The Briefing Note Podcast

Rownena Santos, City of Brampton Councillor

Please note this is a previously unreleased episode recorded in July 2024.

Chantal Huinick, City of Waterloo Regional Councillor

Please note this is a previously unreleased epsiode from 2024.

Stephanie Clements, President of the Calgary Public School Teachers Association

Please note this episode was recorded in August 2024.

Chi Nguyen for the Liberals in Spadina-Harbourfront

Andrea Reimer and the politics of Vancouver

Trisha Estabrooks for the NDP in Edmonton Centre

In todays episode of The Briefing Note, I chat with federal NDP candidate Trisha Estabrooks, the former CBC journalist and chair of the Edmonton Public School Board about her bid to be the next MP for Edmonton Centre.

Rachel Loewen Walker for the NDP in Saskatoon West

In this election episode of The Briefing Note I'm chatting with Rachel Loewen Walker who is running for the NDP in the riding of Saskatoon West. Rachel and I talk about running in a contested nomination (spoiler - she's been running for over a year) and what she's hearing from voters. The second half of the podcast focuses on the invisibility of women and focus on women in the overall Canadian election campaign and kind of wraps up with me asking the very significant question of if each political leader was a food, which food would they be.

Amy Robichaud wants to be the voice at the table for Vancouver Quadra

Trudeau's visit to Canadian Tire makes me sad

To read the written version of this podcast, head on over to MadamePremier.ca and check out the The Briefing Note Blog.

Jeromy Farkas wants to be the mayor of Calgary

The Briefing Note's first crossover podcast! My podcast co-host Jeromy Faraks, from our pod Off The Rails, and I started recording late last year and today he's launching his campaign to become the next mayor of Calgary this coming fall. Learn about why he's running, my attempt to get him to answer a yes or no question on photo radar and more in this episode.