About this episode

The episode discusses Mark Carney's first year in office and the future of his minority government in Canadian politics.

In this episode of "It's Political," the Toronto Star's Ottawa bureau reporter Ryan Tumilty and deputy bureau chief Alex Ballingall join host Althia to discuss the year in Canadian politics and what to look ahead to in 2026. What to make of Prime Minister Mark Carney's first year in office and how long can his minority government survive? This episode of "It's Political" was produced by Althia Raj and mixed by 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: Ryan Tumilty, Alex Ballingall

Topics covered

• Canadian politics
• Mark Carney
• minority government
• 2026 elections
• political analysis

Keywords

• Mark Carney
• Canadian politics
• minority government
• 2026 elections
• political analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Toronto Star, ParlVu, CPAC, CBC, CTV

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