Category: Political Traction

This week on Political Traction, our host Amanda Galbraith hands it over to Randy Dawson in Navigator’s Calgary office, where he’s joined by a panel of politicos including Jen Gerson, Chimai Nkemdirim and David Taras. Together they set the stage for Alberta’s upcoming election on April 16. Then, Navigator’s executive chairman Jaime Watt joins us for our Rapid Fire segment to discuss his take on Alberta, the SNC tug-of-war and a look ahead to the fall’s federal election.

Budget season has sprung— or is it still the long winter of #LavScam discontent? The Liberals present a final goodie-basket budget that sets up the next election, and try to turn the page on SNC-Lavalin. This week on Political Traction, Marieke Walsh, friend of the podcast and iPolitics reporter, joins us to look at the bottom line after a busy week in Ottawa. 

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’ve put together a very special episode of Political Traction to celebrate the women who are at the top of their game, both at Navigator, and in provincial politics. In this three part episode, you’ll get to hear from host and PC insider Amanda Galbraith, Liberal politico Andrea Ernesaks and NDP strategist Sally Housser. This week’s guests include Ontario’s current Attorney General Caroline Mulroney, former Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Deputy Leader of the provincial NDP Sara Singh. They discuss experiences in politics, challenges they have and continue to face, and tactics they use to be trailblazers in the political arena.

This week on Political Traction, Amanda sits down with Sally Housser, an active NDP member and Associate Principal at Navigator, to discuss Jagmeet Singh’s victory in the Burnaby South by-election and what this means for the federal NDP ahead is the federal election. Then, Sally will give her insights into the People’s Party of Canada’s results in this week’s three by-elections and share her predictions ahead of the Alberta election.