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Political Traction episodes

  • 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
  • Feigned outrage

    I will resist the temptation to buy into the opposition narrative that this is somehow buying access.

    —Colin MacDonald

    Allie, Colin and David talk about Trudeau’s statement on Castro, the Liberal ‘cash-for-access’ scandal, and the approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

    30 min
  • Feigned outrage
    I will resist the temptation to buy into the opposition narrative that this is somehow buying access.

    —Colin MacDonald
    Allie, Colin and David talk about Trudeau’s statement on Castro, the Liberal ‘cash-for-access’ scandal, and the approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
    30 min
  • Mydemocracy

    It made me feel like a terrible person.

    —Jocelyn McLean

    We record from the road this week and talk about the mydemocracy.ca survey with special guests Anne Kilpatrick, Joseph Lavoie, and Jocelyn McLean.

    34 min
  • Feigned outrage
    Allie, Colin and David talk about Trudeau’s statement on Castro, the Liberal “cash-for-access” scandal, and the approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
    34 min
  • To align or not align

    This offers an interesting place for Trudeau and Trump to align, especially because Trump has long been a supporter of an end to the drug wars.

    —David Woolley

    Allie, Colin and David talk about the Special Committee on Electoral Reform, Trudeau’s comments on negotiating NAFTA with Trump, and the opioid crisis in Canada.

    28 min
  • To align or not align
    This offers an interesting place for Trudeau and Trump to align, especially because Trump has long been a supporter of an end to the drug wars.

    —David Woolley
    Allie, Colin and David talk about the Special Committee on Electoral Reform, Trudeau’s comments on negotiating NAFTA with Trump, and the opioid crisis in Canada.
    28 min
  • What does the future hold?

    When you have Michael Chong, Maxime Bernier and Kellie Leitch as your top three candidates, you actually have fundamentally different ways of viewing conservatism.

    —David Woolley

    After our week off, we return with our regular panel. Allie, Colin and David talk about public-private partnerships, the carbon tax, and the Conservative Party’s leadership race.

    31 min
  • What does the future hold?
    When you have Michael Chong, Maxime Bernier and Kellie Leitch as your top three candidates, you actually have fundamentally different ways of viewing conservatism.

    —David Woolley
    After our week off, we return with our regular panel. Allie, Colin and David talk about public-private partnerships, the carbon tax, and the Conservative Party’s leadership race.
    31 min
  • Herstory

    When Obama was elected the first time around there was a sense of history being made, and I feel like that isn’t quite here this time around

    —Travis Kann

    Allie and David are joined by Travis Kann to talk about the fall economic update, CETA (again), the Liberal government’s pay-to-play scandal, and of course, the American election.

    30 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…