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30 by 30: Can we do it? Megan Leslie weighs in

The Hill Times' Hot Room

Release Date: 04/24/2026

Carney's carbon capture deal, with Janetta McKenzie show art Carney's carbon capture deal, with Janetta McKenzie

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Peter Mazereeuw speaks with the Pembina Institute's Janetta McKenzie about the deal between the Oil Sands Alliance and the governments of Canada and Alberta to build a carbon capture and storage system for the oil patch. 

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Breaking down the navy submarine project, with Darren Hawco show art Breaking down the navy submarine project, with Darren Hawco

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Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Darren Hawco, a senior defence advisor for Deloitte Canada and retired vice-admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy, about Canada's plan to buy 12 new submarines, which the prime minister has called the largest defence procurement in Canadian history. 

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Booze, fights, and a three-foot salmon: tales from Canada's parliamentary past, with Charlie Feldman show art Booze, fights, and a three-foot salmon: tales from Canada's parliamentary past, with Charlie Feldman

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Peter Mazereeuw recaps Prime Minister Mark Carney's pipeline deal with Alberta and his infrastructure agreement with British Columbia, then speaks with guest Charlie Feldman about his new book on the history of bad behaviour and strange happenings in Canada's Parliament—Unparliamentary: Tales from Canada's Colourful Parliamentary Past.

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What just happened in the House? show art What just happened in the House?

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Host Peter Mazereeuw walks you through the flurry of legal changes passed by Parliament in June and the political maneuvering that made it happen in this 6-minute mini-pod.

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The Safe Social Media Act—censorship or saving the kids? show art The Safe Social Media Act—censorship or saving the kids?

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Peter Mazereeuw speaks with David Fraser, an expert in internet and privacy law at McInnes Cooper, about Minister Marc Miller's new bill to restrict social media access and content, the Safe Social Media Act. 

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Marilou McPhedran and the Afghan document affair show art Marilou McPhedran and the Afghan document affair

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Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Senator Marilou McPhedran, who was at the centre of a controversy over documents she used to try and help Afghan women flee the Taliban in 2021—documents the government later said were false. Senate Ethics Officer James O'Reilly cleared McPhedran of wrongdoing in a report issued June 1.

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'Albertans don't feel respected': Monte Solberg on the campaign to remain show art 'Albertans don't feel respected': Monte Solberg on the campaign to remain

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Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Monte Solberg, a former Alberta MP and federal minister, about the Alberta independence movement, why he thinks Albertans should vote to reject a referendum on separation, and what role Prime Minister Mark Carney should play in the campaign to remain.

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From Phoenix to Dayforce: Auditor General Karen Hogan on the public service pay saga show art From Phoenix to Dayforce: Auditor General Karen Hogan on the public service pay saga

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Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Auditor General Karen Hogan about the costs, risks and rewards of the government's move to scrap the disastrous Phoenix pay system for public servants and adopt an even more ambitious new system in its place. 

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30 by 30: Can we do it? Megan Leslie weighs in show art 30 by 30: Can we do it? Megan Leslie weighs in

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Peter Mazereeuw speaks with World Wildlife Fund Canada president and former NDP MP Megan Leslie about the government's new plan to conserve land and water, and the sluggish progress towards Canada's target of protecting 30 per cent of both by the year 2030. 

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How Carney's majority will change things up on the Hill show art How Carney's majority will change things up on the Hill

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Sheila Copps joins The Hot Room to talk about the new Liberal majority government, questions about its legitimacy, and how it could change the dynamic on the Hill for Prime Minister Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives. 

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Peter Mazereeuw speaks with World Wildlife Fund Canada president and former NDP MP Megan Leslie about the government's new plan to conserve land and water, and the sluggish progress towards Canada's target of protecting 30 per cent of both by the year 2030.