The Strategists

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter reflect on Election 2021 in the 22nd Annual Election Award Show Spectacular. Who will take home the coveted "Best Slogan"? Will perennial "Best...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about how we ended up at the impending collapse of Alberta's health care system, Premier Jason Kenney's bringing in a not-a-vaccine-passport...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter debate theories for Justin Trudeau's apparent rise in the polls, discuss campaign moments and whether candidates should have played it safer or...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter unpack the national leaders debates. Did the format work? Did O'Toole do what he needed to do to sell himself as a prime minister in waiting? And...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk strategies of the week (O'Toole on guns, Trudeau on anti-vaxxers, Singh letter), come back home to Alberta to discuss new vaccine incentives...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk TVA debate, Liberal platform launch and a messy week in the 2021 federal election. Can the Liberals tie the Conservatives to anti-vax...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about political horserace polls, protests at Trudeau events and - through the lense of a game of "Yes, and..." the NDP counterstrategy to...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the close of Act I in the Canadian election. Is the Liberal decline real? How do the parties "seal the deal"? And does anybody have...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the unique strategic considerations in Election 2021, Liberal attempts to wrong-foot the Conservative party and their week-one...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the launch of the Conservative party platform, Justin Trudeau's dismissal of monetary policy and spend some time in the elevator with...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the launch of Election 2021. How good (or bad) were the campaign launches? Based on Day One, what kind of problems and opportunities...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about campaigns - specifically, what they imagine federal campaigns are doing in anticipation of a Sunday writ drop. What nuts and bolts...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about an impending federal election and continued fallout from Alberta's decision to end Covid-19 testing and quarantine requirements. What...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about Alberta declaring an end to testing and isolation, "peace with honour" with Covid-19. What is the Alberta government's strategy? How...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the Tokyo Olympics, the Governor General's language limitations, Dartmouth South drama in the Nova Scotia election and much more. Are...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk Trudeau's childcare plan, bad press for the O'Toole Conservatives and the Green Party's ongoing implosion. Will the conservatives premiers...

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Stephen Carter and Corey Hogan talk about how Justin Trudeau's third-place Liberals can do the impossible: win the 2015 election. Zain Velji does Zain Velji...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk Alberta's cabinet shuffle, the Green Party, the Green Line in Calgary and much, much more. What was Jason Kenney's objective with his...

On this July 4, Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter check in on our southern neighbours, "them the people", before diving into federal election speculation. Which parties are well...

Zain Velji fell asleep watching basketball and forgot to write the show. Stephen Carter and Corey Hogan guest star as the the people who helped him fill 60 minutes regardless....

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about 751 unmarked graves at Marieval Indian Residential School, the appropriateness (or not) of Canada Day celebrations and Carolyn Bennett...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about Annamie Paul going on the offensive, Canada's Covid-19 reopening(s), a punch-drunk House of Commons. Has Annamie Paul found an issue...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the Alberta government introducing $3 million of cash incentives for vaccination plus Justin Trudeau trying real hard to make being...

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about Doug Ford's threatened use of the notwithstanding clause, Green MP Jenica Atwin crossing to the Liberals and Alberta Legislature...