{"podcast":{"title":"Playbook Canada","slug":"playbook-canada-7556041","podcast_index_feed_id":7556041,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/POLL2782060508","website_url":"https://www.politico.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a2ec221c-b0f3-11f0-adc3-83ec25e01ea8/image/f9c305562ea1cc27782ed6dbd48eb76c.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"POLITICO","episode_count":39,"summary":"Each week, POLITICO’s Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric bring to life the stories that are driving the news in Ottawa and beyond — drawing on their deep reporting from Parliament Hill and across the provinces to reveal the characters and conflicts that are shaping Canada’s future.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T18:19:09.015268+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playbook-canada-7556041"},"episode":{"title":"Cross-borders and floor crossers | Scott Aitchison","slug":"cross-borders-and-floor-crossers-scott-aitchison","published_at":"2026-02-19T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playbook-canada-7556041/cross-borders-and-floor-crossers-scott-aitchison","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playbook-canada-7556041","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2295519887.mp3?updated=1771466952","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL2295519887.mp3?updated=1771466952","summary":"A new POLITICO/Public First poll finds what one pollster calls “a sort of unrequited hatred” shaping the Canada-U.S. relationship, with Canadians increasingly skeptical of Washington even as Americans maintain a warmer view of their northern neighbor. Meanwhile in Ottawa, another Conservative floor crosser shifts the balance in the House and revives fresh election speculation around Mark Carney’s minority government. Plus, Conservative MP Scott Aitchison joins from Milan to talk Olympic gold, housing lessons from Italy and the temperature on Parliament Hill. Nick Taylor-Vaisey is POLITICO’s Ottawa bureau chief and co-author of POLITICO’s Canada Playbook newsletter Mickey Djuric is a reporter and co-author of POLITICO’s Canada Playbook newsletter ⁠Alex Keeney⁠ is Playbook Canada's executive producer ⁠Steve Bone⁠ composed the music used in Playbook Canada.","meta_description":"A new POLITICO/Public First poll finds what one pollster calls “a sort of unrequited hatred” shaping the Canada-U.S. relationship, with Canadians increasi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1387,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/playbook-canada-7556041/episodes/cross-borders-and-floor-crossers-scott-aitchison/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/playbook-canada-7556041/cross-borders-and-floor-crossers-scott-aitchison.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}