What the U.S. Ambassador Wants – December 11, 2025

As Parliament goes into its winter break, the party strategists' panel, Susan Smith, Cole Hogan and George Soule looks back at Carney's performance over the year and looks ahead to Pierre Poilievre's upcoming leadership review, and discusses whether both are on the right paths. U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra sits down for a year-end interview focused on the deterioration of Canada-U.S. trade talks earlier this fall, what the United States wants out of a trade deal with Canada and how talks can get started again.