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Sep 2023
22m 47s

As crises mount can Trudeau get back on ...

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About this episode

A dispute with India over assassination allegations. A Nazi fighter in Parliament. Plus a housing and cost of living crisis. 


What damage has been done? Can Justin Trudeau find a path forward? Or will his party and the country lose faith? 


Catherine Cullen, senior reporter and host of CBC’s political podcast The House, answers those questions and more. 

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