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Political Traction episodes

  • The Panel: Trump and Trudeau

    “You don’t get to be the governing party if you decide you want to burn the house down with our neighbour and the biggest economy going’ — Colin MacDonald

    Travis Kann, Lanny Cardow and Colin MacDonald talk Trump, Trudeau, M-103, and leadership race math in our end-of-the-month panel discussion.

    29 min
  • The Panel: Trump and Trudeau
    “You don’t get to be the governing party if you decide you want to burn the house down with our neighbour and the biggest economy going’ — Colin MacDonald
    Travis Kann, Lanny Cardow and Colin MacDonald talk Trump, Trudeau, M-103, and leadership race math in our end-of-the-month panel discussion.
    29 min
  • Besides the handshake
    Lanny Cardow, Principal at Navigator, makes his first appearance on the show to talk about how Trudeau and Trump's meeting went and why there are other things to talk about besides the next handshake.
    16 min
  • Trade Wars

    “We appear to be at a moment in time where the value of a globalized economy is all coming into question.’ — Colin MacDonald

    Allie and Colin talk about upcoming NAFTA negotiations and whether or not the speculation that Trudeau might not be up to the task is fair.

    13 min
  • Trade Wars
    “We appear to be at a moment in time where the value of a globalized economy is all coming into question.’ — Colin MacDonald
    Allie and Colin talk about upcoming NAFTA negotiations and whether or not the speculation that Trudeau might not be up to the task is fair.
    13 min
  • Trump and Trudeau

    Trudeau is doing his own balancing act and he’s walking a tightrope across the Grand Canyon.”

    – Travis Kann

    The House has returned and so have we!

    We’re returning to our weekly schedule, but with a slightly different format. From the survey we had on our site over the break, we learned two things from you: you would like some more of our team’s perspectives and that you like our special episodes.

    So, to the first point — we’re going to bring you a more focused, shorter, weekly show. For the first three weeks of the month, we’ll have one person from the firm’s take on the top issue of the week. For the last week of the month, we’ll bring these people back for our panel discussion and talk about what had traction over the course of the month. This allows us to not only track which issues really resonated, but also hold ourselves accountable to what we said would happen.

    This week, we’re talking about, what else, Trump and his Executive Order banning travelers from Muslim-majority countries. Travis Kann speaks to Trudeau’s reaction and what we should look for in the coming weeks.

    14 min
  • Legalized, Episode 1
    Legalized, Episode 1

    There’s confusion around the current regulations for marijuana. We clarify what’s legal and what’s not, who can sell it, who can buy it, and where dispensaries fit in.

    Featuring:

    Navigator’s Will Stewart; President and CEO of Supreme Pharmaceuticals, John Fowler; Executive Director of the Cannabis Trade Alliance of Canada, Rosy Mondin; Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, Robert Benzie; and Parliamentary Bureau Chief for the Sun chain of newspapers, David Akin.

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    22 min
  • Trump and Trudeau
    Trudeau is doing his own balancing act and he’s walking a tightrope across the Grand Canyon.”
    – Travis Kann
    The House has returned and so have we!
    We’re returning to our weekly schedule, but with a slightly different format. From the survey we had on our site over the break, we learned two things from you: you would like some more of our team’s perspectives and that you like our special episodes.
    So, to the first point — we’re going to bring you a more focused, shorter, weekly show. For the first three weeks of the month, we’ll have one person from the firm’s take on the top issue of the week. For the last week of the month, we’ll bring these people back for our panel discussion and talk about what had traction over the course of the month. This allows us to not only track which issues really resonated, but also hold ourselves accountable to what we said would happen.
    This week, we’re talking about, what else, Trump and his Executive Order banning travelers from Muslim-majority countries. Travis Kann speaks to Trudeau’s reaction and what we should look for in the coming weeks.
    14 min
  • Welcome to Legalized, our new podcast!
    Political Traction listeners — we have a new show! There is one issue in Canadian politics that we decided can’t be contained by the parameters of a weekly discussion. In addition to Political Traction, we will be taking an in-depth look at cannabis. Legalized is a look at the current state of cannabis regulation, business, and technology in Canada, how we got here, and where we're heading.

    Subscribe on iTunes today.
    2 min
  • The end of prohibition

    It’s not a sector that’s going to be focused on grinding up raw cannabis flour and rolling it into papers and smoking it. I think those days are gone.’ —Will Stewart

    Allie, Colin and David talk about the climate change plan and recommendations from the Marijuana Task Force. Special guest Will Stewart also weighs in on legalization in Canada.

    31 min

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Political Traction takes you behind the scenes for an insider’s look at what’s really going on when it comes to the country’s biggest political stories. Each Friday, host Adam Owen sits down with an…