On the world premiere Playbook Canada podcast, hosts Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric take you inside the budget brinkmanship, leadership jitters and diplomatic dust-ups driving this week in Canada — plus 200 seconds with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand. 
<a href="https://x.com/TaylorVaisey">Nick Taylor-Vaisey</a> is POLITICO’s Ottawa bureau chief and co-author of POLITICO’s Canada Playbook newsletter 
<a href="https://x.com/MickeyDjuric">Mickey Djuric</a> is a reporter and co-author of POLITICO’s Canada Playbook newsletter 
<a href="https://x.com/keendawg?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Alex Keeney</a> is Playbook Canada's executive producer
<a href="https://www.stevebone.com/">Steve Bone</a> composed the music used in Playbook Canada.

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Each week, POLITICO’s Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric bring to life the stories that are driving the news in Ottawa and beyond&nbsp; — drawing on their deep reporting from Parliament Hill and across the provinces to reveal the characters and conflicts that are shaping Canada’s future.