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- Mr. Trudeau Goes To Washington!
It really is a celebrity-comes-to-town type of coverage [ﾅ] everybody knows who Justin Trudeau is, and Sophie as well.
Welcome to episode 5, ‘Mr. Trudeau Goes to Washington!’
This week was a big week for Canadian politics on the global stage. Prime Minister Trudeau visited Washington, and he is the first Prime Minister to be invited for a White House state dinner in 19 years.
25 min - Mr. Trudeau Goes to Washington!It really is a celebrity-comes-to-town type of coverage […] everybody knows who Justin Trudeau is, and Sophie as well.Welcome to episode 5, “Mr. Trudeau Goes to Washington!”This week was a big week for Canadian politics on the global stage. Prime Minister Trudeau visited Washington, and he is the first Prime Minister to be invited for a White House state dinner in 19 years.The event was a top issue in Ottawa, in the media, and it got a decent amount of traction with our Twitter panel.In the news, Prime Minister Trudeau hugged panda bears and the Canadian R&B singer The Weeknd also joined the trip to Washington, and it certainly feels like Canada is getting much more attention than usual from our neighbours south of the border.But how much of that attention is because the issues in Ottawa are resonating with Canadians?As always, Allie talks with our research analyst, David Woolley, to find out our top issues for the week.Then, we have a special interview with the one and only Don Newman. Don provides Senior Counsel to Navigator, and doesn’t really need an introduction. But if you’re unaware, he is one of Canada’s most respected journalists, an award-winning broadcaster, a member of the Order of Canada, and a life-member and past president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery - to name a few of his accomplishments. He also happens to be in Washington this week for Prime Minister Trudeau’s visit, so Allie speaks with him on Prime Minister Trudeau’s events.25 min
- Get Out Of Ottawa
Whether you agree with the policies of Prime Minister Trudeau and the Liberal party or not, it’s very obvious they ran on a very different type of platform than what’s generating the [American] headlines.
Welcome to episode four! Last week was our ‘Welcome to Ottawa’ episode, and this week, we’re taking you out of Ottawa. This is our ‘Get out of Ottawa’ episode. We’re not focusing specifically on Ottawa this week because it’s an interesting week for Canadian politics for a few reasons. First off, this is an interesting week for Canadian politics because it’s an interesting week for American politics. March 1 was Super Tuesday, which was all about Donald Trump, and which caused a number of US citizens to google ‘how to move to Canada’.
29 min - Get Out of OttawaWhether you agree with the policies of Prime Minister Trudeau and the Liberal party or not, it’s very obvious they ran on a very different type of platform than what’s generating the [American] headlines.Welcome to episode four! Last week was our “Welcome to Ottawa” episode, and this week, we’re taking you out of Ottawa. This is our “Get out of Ottawa” episode. We’re not focusing specifically on Ottawa this week because it’s an interesting week for Canadian politics for a few reasons. First off, this is an interesting week for Canadian politics because it’s an interesting week for American politics. March 1 was Super Tuesday, which was all about Donald Trump, and which caused a number of US citizens to google “how to move to Canada”.And in Canada, Parliament was on a break week. During a break week, ministers leave Ottawa and go back to their ridings. Break week is supposed to give ministers time to talk with their constituents.So, usually we take into account what is discussed during question period to determine our top issues in Ottawa for the week. This week, however, the party leaders and the ministers are not in Ottawa. To replace our Question period portion, we tracked the speaking events for each of the party leaders and awarded points by issues raised at these events. We kept our tracking the same for broadcast and political columnists.So our top issues in - or rather out - of Ottawa this week:After Allie and David talk about the Ottawa issues - and of course, Donald Trump - Allie talks with Navigator Senior Consultant Colin MacDonald about online Q and As, leadership races, and American politics.29 min
- Welcome To Ottawa
Every week, we assess how much traction political leaders, pundits, and media get with the people they’re trying to reach: every day Canadians. We look at the top political issues in Ottawa and assess how much they resonated with Canadians.
If you’ve just discovered us, this is technically our third episode. We have an introductory episode, where Allie talks about how this podcast got started and speaks to Navigator Chairman, Jaime Watt, about the how the idea of Political Traction came about. We also have our second episode, where go over our methodology in detail and explain just how we measure the top issues every week.
25 min - Welcome to OttawaEvery week, we assess how much traction political leaders, pundits, and media get with the people they’re trying to reach: every day Canadians. We look at the top political issues in Ottawa and assess how much they resonated with Canadians.If you’ve just discovered us, this is technically our third episode. We have an introductory episode, where Allie talks about how this podcast got started and speaks to Navigator Chairman, Jaime Watt, about the how the idea of Political Traction came about. We also have our second episode, where go over our methodology in detail and explain just how we measure the top issues every week.This episode is our “Welcome to Ottawa” episode. Allie and David breakdown the top issues in Ottawa and how much traction they got with Canadians.Our top issues in Ottawa this week:After discussing the top issues with David, Allie speaks with Will Stewart. Will weighs in on how he thinks being the “anti-Harper” and partisan politics affect Canadian’s perception of Justin Trudeau, and how the deficit and Canada’s mission against ISIS impact the Liberals’ image.Music in this episode:Political Traction Theme Song, by Andrew PolychronopoulosI dunno, and Sublime, by grapes25 min
- Methodology
In this episode, Allie and David walk us through how Political Traction determines the top issues for the show every week.
