Western Context

Canada signs the new NAFTA deal, a 5 month forestry strike leaves BC communities in limbo, and a Greenpeace video shown in an Alberta class sparks a social media firestorm. Also, Andrew Scheer’s resignation as leader prompts crazy theories from the media.

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Duration: 52:45
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Canada signs revised North American trade deal, clearing way for ratification
• Companies, contractors and communities caught in middle of forestry strike
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• Alberta school lesson on oil sands prompts threats from parents amid sensitivity over industry’s image + Energy War Room
• Exasperated Scheer leaves on his own terms
• Word of Week: Fog of war

The CBC notes that the new Minister of Environment is not a woman, Rachel Notley blames the UCP for her alcohol purchases, BC’s economic machine starts to slow down, and an effort by the media to smear Andrew Scheer is rebuffed by Conservative members.

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Duration: 50:36
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Will Jonathan Wilkinson’s gender give him an easier time in the environment ministry?
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• Notley accuses Tories of “corruption” in liquor purchase, before revelation it was made under her watch
• B.C. budget surplus projection continues to shrink
• I am staying on to fight the fight’ says Scheer amid more calls for resignation
• Word of the Week: Histrionics

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 fiscal policy is “not sustainable”, organized crime in casinos threatens BC’s economy and residents, $212,234 for a federal budget book cover by the federal government, and the wildly varying stories on Andrew Scheer and the focus on sex appeal.

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Duration: 43:46
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Alberta’s current fiscal policy ‘not sustainable’ in the long term: report
• Organized crime a ‘viable threat to public safety’ in B.C. casinos: gov’t report
• Budget Cover Cost $212,234
• Andrew who? In search of Scheer’s still-elusive Conservative identity
• Andrew Scheer’s sex appeal: How the Tory leader stands up against two world-renowned political hunks
• Word of the Week: Balance

Did the Trudeau government do its research on the Paris deal and a carbon tax? A so called “strong stable minority” in BC, Rachel Notley appeals to conservatives, and the media hit job on Andrew Scheer.

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Duration: 48:15
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Trump dumps climate and Trudeau says we’ll always have Paris
• BC Greens strike deal to force end of Liberal era, support NDP government
• Rachel Notley makes appeal to conservatives turned off by potential merger between Wildrose and PCs
• The Hit Job on Andrew Scheer
• Word of the Week: Smear

The long Conservative leadership race is finally over with a surprise victor: Andrew Scheer! Also, reforming the social studies curriculum in Alberta, continued uncertainty in BC, and foreign campaigning and financing in the 2015 federal election.

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Duration: 45:08
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Andrew Scheer wins Conservative Party of Canada Leadership race
• New Social Studies curriculum pushes social change, not history
• BC Liberals denied majority as final election count leaves government in danger
• Andrew Weaver sought a $30,000 big money donation from a member of a Vancouver development company
• New report alleges outside influence in Canada’s 2015 federal election
• Word of the Week: Unity

We’re 5 weeks away from the election of a new leader for the Conservative Party of Canada. We have a showcase of 5 candidates who we believe will finish in the top 5. Listen for our take on the candidates without bias and sensationalism.

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Duration: 37:48
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Kellie Leitch
• Erin O’Toole
• Kevin O’Leary
• Andrew Scheer
• Maxime Bernier