Show Segments

8:30 – The Liberals won with 157 seats last night, despite the Conservatives taking the popular vote and winning an almost clean-sweep in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Liberals’ seat total still falls short of the 170 needed for a majority government. The Conservatives improved their seat count from 99 to 121 and succeeded in defeating long-time Liberal MP Ralph Goodale in Regina-Wascana, while the NDP fell from 44 to 24 seats. The Bloc improved its position greatly, securing 32 seats, while the Green Party won three. Maxime Bernier lost his seat, meaning there are no seats for the PPC, and Jody Wilson-Raybould managed to secure her Vancouver-Granville seat as an independent MP. John shares his takeaways from one of the most interesting – and for some, disappointing – elections Canada has seen in decades.

9:00 – Prof. Loleen Berdahl, head of political studies at the U of S, joins John to share her thoughts and analysis of the federal election results.

LIVE: Loleen Berdahl, Professor and Head of Political Studies at the University of Saskatchewan

10:00 – Political strategist Fred DeLorey represented the CPC during our weekly political panels held throughout the election. So what did Fred think of the Conservatives’ performance last night? He joins John now to offer his reaction.

LIVE: Fred DeLorey, strategist for the Conservative Party of Canada

10:30 – PR consultant and political commentator Sally Houser represented the NDP during our weekly political panels held throughout the election, and she joins John to give her reaction to the NDP’s performance in last night’s election.

LIVE: Sally Housser, PR consultant and political commentator, former press secretary to NDP leaders Jack Layton and Rachel Notley

11:00 – In the leadup to the federal election, Prof. Greg Poelzer, a U of S political scientist, predicted the NDP might be the big losers in this election and said they might even lose their official party status. Poelzer joins John to discuss the NDP’s results, and what we can expect from each of the parties in the coming days.

LIVE: Greg Poelzer, PhD in political science, Professor in the School of Environment and Sustainability and Fulbright Scholar at the U of S

11:30 – Saskatchewan lawyer Evatt Merchant represented the Liberals during our weekly panel discussions leading up to last night’s election, and he joins John now to discuss the Liberal win, and his thoughts on how Trudeau will approach a second term in a minority government.

LIVE: Evatt Merchant, Saskatchewan lawyer and long-time member of the Liberal Party

12:00 – Last Thursday, we spent two hours letting our listeners predict which party they thought would win, and how many seats they would end up with. Now that we’ve got the results, let’s find out who had the most accurate predictions! The Liberals took 157 seats, falling 13 seats short of the 170 needed for a majority. Garnett in Regina was our winner, as he predicted a Liberal win and 160 seats.