Scholars’ Circle – Canadian election insights – May 18, 2025

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Canada’s Liberals were facing a 20 point deficit a few months back but came back to maintain power by re-electing Liberal Prime Minister, Mark Carney. What does this mean for the country and its challenges this year and beyond? What are Canada’s most pressing political challenges? Canadian politics are complex and experts argue their most recent election was not only a reaction to Donald Trump’s remarks about the country. [ dur: 58mins. ]

Terry Givens is Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. She’s the author of The Roots of Racism, The Politics of White Supremacy in the US and Europe and also the impact of strategic voting in Canada.
Mark O’Reilly is Professor of Political Science and the chair of the History, Political Science, Philosophy, and Religion Department at Heidelberg University. He’s the author of unexceptional. America’s Empire in the Persian Gulf.
Stephen Lammy is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, International Relations, and Spatial Sciences at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Introduction to Global Politics that’s in its seventh edition

This program is produced by Doug Becker, Ankine Aghassian, and Sudd Dongre.

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