Episode description

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he will step down from his job once the Liberals find someone to replace him. Now, the leadership race is on, with all sorts of politicians in the Liberal caucus and beyond feeling out whether they’ve got a shot to succeed Trudeau.

The backdrop to all of this is U.S. president-elect Donald Trump claiming he’ll use economic force to absorb Canada as a new American state. On today’s episode, a top leadership contender discusses why she’s considering a leadership bid.

Then, a White House correspondent for the New York Times explains why China and Russia are watching the brewing fight between Canada and the United States and shares his thoughts on how Canadian officials can respond to Trump’s ongoing threats.

Finally, Trudeau’s planned resignation will cap off a long tenure that transformed Canada on several fronts. How big were those transformations? Catherine Cullen speaks to experts and analysts from several areas about Trudeau’s legacy and whether his policies will outlast his time in office.

This episode features the voices of:

• Christy Clark, former B.C. premier
• David E. Sanger, New York Times correspondent and author of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
• Paul McCarthy, President of the Cannabis Council of Canada
• Perry Bellegarde, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations
• Lisa Young, political science professor at the University of Calgary
• Sahir Khan, vice-president of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa
• Catherine Abreu, director of the International Climate Politics Hub
• Thomas Juneau, former analyst at the Department of National Defence
• Mireille Paquet, director of the Institute for Research on Migration and Society at Concordia University
• Nicole Myers, criminologist at Queen’s University