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Power & Politics
Power & Politics is the arena where decision-makers answer the questions that matter. Featuring hard-hitting political interviews and a cast of regular political panelists and critical thinkers, the program gives an insider's view of the continuously unfolding drama of the Canadian political sce...
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As rumours swirl, can Conservatives avoid more floor-crossers?
Conservative public safety critic Frank Caputo tells Power & Politics that the Conservative caucus is still behind leader Pierre Poilievre after a thi...
A 3rd Conservative crosses the floor. Is a Liberal majority next?
CBC's Rosemary Barton explains everything we know about Alberta Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux's decision to cross the floor to the Liberals, and rumou...
Carney unveils ambitious new 'Buy Canadian' defence plan. Is it doable?
Prime Minister Mark Carney announces a bold new 'buy Canadian' plan to build up Canada's military. Power & Politics hears from Industry Minister Mélan...
Democrats launch probe into Trump's threat to block Gordie Howe bridge
U.S. Democrats have launched an investigation into President Donald Trump's threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which...
Weekly Wrap: A new era of Liberal-Conservative co-operation?
Is there a coalition forming between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre? Our panellists certainly wouldn't go that fa...
Parliament's leaders unite, attend vigil in Tumbler Ridge
Prime Minister Mark Carney and the leaders of every party in the House of Commons came together to lay flowers at a memorial in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., o...
Tumbler Ridge and Canada grieve as police identify 8 victims killed
The prime minister and the leaders of all of Canada's major federal parties are expected to travel to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., to attend a vigil in the co...
RCMP reveals details of mass shooting and victims in Tumbler Ridge
At a news conference on Wednesday, the commanding officer for the RCMP in B.C. said five of the eight victims killed in a mass shooting in the communi...
White House makes more threats over a bridge Canada paid for
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump about a bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit early Tuesday, and explained...
Liberals, Conservatives working on deals that could avoid election: sources
Sources tell CBC's Kate McKenna that the government and Opposition are working behind the scenes on potential deals that could end a parliamentary gri...
'Harperpalooza': Reflecting on former PM's legacy, 20 years after his first win
Former prime minister Stephen Harper is back in the spotlight this week as he celebrates 20 years since winning his first election — and he's got a st...
Automaker sells Ontario battery plant stake for just $100
The day after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the Liberals' new auto strategy, automaker Stellantis announced it was selling its 49 per cent stak...
Weekly Wrap: Can Carney protect the auto sector? Can anyone?
The Liberals' new auto strategy ditches the EV mandate and downgrades ambitions for emissions savings, while still pouring billions into encouraging a...
The EV mandate is dead. Can a new plan rescue the auto sector?
Prime Minister Mark Carney's new auto strategy ditches the Trudeau-era electric vehicle mandate in favour of stronger emissions standards, revives EV...
Canada pumps the brakes as allies join U.S. minerals bloc
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio invited 50 countries to a critical minerals meeting in Washington to pitch a new 'preferential trade zone' that wo...
Liberals poach Ontario NDP deputy leader for federal candidate
The federal Liberals are facing the possibility of losing a third MP as Nate Erskine-Smith announces his renewed bid for Ontario Liberal leadership, b...
Can Poilievre turn a leadership win into election redemption?
An overwhelming majority of Conservative delegates voted to keep Pierre Poilievre as the leader of their party, but pollsters David Coletto and Shachi...
Conservative convention: Poilievre wins leadership vote with 87% support
In the end, it wasn't even close. After delegates' votes were counted late on Friday night at the Conservative convention in Calgary, Pierre Poilievre...
Conservatives vote on the future of Poilievre's leadership
Join Power & Politics on the floor of the Conservative convention in Calgary, just hours before delegates vote on whether Pierre Poilievre should rema...
U.S. confirms it met Alberta separatists. Is it 'treason'?
As Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Canada's premiers in Ottawa, the U.S. State Department confirmed it had met with a group of Alberta separatists...
Did B.C.'s 'borderline friendly' Alberta talks make pipeline progress?
After meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Ottawa, B.C. Premier David Eby says 'there wasn't any substantial...
Carney denies 'aggressively walking back' Davos speech to Trump
After U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused Prime Minister Mark Carney of 'aggressively' reversing comments from his World Economic Forum spee...
Carney announces billions in rebates as cost-of-living stopgap
Prime Minister Mark Carney framed five years and an estimated $11-12 billion in GST rebate hikes as a 'bridge' to help Canadians in the near-term, as...
Trump’s threats and Carney’s pushback | Analysis from Washington
CBC’s new weekly podcast, Two Blocks from the White House, takes a clear-eyed look at what’s happening in the U.S. right now and what it means for Can...
Weekly Wrap: Carney tells the world to change. Will it listen?
Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump’s speeches in Davos laid out starkly opposed visions of the world order and Canada’s relati...
Conservatives mount their response to Carney's Davos address
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's video response to Prime Minister Mark Carney's address in Davos begins with praise for a 'well-crafted and eloq...
Was Carney's speech an election preview?
After Prime Minister Mark Carney's second speech on Canada's place in a changing global order this week, former prime minister Brian Mulroney's chief...
Trump warns Carney that 'Canada lives because of' U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at Prime Minister Mark Carney's World Economic Forum address during his own speech in Davos, Switzerland, saying...
Carney delivers a eulogy for the old world order
In a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Mark Carney told other nations that competing to appease the world's gre...
Trump vows he'll '100%' impose tariffs on allies over Greenland
U.S. President Donald Trump told NBC on Monday that he's following through with his threat for escalating tariffs on eight European allies if there's...
Could ‘America First’ mean Canada’s next? Analysis from CBC Washington
There’s a new CBC podcast we think you’ll enjoy. Two Blocks from the White House takes a clear-eyed look at what’s happening in the U.S. right now and...
Weekly Wrap: A Canada-China reset, but at what cost?
As Prime Minister Mark Carney gets an agreement for tariff relief in Beijing, he's hailing a new path forward with China — but facing concerns it's an...
Carney's China EV deal puts another crack in Team Canada
Prime Minister Mark Carney is leaving Beijing with an agreement for lower Chinese agricultural tariffs in exchange for a major carve-out from Canada's...
Can Carney secure tariff relief in China?
Canada and China reached an agreement on energy during Prime Minister Mark Carney's first day of talks in Beijing, but Chinese tariffs on agricultural...
Quebec's premier resigns. Is a sovereignty vote coming?
Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation on Wednesday, giving his CAQ party just months to find a new leader — and to reverse the sep...
Coastal First Nations remain opposed to B.C. pipeline after Carney meeting
Coastal First Nations in B.C. say their stance on a pipeline from Alberta to B.C. has not changed following a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney...
Canada walks diplomatic tightropes with China, India
With B.C. Premier David Eby on a trade mission in India and Prime Minister Mark Carney leaving for China to meet with President Xi Jinping this week,...
Weekly Wrap: Trump’s world order
The United States is reshaping the global order around Canada with military intervention in Venezuela, threats to annex a NATO ally and claims of ‘dom...
Freeland resigns, shaking things up for the close-to-majority Liberals
Chrystia Freeland has officially resigned her seat in the House of Commons, leaving the minority Liberal government now two seats shy of a majority. P...
Vance blames ICE shooting victim for 'tragedy of her own making'
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance says Renee Nicole Good, the woman fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, is 'dead because she...