Western Context

The Liberals keep the status quo in the Senate, 93% of BC MLAs are homeowners, and US abortion issues get imported into Canada. Also, Canadian military surveillance gets overshadowed by Trudeau’s alleged f-bomb.

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“[I] believe their precise circular tracks over Ottawa suggest a form of electronic surveillance, not simply digital electro-optical imagery or video. These patterns look very much like other tracks seen over foreign conflict zones while ISR missions were believed to be under way.” – Ottawa researcher Steffan Watkins on the purported military training exercises over Ottawa during the Freedom Convoy protests.

Duration: 1:03:12
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Liberals bury Senate rule changes, pay raises for some caucus leaders, in budget bill
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• 95% of B.C. MLAs own a home, nearly half have a second property
• No changes planned to abortion access in Alberta, government leaders say
• Surveillance aircraft over Ottawa during ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest operated by Canadian special forces, DND confirms
• Word of the Week: Abort

The Green Party wins a federal by-election, the Alberta media tries to drive a wedge on abortion, and we find out that money laundering is way worse than we thought. Also, the Mark Norman case reaches an end with implications for the Trudeau government.

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Duration: 44:40
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Green Party wins federal byelection in Nanaimo-Ladysmith
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• UCP MLA-elect attends anti-abortion rally to ‘support my friends’
• $5 billion laundered through B.C. real estate, inflating home prices: report
• Federal government expected to withdraw breach of trust charge against Mark Norman
• Word of the Week: Green politics

We review the media’s shift of the Humboldt crash to gender and race politics, and the Alberta government’s ploy to gain political points on social issues. Also, Trans Mountain spending is halted, and how the pipeline debacle affects Canadian rule of law.

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Duration: 51:05
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Social justice warrior misses the boat on Humboldt
• Jason Kenney will abstain from abortion clinic buffer zone vote
• Kinder Morgan Canada Limited Suspends Non-Essential Spending on Trans Mountain Expansion Project
• John Robson: Do we have rule of law in this country? Do we have a functional government
• Word of the Week: injunction

The Alberta Party discusses a potential PST, the BC strong stable minority is in doubt over LNG, hypocrisy over the abortion clause in the fed government’s summer jobs program, and a critical look at the allegations leading to 3 politicians resigning.

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Duration: 51:17
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Alberta Party Leadership Debate January 24
• Green brinkmanship raises doubts
• Liberal MP says abortion clause in summer jobs program ‘not right’
• #MeToo hits Canadian Politics, as Kent Hehr, Patrick Brown, and Jamie Baillie all resign
• Word of the Week: Allegation