Western Context

An economic report compares the energy industries of Alberta and Texas, the BC speaker’s chief of staff goes on an unnecessary summer adventure, and the ethics commissioner finds that an unapologetic Trudeau broke the ethics laws during the SNC scandal.

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Duration: 51:30
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Lessons from the Lone Star State: Comparing the Economic Performance of Alberta and Texas
• B.C. speaker defends $13,000 road trip derided as ‘excellent summer adventure’
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• SNC Report + Trudeau Response
• SNC Media + Reactions
• Word of the Week: Public Interest

The Alberta media accuses Jason Kenney of stoking separatism, A BC ISIS supporter was almost released from custody, and Andrew Scheer unveils his healthcare guarantee. Also, shootings in Toronto lead to an unnecessary US-style gun control debate.

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Duration: 46:12
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Kenney stoking Alberta separatism notions: political analyst
• Man who praised ISIS ordered released from custody while awaiting deportation
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• Scheer promises to maintain annual health transfer increases in anticipation of Trudeau attacks
• 14 shootings in Toronto over the August long weekend
• Word of the Week: Separate

Alberta’s Keyano College commits to free speech, Trudeau flies back and forth to the west coast using tax dollars, and USMCA may not be ratified before the fall election. Also, Gerald Butts blames the Indian government for Trudeau’s disastrous India trip.

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Duration: 39:15
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Keyano College becomes first Alberta institution to publicly roll out Chicago principles
• “One of the best parts of my job”: Trudeau replies to questions about the cost of his flying around Canada ahead of the campaign period
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• U.S. House breaks with no new NAFTA tabled for ratification
• Trudeau’s team still blames Indian government for disastrous 2018 trip
• Word of the Week: Scandal

A northern BC murder spree leads to social media hoaxes, the new Calgary arena proposal will cost taxpayers, and Gerald Butts returns to Trudeau’s team, if he ever actually left. Also, a glowing report on Trudeau’s tenure leaves out all the negatives.

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Duration: 47:40
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• 3 dead, 2 suspects at large: What we know about the Northern B.C. cases
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• Ticket tax for new arena would be a fraction of Edmonton’s fee — But why?
• Butts returns – and Trudeau’s putting the band back together for October
• Here’s how Canada changed under Justin Trudeau
• Word of the Week: Hoax

Canada’s premiers build unity against the carbon tax, Victoria’s plastic bag ban gets thrown in the trash, and Trudeau nominates an anti-pipeline candidate. Also, former Liberal minister John McCallum invites Chinese interference in our elections.

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Duration: 44:36
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Trudeau visits Alberta pipeline site, says national unity is not under threat
• Victoria’s plastic bag ban quashed by B.C. court
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• Trudeau says anti-pipeline candidate helps him hear ‘range of views’ — an absurd argument
• Beijing should avoid ‘punishing’ Canada over Huawei case, cautions Ottawa’s ex-ambassador to China
• Word of the Week: Interference

Trudeau scraps merit based appointments in favour of his friends, a viral Facebook post about commercialized First Nations art is false, and the Alberta government is combating foreign influences. Also, the CBC tries to normalize drag queens to children.

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Duration: 37:51
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Dominic LeBlanc’s family, friends, neighbour win 5 of 6 recent judicial appointments
• Royal BC Museum launches audit after Indigenous art complaint
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• Standing up to foreign influences
• Why does the CBC keep pushing Drag Kids?
• Word of the Week: Abuse

Political ads are banned on social media, the CBC tries to discredit The Post Millennial, and tax audits in the BC housing market uncover criminal elements. Also, China bans meat imports from Canada and journalists don’t connect the dots with Huawei.

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Duration: 44:21
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• 2015 redux: Scheer’s Conservatives are sticking with the Harper policy book
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• The Fight Against The CBC and Press Progress
• Potential cases of tax evasion in B.C. real estate rising
• China to stop all imports of ‘meat products’ from Canada starting Wednesday
• Word of the Week: Weak

While declaring a climate emergency, Trudeau reapproves Trans Mountain, at the same time as enforcing legislation attacking Alberta’s energy sector. Also Andrew Scheer unveils his climate plan, and Parliament finishes for the summer.

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Duration: 51:44
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• Trudeau cabinet approves Trans Mountain expansion project
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• Kenney says bills C-48, C-69 ‘prejudicial attack on Alberta’; bring referendum on equalization closer
• Scheer’s climate plan puts focus on ‘tech not taxes’ with $2.5B in pledges
• House of Commons session recap + total bills passed by Trudeau since 2015 vs. Harper
• Word of the Week: Emergency

Elections Canada hires social media influencers to sway voters, the Alberta NDP want Pride to exclude not include, and BC NDP taxes are killing the forestry industry. Also, Trudeau bases his plastics ban on data from an American grade school project.

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Duration: 46:35
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• Is Elections Canada biased toward the Liberals?
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• NDP’s intolerant approach a blow to free speech, Pride celebration
• Closures, cuts at B.C. pulp and sawmills add to forestry job losses
• Ottawa announces plans to ban single-use plastics starting in 2021 at the earliest
• Word of the Week: Muzzling

The Alberta government is offering tax breaks for municipalities, a Victoria councillor wants to bill the military for Remembrance Day, and we look at the progress of Trudeau’s tanker ban. Also, the MMIWG Inquiry says Canada has engaged in genocide.

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Duration: 54:24
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• Alberta cities, towns will be able to offer tax breaks to businesses under Bill 7
• Victoria councillor suggests billing military for events like Remembrance Day
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• Liberal’s environmental assessment bill, C-69, passes Senate with 180 amendments and now returns to Commons
• The g-word’: Why it matters whether we call Canada’s actions toward Indigenous people a genocide
• Word of the Week: Genocide