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Publication Date: December 12, 2025 - 18:01
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December 12, 2025
'Twas the final night of the Fall Session, and not a creature was stirring in the House of Commons. But there was a massive political earthquake, and it leaves the Carney Liberals one floor-crossing short of a majority government. On Wednesday night, word rapidly spread that Michael Ma was leaving the Blue Team to join the Red Team, and he's not the first Tory in recent months to make this move. Should this practice be allowed in Canada's political arena? We hastily assemble a special edition of the Political Heat Panel to discuss this matter. Plus, a Jeopardy clue has inspired an Ottawa-themed quiz from CFRA's Chris Holski. How well do you know your city councillors? We're about to find out together!
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It was President Donald Trump’s day at Davos yesterday. His speech was a long one. He looked tired. His flight had been delayed.
The early going was dedicated to a lengthy self-promotion of the United States’ Trumpian economy. Among the self-plaudits was a zinger about how, thanks to his “landslide” election victory and his energy policies, the US had avoided the “Green New Scam,” what he called “perhaps the greatest hoax in history.”
Mixed in with stuff about credit card debt and making the US the crypto capital of the world, there was a reminder about how the president had...
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