Stephen Poloz in conversation with Paul Wells: Maclean’s Live

The governor of the Bank of Canada sits down for a candid chat with one of Canada’s best political analysts. Watch it here.

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The governor of the Bank of Canada, Stephen Poloz, sits down for a live interview with Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells at the recently renovated National Arts Centre in Ottawa on April 25. This is the third conversation of the second season of Maclean’s Live, presented by the Canadian Bankers Association in partnership with the NAC and CPAC. (Photograph by Blair Gable)

April 25, 2019

The governor of the Bank of Canada, Stephen Poloz, sat down for a live interview with Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells at the recently renovated National Arts Centre in Ottawa on April 25. This was the third conversation of the second season of Maclean’s Live, presented by the Canadian Bankers Association in partnership with the NAC and CPAC. Tweet along with the hashtag #MacleansLive. CPAC broadcast the conversation live. Also! Sign up for our daily politics newsletter, a morning must-read in the nation’s capital.

This is the third Maclean’s Live event of 2019, and the 12th conversation Wells has conducted with leading Canadian political figures. Last month, he sat down with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed. In February, he sat down with Canadian ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton. Last December, he sat down with former prime minister Jean Chrétien. Last November, he sat down with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. In October, he chatted with renowned Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky. In September, he sat down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In June, he sat down with Jane Philpott, minister of Indigenous services. In May, he sat down with Jason Kenney, leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party. In April, he sat down with Katie Telford, chief of staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In March, he sat down with Conservative leader Andrew Scheer. And in February, he sat down with NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. Watch those conversations below.