About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of recent political events affecting the Liberal Party in Canada, including a budget vote and key defections.

Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont's decision to cross the floor to the Grits handed them a crucial vote to pass their budget and triggered a chain of events that left Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre struggling to maintain his grip on his caucus. In this episode of "It's Political," the Toronto Star's Ottawa bureau reporters — Raisa Patel, Mark Ramzy, Ryan Tumilty and deputy bureau chief Alex Ballingall — join Althia to discuss the events since the tabling of the Liberals' budget and what factors will play in Monday's crucial budget vote. Can Mark Carney's government survive? But before that discussion, the Canadian Tax Observatory's CEO Heather Scoffield breaks down the content of that budget. "It's Political" is produced by Althia Raj and Kevin Sexton. Our sound engineer is Matt Hearn. Our theme music is by Isaac Joel. The audio clips this week were sourced from ParlVu, CPAC, CBC and CTV.

People in this episode

Host: Althia Raj

Guests: Raisa Patel, Mark Ramzy, Ryan Tumilty, Alex Ballingall, Heather Scoffield

Topics covered

• budget
• politics
• defection
• resignation
• government survival
• Conservative Party
• Nova Scotia

Keywords

• budget
• Liberal Party
• defection
• Pierre Poilievre
• Chris d'Entremont
• Heather Scoffield
• political analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Toronto Star, Canadian Tax Observatory, ParlVu, CPAC, CBC, CTV

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