Allie also interviews Navigator’s research lead, Chris Kelly, to discuss the methodology and how it compares to traditional research methods.
To determine the top political issues that political leaders, pundits, and media are discussing in Ottawa every week, we track Question Period, political broadcasting, and political columnists.
23 min - Welcome To Political Traction!
Every week, we look at the top political issues being discussed in Ottawa and asses how much they resonated with Canadians across the country.
If the name ‘Political Traction’ sounds familiar to you, it’s because it’s not entirely new. Political Traction is brought to you by Navigator, so you might already know that the original Political Traction was a popular segment that Navigator’s Chairman, Jaime Watt, hosted on one of Canada’s most-watched political shows. It ran for four seasons and now, we’re expanding on the original concept and bringing you this podcast.
10 min - Welcome to Political Traction!We created Political Traction to assess how much traction political leaders, pundits, and media get with the people they’re trying to reach: people like you.Every week, we look at the top political issues being discussed in Ottawa and assess how much they resonated with Canadians across the country.If the name “Political Traction” sounds familiar to you, it’s because it’s not entirely new. Political Traction is brought to you by Navigator, so you might already know that the original Political Traction was a popular segment that Navigator’s Chairman, Jaime Watt, hosted on one of Canada’s most-watched political shows. It ran for four seasons and now, we’re expanding on the original concept and bringing you this podcast.A few months ago, we had the idea to revive Political Traction as a podcast. With podcasting, we saw an opportunity to take the original made-for-TV concept and dive deeper. Every week, Allie McHugh and research analyst, David Woolley, run through the top three issues making news in Ottawa and on Parliament Hill. We analyze how much traction Ottawa got with Canadian public. Then, to tell us what this all means, and analyze how in (or out) of tune Ottawa is with Canadians, Allie speaks with one of our public affairs experts.In our inaugural episode, Allie explains how the podcast got started and talks with Navigator Chairman, Jaime Watt, about the beginning of Political Traction and why it matters.Music in this episode:Political Traction Theme Song, by Andrew PolychronopoulosWinner Winner, by Kevin McLeod from royalty-free music site incompetech.com10 min
- MethodologyIn this episode, Allie and David walk us through how Political Traction determines the top issues for the show every week.Allie also interviews Navigator’s research lead, Chris Kelly, to discuss the methodology and how it compares to traditional research methods.To make sure our methodology is crystal-clear, we’ve provided a detailed breakdown of our process below.Measuring the top issues in Ottawa:To determine the top political issues that political leaders, pundits, and media are discussing in Ottawa every week, we track Question Period, political broadcasting, and political columnists.Question Period:To calculate the top issues from Question Period, we assign points based on who answers the question on each issue. We assign more points to the issue if the Prime Minister answers a question than a Minister, and if a Minister answers a question on an issue, we assign more points than other members of parliamentary. We weight the answers this way, because, for the most part, it’s soundbites of the Prime Minister and his Cabinet from Question Period that get airtime on political broadcasts and nightly newscasts.We break down the points like this:PositionPoints per answerPrime Minister5Minister3MP1In practice it works like this: let’s say that the Energy East Pipeline was discussed during Question Period. If the Prime Minister answered one question on the issue and a Minister answered one question on the same issue, we would allocate 8 points to the issue.IssueAnswerPointsEnergy East pipelinePrime Minister5Energy East pipelineMinister3Total8Political Broadcasting:Measuring the top issues from political broadcasting is very straightforward. For every minute an issue is discussed, we assign it one point.If we use our example of the Energy East Pipeline again, it looks like this:IssueBroadcasting minutesPointsEnergy East pipeline2424Political Columns:To measure the top issues from political columns, we track a number of political columnists and assign one point for every article that is written on a given issue.IssueNumber of columnsPointsEnergy East pipeline33If we apply this system to multiple issues, it looks like this:Question Period:IssueAnswerPointsEnergy East pipelinePrime Minister5Energy East pipelineMinister3Canadian action against ISISPrime Minister5Government deficitMinister3Trans Pacific PartnershipMinister3Electoral reformMP1Broadcast:IssueBroadcast MinutesPointsEnergy East pipeline2424Government deficit2222Canadian action against ISIS2020Electoral reform1515Trans Pacific Partnership1010Political columns:23 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…
insider – from politicians to journalists, diplomats to political strategists – to guide listeners through the backroom machinations shaping the news cycle. Political Traction is powered by Navigator, Canada’s leading high-stakes public affairs firm.