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We're back! Sam talks about the spinning CPC and the mounting nonsense that is the trucker blockade.

We enter the final week fo the campaign! Advance voting has closed but the polls open on Monday, September 20th! The campaigns reeling from the debates, the PPC makes massive gains as the CPC loses their lead over the LPC.

The election continues! O'Toole talks out of both sides of his mouth and the NDP make gains as the Liberals scramble to take back their lead and the PPC over takes the Greens.

Sam breaks down the week's polling data as the 44th campaign is dominated by the Liberals losing their lead and the Conservatives trying to keep hold, all while the NDP and Jagmeet Singhgain popularity and voter confidence. Later in the podcast, Sam asks the question; what possible reason would Trudeau have for calling an election at such a bad time?

After a long hiatus, Sam is back! This is our first episode dissecting the 2021 Canadian Federal Election. Sam talks about the parties' chances, breaks down the biggest polls, and highlights what's to come on the campaign trail this year.

We're back for another episode! Sam talks about western and Quebec sovereignty, the possibility and likely outcome of a spring election, as well as the effects and reactions to the Conservative Policy Convention and O'Toole's lacklustre speech.

Its inauguration day! Sam talks about the development of a friendship and alliance between Biden and Trudeau, and how a successful first 100 days fro Biden's presidency may help his election chances. We look at previous relationships between Canadian PMs and their relationships with their American counterparts, and how the effects of Trump's presidency may lead to a windfall of support for Trudeau in a prospective spring '21 election.

With a new format, Sam gets into the possibility of the next election, regardless of its result, being Trudeau's last. 

Sam looks at what Joe Biden's election to the presidency means for Canadians, and how a good relationship between leaders doesn't always translate to prosperity for their nations. Then, Sam looks at how a Biden Presidency may affect Trudeau's chances in a prospective election.

More election talk, how Trudeau's fearlessness can keep him in power, and how the NDP mopping up after the left-right feuding  can keep them in a balance of power position for years to come.

Great reporting by Paul Wells over at Maclean's https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/justin-trudeau-wondering-what-he-has-to-lose/

Today on the show, Sam talks about what the NDP's support of the Liberal government means for the future, and then what Leader O'Toole's attitude towards a new bill on the floor of parliament tells us about the divisions within Canadian conservatism. Then, Sam waxes poetic about how overwhelming American politics is, and how American news floods Canada far too much.

In today's episode, Sam talks about Wexit Canada's new name and theorizes some more about a prospective snap eleciton. Then, Sam decries the American President and his attitude towards the Canadian border. After all of that, Sam talks a bit about the dangers of an election to Canadians still in need of benefits, and how the dangers of Covid-19 are put in the spotlight once again in the context of two federal party leaders being diagnosed with the disease.

Sam talks about the Liberal Government's upcoming throne speech, how it may inform an upcoming election, and the Liberals' strategy for dealing with the NDP and the Conservatives in a campaign. Then Sam rants a bit about what's being left out of all the punditry around the UAE-Israel deal.

Sam talks about the election of new Conservative Party Erin O'Toole, what his election means for the Big Tent Conservative movement in Canada, and   the CPC's prospects come a Fall snap election.