At Issue
Hosted by Rosemary Barton and Catherine Cullen · CBC
4.4from 305 ratings
- 154
- Episodes
- 133
- Transcribed
- 305
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About At Issue
Cut through the spin with Canada’s top political journalists. Host Rosemary Barton and columnists Althia Raj, Chantal Hébert and Andrew Coyne break down the week’s biggest political stories shaping the country. Brought to you by CBC News: The National. New episodes drop every Friday.
- Publisher
- CBC
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
133 of 154 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Does Carney's budget meet the moment?
30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Carney and EU struggle to define the relationship
23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can Alberta Premier Danielle Smith control UCP separatists?
Inside a recent episode
Does Carney's budget meet the moment?
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I mentioned it in the budget section, but I think it's worth noting, you know, the Trudeau liberals to great fanfare told us that they were going to have homelessness by 2030. And we are nowhere close to that. We're even less, I think, than 20%. sorry, they were going to have poverty, and we are not there. […]
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- Chantal Hébert
- Andrew Coyne
- Althia Raj
- Rob Shaw
- Rob Breakenridge
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 24 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
- 281 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100
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- Quality
- 63
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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Rosemary Barton and Catherine Cullen host the show. Published by CBC.
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