2025: A Year in Canadian Politics 2.0

A worker walks past the West Block in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

By Analysis by The Big Story podcast

Posted December 29, 2025 7:29 am.

Last Updated December 29, 2025 9:58 am.

Happy Holidays from Frequency Podcast Network! This week we’ll be joined by the Friends of Frequency (FOF).

In part two of this special feed drop on The Big Story, Parliament Hill Bureau Chief for CityNews Cormac MacSweeney and CityNews political correspondent Glen McGregor discuss the biggest political headlines of 2025. They recap Mark Carney’s first few months as Prime Minister, the future of the NDP, and what lies ahead for Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.

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