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The Hot Room is a podcast by The Hill Times, Canada's all-politics, all-the-time newspaper in the heart of Parliament Hill. We talk to politicians, experts, and other reporters about the biggest stories of the day. Hot Room podcast theme music written and performed by Gavin Gardiner for The Hill Times.
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Alex Himelfarb, the top public servant under two prime ministers, speaks with Peter Mazereeuw about the challenges facing Canada, and his new book, Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump Times .
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Daniel Béland about Quebec's provincial election, what it could mean for federal politics, and how the Liberals flipped a seat in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord in a recent byelection. Béland is the director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada.
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with trade consultant Eric Miller on the morning of Aug. 21 about the latest twists and turns in Canada's trade negotiations with the United States.
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Liberal strategist and Pollara CSO Dan Arnold about the spate of upcoming byelections, why they matter, and how the parties will try to win.
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with the Pembina Institute's Janetta McKenzie about the deal between the Oil Sands Alliance and the governments of Canada and Alberta to build a carbon capture and storage system for the oil patch.
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Darren Hawco, a senior defence advisor for Deloitte Canada and retired vice-admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy, about Canada's plan to buy 12 new submarines, which the prime minister has called the largest defence procurement in Canadian history.
Peter Mazereeuw recaps Prime Minister Mark Carney's pipeline deal with Alberta and his infrastructure agreement with British Columbia, then speaks with guest Charlie Feldman about his new book on the history of bad behaviour and strange happenings in Canada's Parliament— Unparliamentary: Tales from Canada's Colourful Parliamentary Past .
Host Peter Mazereeuw walks you through the flurry of legal changes passed by Parliament in June and the political maneuvering that made it happen in this 6-minute mini-pod.
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with David Fraser, an expert in internet and privacy law at McInnes Cooper, about Minister Marc Miller's new bill to restrict social media access and content, the Safe Social Media Act.
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Senator Marilou McPhedran, who was at the centre of a controversy over documents she used to try and help Afghan women flee the Taliban in 2021—documents the government later said were false. Senate Ethics Officer James O'Reilly cleared McPhedran of wrongdoing in a report issued June 1.
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Monte Solberg, a former Alberta MP and federal minister, about the Alberta independence movement, why he thinks Albertans should vote to reject a referendum on separation, and what role Prime Minister Mark Carney should play in the campaign to remain.
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Auditor General Karen Hogan about the costs, risks and rewards of the government's move to scrap the disastrous Phoenix pay system for public servants and adopt an even more ambitious new system in its place.
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with World Wildlife Fund Canada president and former NDP MP Megan Leslie about the government's new plan to conserve land and water, and the sluggish progress towards Canada's target of protecting 30 per cent of both by the year 2030.
Sheila Copps joins The Hot Room to talk about the new Liberal majority government, questions about its legitimacy, and how it could change the dynamic on the Hill for Prime Minister Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives.
Peter Mazereeuw talks with political science professor Alex Marland about MPs crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party, the fate of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and Liberal Party indifference to Mark Carney's small-c conservative policies. Marland holds the Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership at Acadia University, and has written books about party discipline and loyalty in Canadian politics.
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with David Fraser, a technology and privacy lawyer with McInnes Cooper, about government bill C-22, which proposes new powers for police and intelligence officers to access Canadians' electronic data and tap into their devices.
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with senator and former judge Pierre Dalphond about the government's bill to toughen up criminal bail and sentencing rules.
Peter Mazereeuw tackles the hot topic of immigration fraud, a problem that has spurred the government to introduce controversial changes in law, and the opposition to demand more. He speaks to Ravi Jain, an immigration lawyer who makes the case that immigration consultants are the root of the problem, and Dory Jade, a spokesperson for professional immigration consultants who defends his peers, and highlights the trouble caused by unlicensed practioners.
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Jocelyne Bourgon, a former clerk of the Privy Council who served as Jean Chrétien's right hand. They discuss Canada's move away from the United States, national unity, public service cuts, and Bourgon's new book, A Public Servant's Voice: Through the Words of the First Woman Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada .
Peter Mazereeuw interviews Valeriy Kostyuk, the executive director of the Canada-Ukraine Foundation, about his work raising donations and sending everything from power generators to surgical teams into Ukraine as it tries to fight off the Russian invasion.
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Observed September 13, 2026. Cached outside the daily freshness window; the positions keep the date they were taken on.
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