Playbook Canada

Mark Carney is racking up the air miles: four summits in eight days. Mickey Djuric and Nick Taylor-Vaisey look at the entourage traveling with the prime minister — and the pressure on him to bring home results. Carney is skipping one stop: COP31. POLITICO’s Sara Schonhardt reports on the leadership vacuum at the climate summit. Plus, Ottawa keeps cutting the public service, and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson joins us for 200 seconds.

Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric decode Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s second budget — and what it reveals about Mark Carney’s priorities. Recorded in the budget lockup, with analysis from former Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux, quick takes and 200 seconds with budget day veteran Susan Delacourt.

Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Brussels Playbook host Zoya Sheftalovich sit down with Prime Minister Mark Carney for a feature interview on Canada’s developing relationship with the EU, trade talks with Donald Trump, support for Ukraine — and exactly when he will wear one of the Brooks Brothers shirts the U.S. president gifted him.

Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric drop into your feed to say we’ve bumped the usual Thursday episode to Saturday morning, but we promise, it will be worth the wait. We have a very special episode planned which we know you will love. And it just so happens to mark our one-year anniversary! Tune in on Saturday. You won’t want to miss it.

Alberta’s referendum is over. Danielle Smith’s fight inside her own party is just beginning. Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric discuss what’s next for a premier who’s made all sides furious. Plus, Mark Carney is back on the road — and Ottawa’s budget is only weeks away.