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Apr 2025
33m 27s

Canadian Electioncast

BBC News
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Today, we react to Mark Carney pulling off a surprise victory in the Canadian election as leader of the Liberal Party.

Adam is joined by chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet and host of CBC News daily news podcast Front Burner Jayme Poisson to discuss how Carney, who has never held political office, has managed to win the election despite the Conservatives leading in nationwide polls for over a year before Donald Trump was elected as US president.

Also, economics editor Faisal Islam speaks to Adam about his exclusive interview with Mark Carney

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New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Shiler Mahmoudi and Adam Chowdhury. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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