• Politics! Carney pulls ahead, Ford to trigger election

  • Jan 27 2025
  • Length: 25 mins
  • Podcast

Politics! Carney pulls ahead, Ford to trigger election

  • Summary

  • The Liberal leadership race really got underway this week. Mark Carney wracked up endorsements from current cabinet ministers, while Chrystia Freeland pitched herself as running against the "Ottawa establishment".


    Meanwhile, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling an early election on Wednesday in hopes of shoring up another strong mandate, and capitalize on his visibility during the tariff fight.


    Vandana Kattar is a former advisor to Justin Trudeau, and a political strategist. Dennis Matthews is the President of the a national advertising agency Creative Currency, a conservative strategist and former advertising director for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Mélanie Richer is Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies and former Director of Communications for the NDP and Jagmeet Singh. They join host Jayme Poisson to talk about it all.


    For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts

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