Western Context

We look into the results of the election on Monday leading to a hung parliament, and the growing discontent in the West known as Wexit. Also, BC implements a bill recognizing UNDRIP, and Alberta tables it’s budget forecasting a return to balance.

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Duration: 1:01:32
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Trudeau wins most seats in Monday’s election
• Western Separatism Rises and Jason Kenney’s Response
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• B.C. tables historic Indigenous rights bill in move to implement UN declaration
• Alberta 2019 Budget
• Word of the Week: Wexit

Misinformation in other languages distorts election messaging, Greta Thunberg visits Alberta, and Horgan’s chief of staff shreds important documents. Also, Trudeau gives Quebec control over an immigration values test, but not the other provinces.

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Duration: 43:21
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• After accusing Tories of fear-mongering in Chinese-language ads, Liberals face same question
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• Thousands rally with Greta Thunberg at Alberta legislature for climate strike amid counter-rally
• B.C. premier defends chief of staff for shredding documents related to legislature scandal
• Trudeau gives Quebec a pass in a way he never would for Alberta or Ontario
• Word of the Week: Foreign Fearmongering

The Liberals quietly cut military health spending, non Canadian citizens end up on the voting list, and a visible cell phone induces distracted driving tickets from police. Also, the CBC sue the Conservatives over copyright, inviting partisan criticisms.

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Duration: 1:02:23
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• Federal government cuts reimbursements for military health care, hospitals on the hook for millions
• Many people who are not Canadian citizens are on voter list
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• Cup holder strikes again: 2nd B.C. driver slapped with distracted driving ticket
• CBC Sues the Conservative Party of Canada for Copyright Infringement Citing Campaign Video, Posting Debate Excerpts on Twitter
• Word of the Week: Honour system

The Liberal spending plan will add $94b to the debt, BC not enacting permanent DST is being blamed on Donald Trump while a BC cabinet minister is under RCMP investigation, and the Alberta NDP wants to fund endless post-secondary bureaucracy. Also, Trudeau uses double the campaign planes.

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Duration: 49:59
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Liberals to boost spending and extend deficits while taxing luxury goods and Internet giants
• Blame the United States’: B.C. to stick with seasonal time changes until 2020
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• Alberta NDP call on UCP government to reverse any potential funding cuts to post-secondary
• Conservatives call Trudeau a ‘hypocrite’ for boasting of environmental creds while flying 2 campaign planes
• Word of the Week: Offset

Trudeau’s middle class tax cut provides more wealth for the top 1%, a look at our new federal poll tracker, and a conclusion to the Northern BC murder spree. Also, social media misrepresents a First Nations ceremony to excuse Trudeau’s blackface.

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Duration: 46:38
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Canada’s top 1 per cent saw fastest income acceleration, overall decrease in taxes
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• Polling for Canada 2019
• Schmegelsky, McLeod admitted to northern B.C. homicides before killing themselves, video footage reveals
• An old photo of Stephen Harper in Indigenous garb is being misrepresented online
• Word of the Week: Knee jerk

Trudeau admits to at least 3 incidents of him in blackface, Andrew Scheer’s tax plan will help the working poor save more, and a tragic fatal bus crash prompts calls for rural road upgrades in BC. Also, the Liberals try to reopen the settled gun control debate.

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Duration: 1:00:38
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• Justin Trudeau Wore Brownface at 2001 ‘Arabian Nights’ Party While He Taught at a Private School
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• Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer promises tax cut to save average taxpayer hundreds of dollars
• Premier vows to upgrade Bamfield road after bus crash that killed 2 UVic students
• Liberals promise to prohibit semi-automatic assault rifles, allow cities to ban handguns
• Word of the Week: Blackface

The RCMP’s obstruction of justice case into SNC is blocked by Trudeau, the BC economy is slowing down but spending remains up, and Alberta’s war room on oil misinformation gains enemies. Also, Trudeau no shows the first debate, which matters a great deal.

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Duration: 52:10
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Ottawa blocks RCMP on SNC-Lavalin inquiry
• B.C. NDP ramps up capital spending in latest update
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• Amnesty International ‘deeply concerned’ about Alberta’s fight back strategy against oil foes
• Opponents pounce on Liberal record after Trudeau’s no-show at leaders debate
• Word of the Week: Investigation

Trudeau’s government is silent on it’s plan for the Arctic, a Twitter spat over an Edmonton train shows oil hypocrisy, and Trudeau joking about his media bailout provokes outrage. Also, a Liberal candidate was dropped after anti-semetic comments surface.

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Duration: 39:25
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• ‘It’s a joke’: After 4 years, the Liberals haven’t released their plan for the Arctic
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• What’s going on with Jason Kenney’s Twitter spat over a train in Edmonton?
• Misleading Trudeau ‘joke’ video demonstrates the political power of editing
• Liberals dump Quebec candidate after B’nai Brith, Conservatives allege anti-Semitic comments
• Word of the Week: Joke

BC energy moves forward while prices increase, silence on Bill C-69 shows government apathy for Alberta, Trudeau is committing to billions in spending but not to debates, and a re-elected Trudeau government will double the carbon tax.

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Duration: 46:16
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• Hydro rates on upward swing despite NDP’s best efforts
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• Alberta ministers slam Bill C-69 proclamation, vow legal challenge
• Liberals Undecided If Trudeau Will Be In 1st Leaders’ Debate
• McKenna backs off pledge to freeze carbon tax at $50 a tonne
• Word of the Week: Debate

The Liberals attack decades ago beliefs on gay marriage, another ISIS supporter is released from prison, and Alberta and Quebec remain at odds on equalization. Meanwhile, Unifor throws away impartiality by campaigning against Andrew Scheer.

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Duration: 43:57
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• Andrew Scheer urged to end ‘boycott’ of gay pride events after 2005 speech on same-sex marriage comes to light
• Toronto man who tried to join ISIS released from prison, official says
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• Equalization is part of the ‘original deal,’ and Quebec will fight to keep it, says premier Legault
• Unifor to run anti-Conservative ad campaign despite concerns of member journalists
• Word of the Week: Impartiality