Political Traction

This week, host Amanda Galbraith is joined by The Scrum panelists and Navigator colleagues Caroline Harvey, Michael Cooke and André Pratte to discuss issues with vaccine shopping, upcoming predictions for the 2021 federal budget, and the late Duke of Edinburgh’s legacy.  

This week, host Amanda Galbraith is joined by Laura Stone, a reporter for the Globe and Mail, to discuss the COVID-19 third wave and how medical advisors have stepped up and into the spotlight during this time. The pair go head-to-head in our rapid-fire round to discuss Prince Philip’s passing, Jill Biden’s tights, and Clubhouse.

This week, host Amanda Galbraith sits down with Navigator Senior Consultants Shakir Chambers and Matthew Barnes to look back a the Conservative policy convention, and look ahead to the upcoming Liberal convention. Then the three go head-to-head in our rapid fire round on Cinnamon Toast Shrimp, vaccines and favourite patios in Ottawa and Toronto.

In this month’s Scrum edition, Navigator colleagues Caroline Harvey, Michael Cooke and André Pratte join host Amanda Galbraith to discuss the Sarah Everard case and if this will further push #MeToo conversations, the CPC convention, and the death of shame in politics in the case of Andrew Cuomo.

In the wake of a historic interview with Meghan Markle and Oprah Winfrey, audiences are often left to make their own assumptions about what really happens in preparation for a tell-all broadcast.

To dissect this incredible story that has dominated news cycles for days, we are joined by Navigator colleagues Danielle Parr and Andrea Ernesaks to unpack everything that goes on behind-the-scenes to prepare for such an interview.

The trio goes head-to-head in our rapid-fire round to discuss the one-year anniversary of lockdown, the complications of International Women’s Day and the ever-changing debate among generations around the perfect pair of jeans.

This week host Amanda Galbraith speaks to Canadian Centre for the Purpose of the Corporation expert panel member David Simmonds to discuss the purpose of Black History Month, investigate how the movement for racial justice has developed over the last year and explore what it’s like to be a Black corporate professional. Then, the two go head-to-head in our rapid-fire round on the Golden Globes, free Britney movement, quarantine hotels and more.

On this month’s Scrum, Caroline Harvey, André Pratte and Michael Cooke sit down with host Amanda Galbraith to debate the recent announcement on gun control, Canada’s ongoing relationship with China, Mark Carney’s new Twitter profile and so much more.

This week, host Amanda Galbraith sits down with Karen Restoule, a former Director of the Justice Sector of the Chiefs of Ontario and co-founder of Bold Realities, along with Karen Mackenzie, President of MacKintosh  Canada, PeopleBest  Canada and an Expert Panelist at the Canadian Centre for the Purpose of the Corporation. The trio discusses the rapidly growing Indigenous economic sector, land acknowledgements, the United Nations, and the Mi’kmaq fishery dispute in Nova Scotia.

This week, host Amanda Galbraith sits down with Globe and Mail reporter Robyn Doolittle to discuss the blockbuster, two-and-a-half year investigation into the power gap that still exists between men and women in our workplaces and within Canada’s public institutions. Then, the two go head-to-head in our rapid fire round on blank front pages, Olympic controversy and their shared distaste for Tom Brady.