Laura D'Angelo, Zain Velji and Michael Solberg debate whether Prime Minister Mark Carney’s changing statements on the Iran war this week reflect the nuance of the situation — or merely amount to Carney contradicting himself. 

In the first high-level trade meeting since U.S. President Donald Trump called off negotiations with Canada in October, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc met with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington on Friday. CBC's Kate McKenna reports the few details we've received surrounding the meeting, and former prime minister Justin Trudeau's deputy chief of staff Brian Clow previews what to expect from the CUSMA talks with Trump this month. Plus, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield led one of the lawsuits that saw the U.S. Supreme Court strike down Trump's broadest tariffs, and explains his argument as he leads a 24-state lawsuit against the tariffs Trump used to replace them.

After just six days of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, more than a dozen countries have become involved either as direct targets or through interception of drones and missiles. Arif Lalani, a former Canadian ambassador to multiple nations in the region, breaks down the risk for further expansion. Plus, former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says Prime Minister Mark Carney presented a 'clear-eyed, positive, strong view of the world' to Australia's Parliament this week.

AI Minister Evan Solomon debriefs Power & Politics on his meeting with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, following revelations that the company banned the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooter's ChatGPT account but didn't report it to police. Solomon says Altman agreed to safety requests including the direct reporting of threats to the RCMP and said Altman assured him a review of past flags for threats is already underway. Plus, Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong accuses Prime Minister Mark Carney of making 'contradictory' statements about supporting both U.S.-Israeli strikes and de-escalation with Iran — but Chong affirms that supporting the strikes was the right move for Canada. 

At a news conference where he took questions for the first time since his India trip began and the U.S and Israel attacked Iran, Prime Minister Mark Carney called for 'rapid de-escalation' in the Middle East and said 'Canada reaffirms that international law binds all belligerents' — but stopped short of saying the U.S. or Israel violated it. CBC's Rosemary Barton breaks down Carney's comments, and former Liberal foreign minister Lloyd Axworthy explains why he says Carney is taking the wrong approach to the U.S. on Iran.

Fallout from the U.S. and Israel's war on Iran continues to expand throughout the Middle East as Iran retaliates with widespread attacks in the region and Israel launches waves of missiles on Lebanon in response to attacks by Hezbollah. Former Canadian ambassador to the UN Bob Rae describes the diplomatic role Canada can play to avoid a larger regional war. The Stimson Center's Randa Slim brings us the view from Beirut. Plus, Canada's last head of mission in Iran Dennis Horak, lawyer and human rights activist Kaveh Shahrooz and University of Ottawa professor Thomas Juneau discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's changing comments about his endgame for Iran.

Before Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in India this week, a senior Canadian official reignited controversy by saying the federal government believes Indian interference has stopped. Laura D'Angelo, Zain Velji and Michael Solberg break down how trade collided with security, and whether the Liberals are striking the right balance as they pursue a free trade deal with India.

Prime Minister Mark Carney touches down in India as his government seeks progress on a free trade deal, but a senior official's comments about the end of Indian interference continue to cause controversy in Canada. Former national security adviser to the prime minister Jody Thomas and former director of CSIS Ward Elcock evaluate whether the threat could have subsided, and Thomas argues that the official misspoke. Plus, Helen Hayes with the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy explains the regulatory reforms she's calling for after revelations about the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooter's ChatGPT accounts.

Asked repeatedly whether she agrees with a senior Canadian official who said Ottawa is 'confident' India is no longer involved in violence and interference in Canada, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand calls the topic 'extremely sensitive' and directs attention to Canadian guardrails in the relationship. World Sikh Organization of Canada's Balpreet Singh says Sikh Canadians feel as though their lives 'are not as important as Prime Minister Carney's desire to sell more lentils to India.' Plus, the Power Panel dissects Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's new speech on the U.S. relationship.  

CBC's Katie Simpson caught up with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer outside of the president's state of the union address on Tuesday, where he told her that countries must accept 'protective tariffs' to make a U.S. deal and that it will be 'helpful' if Canada agrees to higher levies while opening up its own markets. Power & Politics gets federal reaction from International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu and provincial reaction from New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt before both head to India with the prime minister.

B.C. Premier David Eby says families in Tumbler Ridge are asking themselves if their kids would still be alive if the developer of ChatGPT had alerted law enforcement after banning the shooter's account months prior. Eby describes his anger after experiences that have 'changed me forever' and says that while he can't be sure from the outside, 'it sure looks like' OpenAI could have prevented the tragedy. Plus, Defence Minister David McGuinty previews what he and Prime Minister Mark Carney are hoping to accomplish when they head to India this week.