Carney’s big trip, Gould’s tight ship | Karina Gould

Co-hosts Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric break down Prime Minister Mark Carney’s latest global tour, starting with a politically delicate reset in India, followed by stops in Australia and Japan as Ottawa looks to diversify trade beyond the U.S. Plus: the Liberal government ramps up pressure on OpenAI over AI safety after the Tumbler Ridge shooting revelations.

And Finance Committee Chair Karina Gould joins for this week’s 200-second interview on the budget, Andrew Scheer’s nervous tell and whether she and Carney are actually pals.

Nick Taylor-Vaisey (x.com/TaylorVaisey) is POLITICO’s Ottawa bureau chief and co-author of POLITICO’s Canada Playbook newsletter

Mickey Djuric (x.com/MickeyDjuric) is a reporter and co-author of POLITICO’s Canada Playbook newsletter

⁠Alex Keeney⁠ (x.com/keendawg?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp…) is Playbook Canada's executive producer

⁠Steve Bone⁠ (stevebone.com) composed the music used in Playbook Canada