike lane lobby, to the recent news that Susan Holt has given away the Port of Saint John to Ontario (jk)! We will wrap things up with a look at the changing global order, Mark Carney, and Pierre Poilievre.

This week, we had a roundtable conversation with former NDP MLA Mat Whynot and Jordan Leichnitz who you've heard on various shows like CBC's Power and Politics and podcasts like the Curse of Politics. We talk about the various developments since the budget, including the floor crossing by former Conservative, now Liberal, Chris D'Entremont. We've been wanting to have a chat about the NDP's leadership contest as well and we couldn't have asked for a better pair than Mat and Jordan.

**Note, we apologize for the audio, which is rather choppy at times. We had to record this off-site, and for the first time since using this platform, the audio did not come through as we'd like. **

After 2 weeks of running all over the place, we are back to share some insight and thoughts, and hopefully spark some discussions around the Carney government's first budget. We will also delve into the inside story of the Progressive Conservative Party of NB's most recent AGM and talk about the leadership contestents that are vying for the leadership. Joanna get's excited about the recent election of Zohran Mamdani and Brent will go on about the recent 2 billion dollar data centre project right here in SJ. Let's get into it #NBpoli world.

This week we are talking the NFLD election and sharing our thoughts on what a Maritime Union might look like.

This week, we have a long-overdue conversation with Peter Corbyn, Executive Director of the New Brunswick Non-Profit Housing Association. We talk all things hosing crisis, community housing, and how New Brunswick is situated in the current climate of New Brunswick housing. Shout out to our friends at the Blue Collar Collective whose swag Brent was rocking on the epsidoe. Check them out today at bluecollarcollective.ca – BLUE-COLLAR COLLECTIVE . If you are interested in getting in touch with Peter about housing associations, check out NBNPHA ALSBLNB .

This week we dive into some pressing issues in New Brunswick that a new task force is tasked with addressing. You'll hear our reccomendations on how to move forward and other news in the headlines.

We are back for our first fall 2025 podcast after our summer break. We are joined with our frequent guest commentators and NB Politics watchdogs Shawn Rouse and Teri McMackin to discuss politics in an age of rage as well as what's been happening on the NB Politics circuit

In this summer edition of the podcast, we explore the National Observer's top-tier journalism, covering the National projects that the Carney government intends to pursue. How does NB fit in? Who's having conversations with whom? What are we spotting on our horizon that we need to be ready for? We will wrap up with a discussion on the political ground NB has.