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Sep 2021
30m 16s

Justin Trudeau: The rise and (possible) ...

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Last month Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau called a snap election, hoping to capitalise on support for his pandemic response. With the election just days away, and polls showing a neck and neck race, could the move become one of Canada's biggest political miscalculations?

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Guest: Charlie Mitchell, Canada correspondent for The Times and Sunday Times.

Host: Calum Macdonald.

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