Western Context

Auditors recommend a sharp reduction in city supervisors to save money, shootings are up despite Trudeau’s gun ban, and Guilbeault wants tech companies to give money to the media. Also, O’Toole unites while Trudeau divides.

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Duration: 44:51
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Auditor recommends reduction in City of Edmonton supervisors following 21 per cent increase in three years
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• Shootings up as Trudeau’s gun ban fails
• Heritage Minister promises upcoming reforms for web giants
• Trudeau announces cash for loans, support to Black Canadian entrepreneurs
• Word of the Week: Division

Vandalized statues prompt a call for change from premiers, Erin O’Toole opens up about his favourable views, and CERB funnels $22b to the rich. Also, Trudeau defends the wasteful spending of the reclusive and abrasive Governor General Julie Payette.

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Duration: 57:13
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Protesters in Montreal topple John A. Macdonald statue, demand police defunding
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• Erin O’Toole: As prime minister, I will stand up to China
• Up to $22 billion in COVID aid may have gone to high-income Canadians
• Trudeau calls Payette ‘excellent’ governor general, says no plans to replace her
• Word of the Week: Wasteful

New Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is a surprise to the media, Alberta’s first black justice minister is overshadowed by economic woes, and the opioid crisis is spiralling out of control in BC. Also, we look at China’s hostile takeover of Nortel.

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Duration: 59:22
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• How Erin O’Toole won
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• Alberta’s deficit could balloon to $24.2 billion
• B.C. marks 3rd straight month with more than 170 overdose deaths
• Inside the Chinese military attack on Nortel
• Word of the Week: Reckoning

Morneau is replaced by Freeland as Finance Minister amidst financial crisis and the WE scandal, Trudeau unveils CERB changes before he shutters Parliament, and old growth forests are under threat in BC. Also, the Conservatives pick new leader Erin O’Toole.

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Duration: 57:12
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Freeland replaces Morneau as Trudeau’s finance minister
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• Liberals unveil $37B for CERB transition to new benefits, EI changes
• Activists continue blockade of logging road on Vancouver Island to protect giant cedar
• CPC Leadership Race Results
• Word of the Week: Chaos

Alberta forges ahead on nuclear SMRs, BC’s back to school plan worries teachers and parents, and WE Charity lobbied the government hard before the scandal hit. Also the Trudeau government uncovers two more scandals that the media ignores.

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Duration: 50:27
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Exploring safe, small-scale nuclear technology
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• Parents, teachers picket B.C. health minister’s office over COVID-19 school plan
• WE lobbied government 43 times in months leading up to cancellation of $543 million volunteer grant program deal
• Trudeau government paying $84M to firm employing Katie Telford’s husband to manage rent assistance aid program
• Word of the Week: Delay

Lockheed promises $17b into Canada’s GDP if the F-35 is finally chosen, the Alberta NDP claims Dr. Hinshaw is being muzzled by the UCP, and China could be stealing our academics’ research. Also, new US aluminum tariffs show the media’s true priorities.

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Duration: 51:59
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Lockheed Martin promises $16.9B injection to Canadian economy with F-35s
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• COVID-19 and Dr. Hinshaw under attack
• CSIS warns about China’s efforts to recruit Canadian scientists
• US slaps 10% levy on some Canadian aluminium
• Word of the Week: Reciprocity

A public inquiry finally digs into the Nova Scotia shooting, Horgan condemns those with non-BC license plates, and Trudeau’s Health Minister doesn’t take her own advice. Also, the Governor General is investigated for workplace harassment.

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Duration: 49:21
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• RCMP were told gunman behind Nova Scotia mass shooting smuggled drugs and guns for years, warrant reveals
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• Out-of-province plates? Take the bus if feeling harassed, B.C. premier advises
• Hajdu’s repeated flights home during pandemic cost $73Gs
• Privy Council Office launches workplace probe of Governor General’s office amid harassment claims
• Word of the Week: Public inquiry

The Safe Third Country Agreement is ruled unconstitutional, the military warned the government about Covid-19 on Jan 17th, and only one returning ISIS fighter is subject to criminal charges. Also, Bill Morneau forgets to pay for a $41,000 WE Charity vacation.

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Duration: 53:26
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Safe Third Country Agreement ruled unconstitutional — here’s what could happen next
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• Military intelligence unit briefed Sajjan on COVID-19 risk on January 17: documents
• Calgary man faces terrorism charges after alleged participation in ISIS kidnapping
• Trudeau gov. contract for $912M student program was with WE Charity’s real estate holding foundation
• Word of the Week: Recuse

Canada sells our security to a Chinese corporation, the CBC doesn’t do their homework on Alberta’s new energy regulator, and BC’s homeless hotels have resulted in severe consequences for businesses. Also, we detail more revelations on the WE Scandal.

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Duration: 50:25
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• Chinese government-owned firm wins $6.8M contract to supply security equipment to Canada’s embassies
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• Premier Jason Kenney’s campaign manager hired as VP of Alberta Energy Regulator
• Hotel rooms for B.C. homeless too hasty, NDP government told
• I made a mistake’ Trudeau sorry for taking part in cabinet’s WE decision over $900M grant program
• Word of the Week: Dumping

The federal debt hits $1.2T with $343b spent just this past year, a tug of war arises in BC over police street checks, and a UCP bill reverts power given to unions by the NDP. Also, Trudeau and his finance minister engage in yet another ethics scandal.

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Duration: 1:00:55
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• The challenge of our lifetime’: Federal deficit to hit $343 billion this year
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• More than 70 organizations sign open letter calling for ban on police street checks in B.C.
• Union picketing and political campaigning curbed under proposed Alberta bill
• Maybe we should have been looking at WE Charity earlier
• Word of the Week: Snapshot