Western Context

Vancouver’s mayor advocates drug decriminalization, Alberta’s first black justice minister bans police carding, and BC orders mandatory masks for all public spaces. Also, we look into Trudeau’s Great Reset that the media has labelled a conspiracy.

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Duration: 47:59
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Vancouver mayor wants feds to decriminalize simple drug possession
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• Alberta government bans police ‘carding,’ a practice that many found humiliating
• B.C. brings in sweeping new measures to control COVID-19, including mandatory masks
• Trudeau has eyes set on a great reset for Canada
• Word of the Week: Reset

The Chinese government’s influence is growing in Canada, Freeland won’t release any spending numbers, and governments threaten us with unnecessary lockdowns. Also, a Toronto Liberal MP resigns after hiring her sister with public funds in conflict of interest.

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Duration: 54:38
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• CSIS warns China’s Operation Fox Hunt is targeting Canada’s Chinese community
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• Freeland grilled over cost of pandemic aid as Commons fast-tracks rent relief bill
• Alberta physicians call for ‘sharp’ two-week lockdown to curb spread of COVID-19
• Toronto MP resigns from Liberal caucus after employing sister at constituency office
• Word of the Week: Error

The Alberta independence debate flares up again, the City of Victoria twice approves divisive messaging in a BLM mural, and illegal migrants are still crossing at Roxham Road. Also, the Canadian military wants to use propaganda on Canadian citizens.

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Duration: 54:50
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• UCP vote to kill debate on independence
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• Victoria artists remove ACAB from mural, add new message
• ROXHAM ROAD: Refugees STILL WELCOME at illegal Canada/U.S. border crossing
• Canadian military wants to establish new organization to use propaganda, other techniques to influence Canadians
• Word of the Week: Propaganda

The BC election sees a majority for Horgan and disaster for Wilkinson, an Alberta health strike gets miscovered, and Trudeau gets scrutinized on his pandemic response. Also, expensive waffles, ice and newspapers are a few of the items Trudeau splurged on.

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Duration: 54:57
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• The Autopsy of Dr. Andrew Wilkinson’s Leadership of the BC Liberals
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• Health-care workers walk off the job in wildcat strikes across Alberta
• Trudeau loses motion — a reminder he leads a minority government
• $285 waffles, $412 hot towels, $23,000 catering on Trudeau’s luxurious private jet
• Word of the Week: Alienation

The Liberals threaten to call an election to keep their skeletons hidden, the UCP AGM shows the importance of grassroots democracy, and the China-funded Confucius Institute is defended by universities. Also, Trudeau overpaid $100M for ventilators.

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Duration: 44:46
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Trudeau Liberals threaten election to keep things hidden
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• Two-tier health care system policy resolution gets lukewarm response at UCP AGM
• Universities, school boards across Canada defend ties with China’s Confucius Institute
• Trudeau government overpaid $100 MILLION for ventilators, gifted contract to former Liberal MP
• Word of the Week: Shell corporation

Doctors don’t advocate lockdowns yet some provinces do, the media turns the BC election debate into a race debate, and the Trudeau Liberals continue to censor the WE scandal. Also, a BC murder mystery and secret Chinese boot camps raises questions.

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Duration: 56:04
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• The Great Barrington Declaration
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• Beyond ‘I Don’t See Colour.’ The Value of What John Horgan Is Learning
• Libs filibuster two House committees despite opposition’s efforts to reopen WE Charity probe
• How a military-style boot camp on Salt Spring is related to a Surrey murder mystery
• Word of the Week: Intrusion

Big changes for ICBC go unreported, the Alberta Federation of Labour lists pro-UCP businesses to boycott (or support), and Seamus O’Regan’s careless words cost taxpayers over $200k. Also, the Liberals and NDP have entered into an informal leftist coalition.

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Duration: 46:49
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• B.C. Liberal government would end ICBC monopoly, Wilkinson says
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• AFL launches website for Albertans who want to boycott the businesses who bankroll the UCP
• Government spent more than $213K defending Seamus O’Regan in small claims court
• Liberals, NDP vote to shut down Conservatives’ renewed push to examine WE affair
• Word of the Week: Coalition

Trudeau survives a confidence vote amid billions in further spending, the federal government delays yet another pipeline, and BC’s premier gives faulty advice on mail in voting. Also, we profile anti-Semitism in the Green Party of Canada.

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Duration: 47:06
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Liberals survive confidence vote as all parties back new support package for workers
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• Natural gas producers frustrated by Ottawa’s delay to TC Energy’s biggest pipeline expansion
• B.C. election: Hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots don’t have names, parties listed
• On eve of leadership choice, Canada’s Greens confront anti-Semitism in their ranks
• Word of the Week: Anti-Semitism

Trudeau’s fairytale throne speech promises to spend billions, British Columbians will vote on Oct 24th, and Alberta’s media focuses on a load of cow dung. Also, Ford will build EV’s in Ontario while Trudeau’s massive subsidies could blow up in his face.

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Duration: 53:36
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• Trudeau’s Throne Speech reads like a fairy tale. Can he make it reality?
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• British Columbians heading to the polls on Oct. 24 in fall election
• Premier criticized for comments on intersectionality and India
• Ford deal to build electric cars in Oakville comes amid $500M government cash to upgrade plant
• Word of the Week: Competitive

New Brunswick’s election holds lessons for BC, Alberta outlines new investment strategies, and multiple cabinet ministers are found to be ethically bankrupt. Also, a secret military operation to censor pandemic information comes to light.

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Duration: 49:42
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Judy Darcy is the 6th B.C. cabinet minister to announce she won’t run for re-election
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• Alberta outlines government-wide strategy for attracting new investment to province
• Freeland, Bains and seven other federal officials barred from official dealings with ex-envoy
• Trudeau gov’t planned to use military to monitor tweets critical of pandemic response
• Word of the Week: Political Censorship