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About this episode

Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson discuss Mark Carney's majority government and its implications.

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast, recorded on April 17th, 2026, Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson start with a bit of housecleaning. Jen’s recent trip to Montreal for the Liberal convention, along with some of the coverage that followed, has prompted a few questions, and your hosts move quickly to address them before getting into the main discussion. From there, they turn to the big story: Mark Carney now has his majority government. Matt and Jen unpack what that means and offer differing v...

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Gurney, Jen Gerson

Topics covered

• politics
• government
• elections
• Canada
• Liberal convention

Keywords

• Mark Carney
• majority government
• Liberal convention
• Montreal
• political commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Liberal

Places: Montreal

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