Power Play (Canadian political affairs series)
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Power Play is a Canadian public affairs
television show which airs weekdays on CTV News Channel. Interviews are conducted with important Canadian political figures as well as political journalists and strategists, and includes a regular segment with CTV's Craig Oliver
. The show broadcasts from Parliament Hill
and was hosted on a week-by-week basis by various CTVglobemedia
journalists, including Jane Taber
and Roger Smith
, as temporary replacements for the original host Tom Clark upon his departure in September 2010.
On November 30, 2010, CTV announced that Don Martin
, a newspaper columnist, would become the new host of Power Play starting in mid-December 2010.
Power Play is the permanent successor to Mike Duffy Live, which aired until December 2008 when Mike Duffy, the host, was appointed to the Senate of Canada. Following the departure of Duffy, a program called On the Hill, hosted by Graham Richardson
, ran for one month until Power Play premiered.
Public affairs (broadcasting)
Public affairs, a broadcasting industry term, refers to television programs which focuses on matters of politics and public policy. Among commercial broadcasters, such programs are often only to satisfy Federal Communications Commission regulatory expectations and are not scheduled in prime time...
television show which airs weekdays on CTV News Channel. Interviews are conducted with important Canadian political figures as well as political journalists and strategists, and includes a regular segment with CTV's Craig Oliver
Craig Oliver
Craig Oliver is a reporter for Canada's CTV television network. He is currently variously identified as chief political correspondent and chief parliamentary correspondent, and is co-anchor of the weekly public affairs series Question Period..Oliver was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and grew...
. The show broadcasts from Parliament Hill
Parliament Hill
Parliament Hill , colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildingsthe parliament buildings serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada and contains a number of architectural...
and was hosted on a week-by-week basis by various CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...
journalists, including Jane Taber
Jane Taber
Jane Taber is a Canadian journalist and former co-host of CTV's Question Period with Craig Oliver. Taber is also the Senior Parliamentary Writer in the Toronto Globe and Mail's Ottawa bureau, since 2003. She has also worked for the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post...
and Roger Smith
Roger Smith (journalist)
Roger Smith is a Canadian journalist. Since 1994, he has been a reporter for CTV Ottawa primarily focusing on federal politics. Smith began his career in journalism as a print reporter with The Canadian Press, then joined CTV Ottawa in 1984 and took over the Beijing bureau in 1985. His career has...
, as temporary replacements for the original host Tom Clark upon his departure in September 2010.
On November 30, 2010, CTV announced that Don Martin
Don Martin (journalist)
Don Martin is a Canadian television and newspaper journalist, currently the host of Power Play on CTV News Channel. Formerly a political columnist for the National Post and the Calgary Herald, he joined the show in 2010 following the departure of Tom Clark.-References:...
, a newspaper columnist, would become the new host of Power Play starting in mid-December 2010.
Power Play is the permanent successor to Mike Duffy Live, which aired until December 2008 when Mike Duffy, the host, was appointed to the Senate of Canada. Following the departure of Duffy, a program called On the Hill, hosted by Graham Richardson
Graham Richardson (journalist)
Graham Richardson is a Canadian television journalist who currently co-anchors CTV-Ottawa's 6 o'clock newscast on CJOH-TV along with Carol Anne Meehan.-Background:...
, ran for one month until Power Play premiered.