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Encore Presentation of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister

2009-06-01T18:02:15Z

Did you miss this year's show? Then tune in to CBC Television this Wednesday June 3rd at 8 pm for an encore presentation of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister. But before you do, get to know our four finalists. Watch their video profiles here:

And remember to join us Wednesday night for the show!

Watch Canada's Next Great Prime Minister (redux)

2009-05-08T21:27:00Z

Canada's Next Great Prime Minister's web team announces the triumph of the final web version of the 2009 episode of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister. Yes, we've already released the web-exclusive version of the show, including extra material from the former PMs and excerpts from the online debate we held on show night, in which many of you contributed great comments and questions. But now we have a higher quality version of the video, more specifically with a text crawl (live chat excerpts) that's easier to read.

Click here to watch the final web exclusive version of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister, 2009 edition.

Canada's Next Great Answer: Week 9 Winner

2009-04-03T15:27:06Z

Congratulations to Week 9 winner Carol W. from Hamilton, ON.

We had lots of fun reading your answers to our questions during this contest. Thanks for participating in Canada's Next Great Answer and congrats again to all of our weekly winners.

Amy Marlene on CBC News: Morning

2009-03-23T17:43:40Z

Amy Marlene Robichaud, Canada's Next Great Prime Minister in the 2008-2009 competition and 2009 television show, appeared on CBC News: Morning the day after the big win for a live interview with host Heather Hiscox.

Check out Amy's reflections on the show, how she pulled off the win and where she'll go next following this experience.

Watch Canada's Next Great Prime Minister

2009-03-21T03:33:04Z

Did you miss the 2009 episode of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister? Now you can watch the complete show online along with the entire chat transcript from our online debate we held during the show.

The show has been posted to YouTube for now and a higher quality version will be available shortly.

Thanks to all our fans for watching.

Amy Marlene Robichaud Wins the 2009 Competition

2009-03-19T13:18:22Z

The 2009 edition of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister aired last night across Canada and after a fierce debate hosted by Alex Trebek and judged by former Prime Ministers Brian Mulroney, Joe Clark, Kim Campbell and Paul Martin, Calgary native Amy Marlene Robichaud won the competition and was awarded $50,000 and paid internships. Congratulations Amy! The three runners up were also awarded cash prizes $5000 and paid internships.

Amy was the second person to enter this season's competition which began online when we asked young Canadians aged 18-25 to post a video to YouTube telling us what they would do to improve Canada politically, socially and economically. Candidates challenged one another's platforms with additional videos and debates in our forums. They also responded to weekly video challenges asking for their opinions on current affairs. Finally, ten semifinalists were selected to come to Toronto to compete head to head at political bootcamp where our four finalists were selected to compete on the nationally televised show.

You can view Amy's activity through this whole process on her profile pages. To see all semifinalist activity, start here and to see videos from all candidates this year, click here.

If you missed last night's show, don't worry! We'll be releasing a special web-only version of the show complete with excerpts from last night's live online debate and deleted scenes. Stay tuned!

UPDATE 6 p.m. ET: We're still in the process of preparing the web version of the show. We'll have it online for you Friday. Thanks for your patience and for the great chat during show night. Please check back Friday for the video.

Behind the scenes at boot camp (Part 4 of 4)

2009-03-16T18:55:00Z

Part 4 of 4: Time Files When You're Having Fun ... But All Good Things Must Come to an End. The 10 semifinalists reflect on the whirlwind experience that is boot camp as they finish it off, battling for the final four spots in the competition, the finale of which takes place on the national TV.

A hearty congrats to all semifinalists who participated in boot camp 2009, and good luck to the final four, who go head to head (to head to head) this Wed. night at 8 p.m. on CBC-TV, vying for $50, 000 and the title of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister!

