Western Context

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

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
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• 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
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• 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
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• 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

Google is banning political ads ahead of the fall election, John Horgan wants us to stop whining about softwood lumber, and an anti-energy advocate is now a part of Alberta’s energy regulator. Also, Trudeau’s cabinet experiences another resignation.

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Duration: 50:46
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Google to ban political ads ahead of federal election, citing new transparency rules
• Premier Horgan Tells MLA Tegart to “Stop Whining” about Lumber Dispute
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• NDP government appoints an ‘enemy’ to the Alberta Energy Regulator
• Jane Philpott resigns from Trudeau cabinet, cites SNC-Lavalin scandal as a factor
• Word of the Week: Transparency