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    PODCAST: Maclean’s on the Hill, Feb. 21

    An exclusive interview with the retired general and conversations with Chrystia Freeland and Joe Oliver

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    <p>Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie, head of the Canadian army in Kandahar, is shown on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Leslie has been touted as a possible head of the world&#8217;s largest peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was in Kandahar visiting Canadian troops for the last time before stepping down as Chief of Land Staff. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Murray Brewster</p>

    Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie, head of the Canadian army in Kandahar, is shown on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Leslie has been touted as a possible head of the world’s largest peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was in Kandahar visiting Canadian troops for the last time before stepping down as Chief of Land Staff. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Murray Brewster

    John Geddes, Paul Wells and Aaron Wherry
    Each week, the Maclean’s politics team and Cormac MacSweeney sit down to hash out the week’s news in Ottawa. Expect incisive analysis and commentary, as well as interviews with the biggest newsmakers of the last seven days. This week, an exclusive interview with Andrew Leslie about his $72,000 expense claim and the Conservative attacks against him. Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland talks about the Liberal party’s policy convention in Montreal and Natural Resource Minister Joe Oliver talks about Keystone XL.
    Cormac MacSweeney, Parliament Hill bureau chief for CityTV and Rogers Radio.

    THE HEADLINES


    ON LESLIE
    The general’s big move


    ON FREELAND
    The Liberal talks Ukraine


    ON TRUDEAU
    Trudeau’s risky proposition


    ON KEYSTONE
    How a Nebraska farmer killed the pipeline


    ON JOB CREATION
    Stephen Gordon looks for other priorities


    ON JOB CREATION, AGAIN
    Mike Moffatt says we need more jobs

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