Behind the scenes at boot camp (Part 3 of 4)

2009-03-13T18:38:00Z

In Part Three of our four-part series of boot camp videos, It's All in a Day's Work: The Challenges Continue, the 10 semifinalists battle for supremacy in Canadian historical trivia, 10-point ratings on their and the coveted Sir John A. Macdonald doll in a political obstacle course of quizzes and speeches. All this takes place under the intense scrutiny of which the semifinalists are made acutely aware -- scrutiny from not only the competition's judges but also between the 10 determined candidates fighting for those four finalist spots on the televised show.

Mulroney on Mulroney: eTalk video report on CNGPM 2009

2009-03-13T18:28:33Z

It's Mulroney on Mulroney -- and Trebek, Martin, Campbell and Clark -- as eTalk's Ben Mulroney reports on CBC-TV's Canada's Next Great Prime Minister's 2009 episode. Why is Alex Trebek scared, and what probing questions might entertainment reporter Ben Mulroney pose to his ex-PM father Brian? Check out the report ...

Live debate on show night

2009-03-12T22:59:00Z

Canada's Next Great Prime Minister introduces a new interactive element to the show this year. In keeping with the program's values, including the online competition, we are encouraging a new method of debate: We will host a live debate on this website on show night, Wednesday, March 18.

But that's not all! We're holding a contest and you could win prizes for participating. We'll put up the official rules soon, so watch for that, but in short, you enter by contributing your original comments to the chat on show night and you must be a resident of Canada. We'll award 10 Canada's Next Great Prime Minister gift bags, full of goodies for the CBC-politics-interweb kids.

Why else should you participate? Following the March 18 broadcast, we'll also release a web version of the show with selections from the live debate, so your contributions could appear on the online video version of the 2009 show!

Sign up on the main page for an email reminder about the chat. The chat window will remain on the page from now through show night. Get in there and speak up!

Behind the scenes at boot camp (Part 2 of 4)

2009-03-12T19:19:00Z

Part Two of our four-part series of boot camp videos, Day One: A Rude Awakening, finds the semifinalists facing an unexpected crisis. Alerted by an early morning knock on the door, our 10 competitors must meet the challenge with only minutes to prepare their responses.

Canada's Next Great Answer: Weeks 6 and 7 Winners

2009-03-12T18:03:00Z

Congratulations to Week 6 winner Elizabeth A. from Guelph, ON, and to Week 7 winner Jean Louis P. from Dalhousie, NB!

This week's question is your last chance to win prizes in our Canada's Next Great Answer contest, so go to it! Answer by Tuesday March 17th for your chance to win.

Behind the scenes at boot camp (Part 1 of 4)

2009-03-11T23:02:00Z

CNGPM boot camp is our February weekend of political challenges that tests 10 semifinalists and culminates in an elimination of all but the final four.

This year, to get you in the political competition spirit, the team here at Canada's Next Great Prime Minister presents a four-part series of behind the scenes videos from Boot Camp 2009, featuring all 10 of the semifinalists who attended. We'll release one each day, starting today and finishing on Monday before the Wed. March 18 broadcast of the 2009 episode of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister on CBC Television.

Part One shows the overall boot camp experience. Without further ado, hit play on the video above.

Canada's Next Great Answer: Final Question

2009-03-11T16:12:00Z

The final question in our Next Great Answer contest is up, and it features our four Canada's Next Great Prime Minister finalists hyping themselves and the show -- which is just one week away!

This is your last chance to win in this contest, so check out the video question and answer for a crack at those wondrous prizes.

Who will it be? Who will be Canada's Next Great Prime Minister?

Tune in to CBC Television next Wed. March 18 at 8 p.m. local time to find out!

Introducing 2009's Final Four!

2009-03-05T18:06:01Z

Ten semifinalists entered our grueling political bootcamp in Toronto last month. Only four of them continue on to compete on national television for the title of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister. This year's final four are (drumroll please!):

Tune in to Canada's Next Great Prime Minister on Wednesday March 18th at 8:00 p.m. local time on CBC Television to watch these four finalists stand before four former prime ministers. One of them will win $50,000 and earn the title of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister.