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Power and Politics

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Every weekday afternoon, Power & Politics host Vassy Kapelos guides Canadians through the country's political news, with a regular cast of political panellists and the continuously unfolding drama of the Canadian political scene.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2020

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Pressure builds for Trudeau to resolve protests crippling rail network
56:12
Party leaders clash over blockade response
57:17
PM Trudeau holds emergency meeting
44:54
Special Pod: The Big Fix
43:44
Nationwide rail shutdown stretches into second day
56:14
Via Rail cancels trains nationwide
1:11:23
Anti-pipeline protests continue to cripple train network
59:35
Anti-pipeline protesters demonstrate across Canada
55:39
Kenney implores Trudeau to approve Teck oilsands mine
55:22
Cost of Trans Mountain expansion soars to $12.6B
49:50
First airlift leaves Wuhan to repatriate Canadians from coronavirus zone
57:55
Canada's chartered flight to China delayed
41:07
Indigenous groups lose TMX challenge
34:01
More than 300 Canadians requesting repatriation from Wuhan
38:55
U.S. declares coronavirus a national health emergency
44:15
Novel coronavirus declared a global public health emergency by WHO
1:00:00
Government prepares plane for Canadians stuck in coronavirus-affected China
1:04:55
Feds consider repatriation options for Canadians in Wuhan
49:37
Coronavirus outbreak continues to grow
53:58
High-profile Conservatives drop out of the leadership race
53:24
Poilievre decides not to run in Tory leadership race
58:18
Ambrose rules out Tory leadership bid
49:10
Deadly SARS-like virus now in the U.S.
30:38
Human-to-human transmission confirmed in deadly new virus
46:36
Trudeau announces compensation for families of Canadian victims of Flight PS 752
52:17
Supreme Court dismisses B.C. bid to block TMX pipeline
1:06:50
Peter MacKay joins Tory leadership race
1:00:37
Canadian investigators on the ground in Iran
43:45
Canada to get access to black boxes from downed Ukrainian airliner
38:59
Iranian plane crash site reportedly cleared of debris
36:14
Evidence indicates Iranian missile brought down Ukrainian flight, says Trudeau
1:03:16
63 Canadians killed in plane crash in Iran's capital
56:01
Conservative leadership race heating up
23:36
Canadian defence minister says Canada wants to continue its missions in Iraq
46:11
U.S. airstrikes kill Iranian General Qassem Soleimani
40:53
Jane Philpott calls for decriminalization to solve opioid crisis
44:43
The top five political controversies of 2019
41:46
P&P Quiz Show 2019
32:54
Premiers’ League looks ahead to 2020
42:36
Dec. 20: Trudeau pleads for U.S. help on China
38:06
Power Lunch with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
41:45
SNC-Lavalin pleads guilty to one count of fraud
55:21
Provinces push for stabilization money
44:39
Liberal government unveils fiscal update
58:39
Erin O'Toole enters Conservative leadership race
1:08:42
Scheer resigns as Conservative Party leader
59:40
Details of revised NAFTA deal emerge
1:00:46
Canada signs revised North American trade deal
1:04:37
Nearing the NAFTA finish line?
59:59
Liberals repeat vow to ban assault rifles on École Polytechnique attack anniversary
43:18
Throne speech promises tax cut, climate action and ban on military-style firearms
1:06:33
Trump calls Trudeau 'two-faced' over NATO video
1:03:05
Trudeau meets with Trump at NATO summit
51:07
Premiers meet and agree to demands for Ottawa
45:07
Former minister Fast rejects Scheer's shadow cabinet offer
53:13
Former Liberal MP named Tory deputy leader
59:39
Anticipation for trade deal high as ministers gather in Washington
45:01
New calls for Andrew Scheer's resignation
42:02
Ottawa plans to settle First Nations child welfare lawsuit as it battles tribunal order
46:17
Ford seeks unity in meeting with Trudeau
52:56

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