Ottawa’s political math is shifting — and so is its diplomatic landscape.

On the latest Playbook Canada podcast, hosts Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric break down how a wave of ambassadorial openings in Washington, London and Brussels could upend the balance for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s fragile minority government.

They also track Steven Guilbeault’s surprising decision to break with Liberal policy — while sticking around as a Liberal MP — and what it signals about the government’s internal momentum.

Then, an exclusive conversation with U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra, who’s settling into his post and taking questions about the future of the Canada–U.S. relationship under a Trump administration.

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