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EPISODE · Jun 15, 2026 · 19 MIN

Our NAP weighs in how politicians should spend their summer

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This is the last week politicians will spend in Ottawa before scattering for the summer, and there’s plenty on the government’s to-do list. Our National Affairs Panel — CBC's Rosemary Barton, The Globe and Mail's Stephanie Levitz and the Toronto Star's Ryan Tumilty — takes a close look at how political leaders should be spending their summer ahead of what could be a high-stakes fall.

This is the last week politicians will spend in Ottawa before scattering for the summer, and there’s plenty on the government’s to-do list. Our National Affairs Panel — CBC's Rosemary Barton, The Globe and Mail's Stephanie Levitz and the Toronto Star's Ryan Tumilty — takes a close look at how political leaders should be spending their summer ahead of what could be a high-stakes fall.

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