‘I hope I’ve had an impact’: PrimeTime Politics’ Michael Serapio signs off, for now

Former colleagues, politicos, and panellists mourn ‘trusted voices gone silent’ following CPAC’s cancellation of both its English and French-language prime-time news programs and double-digit staff layoffs.

Michael Serapio, then-host of CPAC's PrimeTime Politics, puts some questions to Prime Minister Mark Carney at the annual media garden party on June 11, 2025, at Rideau Cottage. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

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BY STUART BENSON

April 29, 2026

When Michael Serapio signed off at the end of the April 20 episode of PrimeTime Politics, he didn’t know it would be for the last time.

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