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Power Play, a daily look at Canada’s political landscape. Recorded in Ottawa featuring all the political news and issues that matter most. Hosted by CTV’s Don Martin, the program is a must for political insiders.

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    Power Play #2221: Will Alberta Premier Smith address referendum question soon?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2026 48:00


    ‘Forever Canada’ spokesperson Thomas Lukaszuk; Conservative MP Michael Chong; The Front Bench with Sharan Kaur, Diamond Isinger, Erika Barootes, Dimitri Soudas and Marieke Walsh.

    Power Play #2220: U.S. pauses long-standing joint continental defence board

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2026 48:32


    Former Liberal MP and former Canadian Co-Chair of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, John McKay; CTV News Ottawa Bureau Chief Graham Richardson; Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham; The Front Bench panel with Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kim Wright and Laura Stone.

    Power Play #2219: Feds, Alberta strike deal on carbon pricing, pipeline timeline

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2026 48:14


    B.C. Liberal MP Taleeb Noormohamed; Alberta Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner; The Front Bench with Sabrina Grover, Cole Hogan, Karl Bélanger and Max Fawcett.

    Power Play #2218: Judge rules against Alberta separation petition

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2026 48:46


    Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak; CTV News Chief Political Correspondent Vassy Kapelos; Corey Hogan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Energy Minister; The Front Bench with Christy Clark, Randy Boissonnault, James Moore and Alison Redford.

    Power Play #2217: Sources: Carbon pricing deal likely on Friday

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2026 55:22


    Kody Blois, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig; The Front Bench panel with Sharan Kaur, Louis Hamann, Erika Barootes, Dimitri Soudas and Marieke Walsh.

    Power Play #2216: Erskine-Smith says he still intends to resign federal seat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2026 48:45


    Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith; Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy; The Front Bench with Dan Moulton, Jamie Ellerton, Kim Wright and Laura Stone.

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    Power Play #2215: Trump: Iran ceasefire on ‘life support'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2026 48:10


    Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe; CTV Washington Bureau Chief Joy Malbon; CTV’s Heather Wright; The Front Bench panel with Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.

    Power Play #2214: Carney and Smith meet in Ottawa

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2026 48:26


    Alberta Premier Danielle Smith; Princess Margriet of the Netherlands; The Front Bench with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger and Rachel Aiello.

    Power Play #2213: Liberals promise faster regulatory approvals

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2026 54:29


    Conservative energy critic Shannon Stubbs; The Front Bench with Christy Clark, Marco Mendicino, James Moore and Tony Clement; Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association; A live press conference with B.C. Premier David Eby; CTV Ottawa Bureau Chief Graham Richardson.

    Power Play #2212: Honda halts $15B EV plant in Canada: report

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2026 47:22


    Conservative International Trade Critic Adam Chambers; The Front Bench with Sharan Kaur, Sabrina Grover, Dimitri Soudas, Jamie Ellerton and Marieke Walsh; Karim Bardeesy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Industry Minister.

    Power Play #2211: Louise Arbour named as Canada's next Governor General

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2026 47:56


    Former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson; The Front Bench with Louis Hamann, Michael Diamond, Kim Wright and Laura Stone; Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.

    Power Play #2210: Feds unveil new tariff relief package

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2026 48:08


    Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon; CTV’s Judy Trinh; Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon; The Front Bench with Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.

    Power Play #2209: Alberta separatist group ordered to remove voter database from website

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2026 47:21


    Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi; Independent MP Alexandre Boulerice, who just left the federal NDP; The Front Bench panel with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger and Marie Vastel.

    Power Play #2208: Liberals consider privatizing airports

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2026 48:15


    Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu; The Front Bench with Christy Clark, Marco Mendicino, James Moore and Tony Clement; Ambassador-Designate to the European Union Jonathan Wilkinson; Heather Exner-Pirot, Senior Fellow and Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

    Power Play #2207: Fallout from the Liberals' budget update

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 47:28


    Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon; The Front Bench panel with Sharan Kaur, Laura D’Angelo, Jamie Ellerton and Dimitri Soudas; RBC Chief Economist Frances Donald.

    Power Play #2206: Budget update

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2026 51:26


    Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne; Conservative MP Adam Chambers; The Front Bench with Dan Moulton, Garry Keller and Kathleen Monk; NDP Leader Avi Lewis.

    Power Play #2204: Federal government approves natural gas pipeline expansion in B.C.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2026 48:11


    Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin; The Front Bench with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger and Rachel Aiello; Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew.

    Power Play #2203: A ‘trade' war of words

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2026 48:03


    A Canada-U.S. panel with journalists Josh Wingrove, Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Graham Richardson; The Front Bench panel with Christy Clark, Marco Mendicino, James Moore and Monte Solberg; Former Power Play host Don Martin.

    Power Play #2202: Carney says U.S. doesn't dictate terms of free trade with Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2026 47:34


    CTV U.S. Political Analyst Eric Ham & CTV Ottawa Bureau Chief Graham Richardson; Government House Leader Steve MacKinnon; The Front Bench with Sharan Kaur, Louis Hamann, Dimitri Soudas and Jamie Ellerton.

    Power Play #2201: Canada-U.S. Trade Minister speaks with Power Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2026 48:01


    Former Quebec Premier Jean Charest; The Front Bench with Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone; Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc

    Power Play #2200: Ford government grounds jet purchase after backlash

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2026 47:29


    Conservative Defence Critic James Bezan; The Toronto Star’s Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Robert Benzie; The Front Bench with Scott Reid, Lisa Raitt and Tom Mulcair.

    Power Play #2199: Iran declares Strait of Hormuz ‘completely open'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2026 47:42


    CTV U.S. Political Analyst Eric Ham; Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig; Gen. (Ret’d) David Petraeus, former CIA Director; The Front Bench with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger and Marie Vastel.

    Power Play #2198: Day three of Liberal majority

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2026 47:34


    Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer; The Front Bench with Kathleen Wynne, Christy Clark, Monte Solberg and Tony Clement; Senator Hassan Yussuff.

    Power Play #2197: CTV News speaks with President of Finland

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2026 47:26


    Finnish President Alexander Stubb; Conservative MP Adam Chambers; The Front Bench with Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, Laryssa Waler and Laura D’Angelo.

    Power Play #2196: Carney secures majority government

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2026 48:09


    Energy Minister Tim Hodgson; Pollster Nik Nanos; The Front Bench with Dan Moulton, Dimitri Soudas, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone.

    Power Play #2195: Three crucial byelections could secure Liberal majority

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2026 47:30


    CTV reporters in the byelection ridings: Heather Wright, Genevieve Beauchemin, Adrian Ghobrial; The Strategy Session with Scott Reid, James Moore and Kathleen Monk; CTV U.S. Political Analyst Eric Ham; CTV Montreal’s Caroline Van Vlaardingen; The Front Bench panel with Marco Mendicino, Lisa Raitt and Robert Benzie; Pollster Nik Nanos.

    Power Play #2194: MP Gladu speaks to reporters for the first time since crossing floor

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2026 48:28


    Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault; The Front Bench with Christy Clark, Nathan Cullen and Rudy Husny; NASA’s Artemis II lunar science lead Dr. Kelsey Young.

    Power Play #2193: Liberals descend on Montreal for national convention

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2026 48:31


    Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon; Former director of the CIA and U.S. Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta; The Front Bench with Marco Mendicino, Robert Ghiz, James Moore and Alison Redford.

    Power Play #2192: Carney poaches another Conservative MP

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 48:45


    Liberal MP Chris d’Entremont, who crossed the floor in November; The Strategy Session with Scott Reid, Lisa Raitt and Kathleen Monk; The Atlantic’s David Frum; The Front Bench panel with Sharan Kaur, Laura D’Angelo, Jamie Ellerton and Jeff Rutledge.

    Power Play #2191: Trump threatens Iran: “Whole civilization will die”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 49:03


    Retired General Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff, and Dennis Horak, one of Canada's last representatives to Iran before we cut off diplomatic ties; Housing Minister Gregor Robertson; The Front Bench with Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers and Kathleen Monk.

    Power Play #2190: Artemis II crew circles the moon in historic flyby

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 47:37


    U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor John Bolton; Retired Canadian astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield; The Front Bench with Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie; Canadian astronaut Dr. David Saint-Jacques.

    Power Play #2189: Poilievre calls for gas taxes to be cut until 2027

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2026 49:36


    Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer; A panel with Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association, and Lana Payne, Unifor National President; The Front Bench with Christy Clark, Brian Gallant, James Moore and Monte Solberg.

    Power Play #2188: Countdown to Artemis II launch

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2026 48:48


    CTV’s Heather Wright; CSA Astronaut Joshua Kutryk; CTV’s Genevieve Beauchemin; Canada’s first female astronaut in space Dr. Roberta Bondar; The Front Bench panel with Supriya Dwivedi, Sharan Kaur, Sebastian Skamski and Jamie Ellerton; CTV’s Joy Malbon; CTV’s Jackie Perez.

    Power Play #2187: Remembering Stephen Lewis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2026 48:10


    Former Canadian Ambassadors to the United Nations Allan Rock and Bob Rae; Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin; The Front Bench panel with Muhammad Ali, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Laura Stone.

    Power Play #2186: Avi Lewis wins NDP leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2026 48:34


    Newly elected federal NDP leader Avi Lewis; Housing Minister Gregor Robertson; The Front Bench with Louis Hamann, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.

    Power Play #2185: NDP set to choose new federal leader

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2026 47:18


    CTV’s Rachel Aiello; Interim NDP Leader Don Davies; A panel with Vina Nadjibulla, Asia Pacific Foundation and Guy Saint-Jacques, former Canadian Ambassador to China; The Front Bench panel with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis & Karl Bélanger.

    Power Play #2184: Liberal MP's questioning of committee witness sparks opposition uproar

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2026 48:15


    CTV News Ottawa Bureau Chief Graham Richardson; Transport Minister Steve MacKinnon; Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Science, Society and Policy at the University of Ottawa; The Front Bench with Christy Clark, Marco Mendicino, James Moore and Tony Clement.

    Power Play #2183: Air Canada CEO summoned to Ottawa over English-only video

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2026 48:01


    Quebec Minister Christopher Skeete; Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe; The Front Bench with Sharan Kaur, Laura D’Angelo, Jamie Ellerton and Dimitri Soudas.

    Power Play #2182: April 1st deadline on Ottawa-Alberta MOU looms

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2026 48:01


    CTV’s Adrian Ghobrial; Corey Hogan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Energy Minister; Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew; The Front Bench with Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk & Laura Stone.

    Power Play #2181: Two dead after Air Canada plane, truck collide

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2026 48:33


    Geneviève Beauchemin, CTV Quebec Bureau Chief; Tom Clark, Canada’s Consul General in New York; Kathy Fox, former Chair of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada; The Front Bench with Scott Reid, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie.

    Power Play #2180: Trump calls NATO allies “cowards”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2026 47:17


    John Bolton, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor; Moninder Singh, head of the Sikh Federation of Canada; The Front Bench with Tyler Meredith, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger and Marie Vastel.

    Power Play #2179: EXCLUSIVE: RCMP says no current clandestine activities linked to India

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2026 48:03


    RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme; The Front Bench with Christy Clark, Marco Mendicino, James Moore & Tony Clement; Former National Security Advisor to former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

    Power Play #2178: Pierre Poilievre joins Joe Rogan's podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2026 47:33


    Ontario Trade Minister Vic Fedeli; The Front Bench with Sharan Kaur, Louis Hamann, Jamie Ellerton & Sebastian Skamski; CTV U.S. Political Analyst Eric Ham.

    Power Play #2177: Gas prices surging across Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2026 47:36


    The Atlantic’s David Frum; Pollster Nik Nanos; The Front Bench with Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, George Soule and Laura Stone.

    Power Play #2176: Trump pressures allies to help open Strait of Hormuz

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2026 48:34


    Vice-Admiral (Ret’d) Mark Norman, former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy & Dennis Horak, former Head of Mission in Iran; The Front Bench with Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair and Robert Benzie; Economist Don Drummond.

    Power Play #2175: Canadian economy sheds 84,000 jobs in February

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2026 47:52


    A chief economist panel with Jimmy Jean, Desjardins; Avery Shenfeld, CIBC; Israel’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Sharren Haskel; The Front Bench with Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Karl Bélanger & Rachel Aiello.

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