Jagmeet Singh & Union Hero Chris Smalls

His NDP is languishing in the polls, his leadership's being questioned, but Jagmeet Singh's still throwing punches and pounding the pavement with just days to go until the election. What does he say to critics who hold him responsible for propping up Justin Trudeau's minority government for too long? What's his message to progressive voters inclined to "loan" their vote to the Liberals? 

2:20 | Jagmeet joins Jespo in the Real Talk studio, talking polls, key ridings, and the future of the party. 

22:22 | POLITICO's Ottawa bureau chief Nick Taylor-Vasey gets into the Leafs' big win against the Sens, our interview with Jagmeet Singh, Pierre Poilievre's upcoming campaign stop in Trenton, and the Brantford Boomer. 

READ POLITICO: https://www.politico.com/canada-politics-news-updates-analysis

40:00 | Solidarity! Amazon Labour Union founder Chris Smalls and Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan share cross-border perspectives on organizing, elections, and the future of unions. 

CHRIS SMALLS on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/chris.smalls_

ALBERTA FEDERATION of LABOUR: https://afl.org/

1:32:30 | The UpLift! Jasper Mural Festival is back, the Jasper Canadian Rockies Half Marathon is coming up, the Taste of Spring culinary celebration continues, and Marmot Basin's keeping the lifts running until May 4! It's #MyJasper Memories presented by Tourism Jasper. 

UPLIFT! MURAL FESTIVAL: https://www.instagram.com/uplift.fest.jasper

BOOK YOUR GETAWAY: https://www.jasper.travel/

1:36:45 | Jespo and Johnny debrief on the Brantford Boomer story and "real world" politics. 

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