It's Political with Althia Raj

Toronto Star

Probing and insightful conversations with Canada's top political insiders, hosted by Althia Raj. A bi-monthly political podcast from the Toronto Star.

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It's Political with Althia Raj

Episodes (83)

Dec 12, 2025 Breaking down Mark Carney's first year in Canadian Politics
Nov 28, 2025 Did Ottawa Just Get Hosed by Alberta?
Nov 14, 2025 After a budget, a defection, a resignation, can the Liberals survive Monday's vote?

It's Political with Althia Raj

Dec 12, 2025
32½ minutes
72 MB

In this episode of "It's Political," the Toronto Star's Ottawa bureau reporter Ryan Tumilty and deputy bureau chief Alex Ballingall join host Althia to discuss the year in Canadian politics and what to look ahead to in 2026. What to make of Prime Minister Mark Carney's first year in office and how long can his minority government survive? This episode of "It's Political" was produced by Althia Raj and mixed by Matt Hearn. Our theme music is by Isaac Joel. The audio clips this week were sourced from ParlVu, CPAC, CBC and CTV.

It's Political with Althia Raj

Breaking down Mark Carney's first year in Canadian Politics

Toronto Star

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