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Power & Politics
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On Power & Politics, host David Cochrane asks decision-makers the questions that matter – and gets answers. Every weekday, we feature hard-hitting interviews with politicians and leaders, check in with CBC’s top political journalists for updates on breaking stories, and take the time to analyze the latest developments with a cast of regular panelists and critical thinkers. Whether you’re getting caught up on Canadian politics daily or weekly, we’ve got an insider’s view of the continuously-unfolding drama.'
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Can’t tell30% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026The NDP held the balance of power at the federal level and pushed for extreme environmental policies, which created disunity problems.Said by AThe sources support that the NDP held the balance of power in the 2019 minority Parliament, but they do not check whether its environmental policies were 'extreme' or whether they caused 'disunity problems', which are political characterizations rather than checkable facts. The claim therefore cannot be graded as true or false on its central assertion.Can’t tell45% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026Ballot question seven in the Alberta referendum is currently at 52% to 48%.Said by BThe post, dated 2026-10-21, was reading a partial count, and no source published that day gives Question 7's tally. The official results released 2026-10-29 show Question 7 at 52.72% No and 47.28% Yes, so the 52-48 magnitude matches the final result but the claim does not say which side led, and the sources do not establish the figure as of 2026-10-21.Can’t tell30% confidence3 sourcesOct 21, 2026Jason Kenney was asked by the deputy leader and Rachel Notley why he was not removing separatist MLAs from the United Conservative Party in 2020.Said by 2DNo source reports Rachel Notley or the NDP deputy leader asking Jason Kenney in 2020 why he did not remove separatist MLAs from the UCP; the only basis for the claim is the post itself, which cannot corroborate it. Sources show Kenney and Notley now co-chair a unity campaign and that Kenney said separatists tried to infiltrate the UCP, but neither addresses the alleged exchange.Can’t tell30% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026The United Conservative Party lost the Calgary-Elbow by-election.Said by BThe claim departs from the passage: the post refers to the "Calver Show" by-election (almost certainly Calgary-Shaw, which the NDP's Kyle Campbell won over the UCP's Mike Derry in a 2026 by-election per sources 8 and 9), not Calgary-Elbow, which the post never names. No source reports a UCP loss in a Calgary-Elbow by-election, so the claim as extracted cannot be graded.Can’t tell50% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026Chris Scott, Mafun Mura, and Vince Byfield have put their names forward for positions on the United Conservative Party board.Said by 3ECBC and Atinitonews (published 2026-10-27 and 2026-10-28) confirm that Chris Scott, a pro-independence advocate, is seeking a UCP director post for central Alberta, so that part of the claim is supported. No source addresses Mafun Mura seeking a UCP board position, and the only source on Vince (Vincent) Byfield, a July 2026 substack, lists him as president of an Edmonton-South West UCP association without mentioning a board bid, so the claim about all three names is not confirmed and none of the sources contradicts it. The claim matches the post's wording, so it does not depart from the passage.Can’t tell30% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026The Alberta NDP came within approximately 2,000 votes of winning in the previous election.Said by 3FNone of the sources states the margin between the Alberta NDP and the winning party in any provincial election, so the roughly 2,000-vote figure cannot be graded. The passage itself trails off at 'in the' without naming an election, so 'previous election' is an extraction inference rather than something the post specifies.Can’t tell30% confidence5 sourcesOct 21, 2026Over 20% of the decline in U.S. auto exports is due to exports to Canada.Said by 4GThe sources document declines in U.S. auto exports to Canada of roughly 20-23% (ECAM citing Autos Drive America; Carney's statement on U.S. exports to Canada), but none gives a global U.S. auto export decline or breaks that decline down by destination, so the claim that over 20% of the decline comes from Canada cannot be graded. The post's wording ("Over 20% of that is because of exports to Canada") is faithfully extracted, and the post's own figure of a 25% global decline is not confirmed by any source.Can’t tell30% confidence4 sourcesOct 21, 2026Current electric vehicle sales in Canada are at best 20% by 2030.Said by 4GThe claim is a forecast that EV sales will be at most 20% by 2030, which is a projection the sources cannot grade in either direction. The sources do show current EV share near 7% (Global News, Oct 2026), so the 'current' framing is not contradicted, but no source addresses a 20% best-case 2030 figure. The extraction is faithful to the passage, which was the speaker's own projection.