Plastics pollution treaty in jeopardy

Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Sheila Copps about the impending return of Parliament, Mark Carney's planned budget cuts, NDP and Conservative strategy, Donald Trump, and more. 

Peter Mazereeuw talks to Hill Times columnist and conservative strategist Gerry Nicholls about the challenges facing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in the months ahead, including the return of Parliament, his January leadership review, and how to compete with Prime Minister Mark Carney. 

International talks toward a treaty on plastic pollution fell apart again this past week in Geneva. Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Karen Wirsig, who attended the summit on behalf of the NGO Environmental Defence, about why countries can't reach a deal, what it will take to reduce plastic pollution, and what Canada can do next.  

Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Natan Obed, the president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, about Prime Minister Mark Carney, the major projects fast-track law, what Canada's Inuit need most from the federal government, and Obed's decision to run for the top job at ITK once more.   

Former senior civil servant and Hill Times columinst Bhagwant Sandhu weighs in on the looming cuts to the federal public service, in an interview with Peter Mazereeuw. 

Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Ocean Canada's Josh Laughren about the state of Newfoundland's cod fishery, and the government's decision to open it back up to fishing after a more-than 30 year moratorium.  

Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Eric Miller, a trade consultant leading Rideau Potomac Strategy Group, about the latest developments in trade talks between Donald Trump and Mark Carney.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has signed Canada up for a new defence spending target worth tens of billions of extra cash per year. David Perry of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute joins The Hot Room to talk us through what we might spend it on, obstacles to getting the new gear, and Carney's promised new defence procurement agency. 

Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Coyne about his new book, The Crisis of Canadian Democracy. The two touch on why Canada's political system has concentrated so much power in the hands of the prime minister, why the big parties can afford to ignore some parts of the country, and what it will take to set things right. 

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May joins The Hot Room to break down Mark Carney's Building Canada Act, which proposes to give the cabinet the power to skip major infrastructure and natural resource projects past the environmental assessment process.