The best political panel you will hear this week...

Brian Lilley, Jenni Byrne, Kim Wright and Warren Kinsella.

I wish this episode of the Full Comment Podcast had been on video, it just couldn’t be done. We wanted to gather smart people from all the main parties and take a look at the future Canadian political landscape.

The NDP has a new leader in Avi Lewis, Mark Carney is about to get his majority and Pierre Poilievre has the support of the party, but no where to go for three years.

As the official title states, Mark Carney is about to get hammered left and right by populism.

By these guys of course.

This isn’t the standard kind of panel you see on TV, I called up three people who are all friends of mine and who are all smart people and we had a real conversation.

We could have called it, Brian speaks to his friends!

Hope you enjoy and leave a comment below.

From the official show notes:

Canada’s two national opposition parties, the Conservatives and NDP — now under Avi Lewis — are relentlessly focused on affordability and dismantling a system they say screws non-elites. As this week’s panel discusses, both Lewis and Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre clearly stand for something, which raises questions about what Prime Minister Mark Carney stands for … besides fighting President Donald Trump. Brian is joined by former Conservative campaign director Jenni Byrne, longtime NDP strategist Kim Wright, and former Liberal adviser Warren Kinsella. They break down how the new NDP leader, unlike the last one, will make life more difficult for the Liberals. They also consider the likelihood Carney will prorogue Parliament after securing a majority, and how much it will (or won’t) help him. (Recorded April 1, 2026)