Category: Political Traction

This week on the “Queen and Country” edition of Political Traction, host Amanda Galbraith sits down with Maclean’s royal specialist and veteran royal watcher Patricia Treble to unpack the recent announcement that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, have decided to step back from their senior royal duties. Then, the two will go head-to-head in our rapid fire round, with thoughts on the rubber duck’s return to Toronto, Netflix’s The Crown and the 2022 Invictus Games.

This week, on the “Three I’s” edition of Political Traction, host Amanda Galbraith reached CTV’s Washington bureau chief Richard Madan in D.C. With Iran, impeachment and Iowa dominating the early news cycles of 2020, the two had no shortage of topics for discussion. Then, they went head-to-head in our rapid fire round, with off-the-cuff thoughts on Mexit, predictions on Iowa and Prime Minister Trudeau’s beard.

This week on the fourth part of our “OLP MVP”  series, host Amanda Galbraith sits down with Ontario Liberal Party leadership contender and former provincial candidate Kate Graham to discuss her vision for the party’s rebuild and her hopes of seeing politics done differently in the province.  Then, the two will go head-to-head in our rapid fire round, with off-the-cuff thoughts on New Years resolutions, favorite podcasts and the upcoming federal Conservative leadership race.

This week, on the “Scheer Madness” edition of Political Traction, our host Amanda Galbraith discusses Andrew Scheer’s sudden resignation with Marieke Walsh, a reporter with the Globe and Mail’s Ottawa bureau. The two discuss what led to Scheer’s sudden change of heart, go behind the scenes in the lead-up to the sudden announcement, and the wide-open race for leader.

This week on the “Breaking and Wexiting” edition of Political Traction, Amanda is joined by Jason Hatcher, managing principal of Navigator’s Calgary office. They discuss Wexit, and the emotional drivers behind it, plus Prince Andrew’s disastrous BBC interview and pitting the east coast against the west.