The Hill Times' Hot Room
The Hot Room is a podcast by The Hill Times, Canada's all-politics, all-the-time newspaper in the heart of Parliament Hill.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 7
- Latest publication
- Sep 11, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 3, 2026
Latest episodes
'Don't waste patriotism': former top public servant Alex Himelfarb (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Alex Himelfarb, the top public servant under two prime ministers, speaks with Peter Mazereeuw about the challenges facing Canada, and his new book, Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump Times .
What's going on in Quebec, with Daniel Béland (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Daniel Béland about Quebec's provincial election, what it could mean for federal politics, and how the Liberals flipped a seat in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord in a recent byelection. Béland is the director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada.
Trade wars: A new soap (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with trade consultant Eric Miller on the morning of Aug. 21 about the latest twists and turns in Canada's trade negotiations with the United States.
Byelection strategy, with Dan Arnold (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Liberal strategist and Pollara CSO Dan Arnold about the spate of upcoming byelections, why they matter, and how the parties will try to win.
Carney's carbon capture deal, with Janetta McKenzie (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with the Pembina Institute's Janetta McKenzie about the deal between the Oil Sands Alliance and the governments of Canada and Alberta to build a carbon capture and storage system for the oil patch.
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.