Short Cuts is off this week, so instead we bring you our latest episode of the best politics show in Canada, The Backbench. As nations around the world cut off business with Russia, can Canada help fill the international demand for oil and gas? More importantly, should we? And the pandemic caused unprecedented government spending, as well as shifting priorities on everything from work to healthcare. How will that all play out in the upcoming budget?

This week’s contributors: Jason Markusoff, Caroline Elliott, Murad Hemmadi 

Further reading:
Shannon Proudfoot’s Maclean’s profile of Pierre Pollievre
And the accompanying Q&A

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