Western Context

The BC election sees a majority for Horgan and disaster for Wilkinson, an Alberta health strike gets miscovered, and Trudeau gets scrutinized on his pandemic response. Also, expensive waffles, ice and newspapers are a few of the items Trudeau splurged on.

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Duration: 54:57
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• The Autopsy of Dr. Andrew Wilkinson’s Leadership of the BC Liberals
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• Health-care workers walk off the job in wildcat strikes across Alberta
• Trudeau loses motion — a reminder he leads a minority government
• $285 waffles, $412 hot towels, $23,000 catering on Trudeau’s luxurious private jet
• Word of the Week: Alienation

Doctors don’t advocate lockdowns yet some provinces do, the media turns the BC election debate into a race debate, and the Trudeau Liberals continue to censor the WE scandal. Also, a BC murder mystery and secret Chinese boot camps raises questions.

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Duration: 56:04
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• The Great Barrington Declaration
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• Beyond ‘I Don’t See Colour.’ The Value of What John Horgan Is Learning
• Libs filibuster two House committees despite opposition’s efforts to reopen WE Charity probe
• How a military-style boot camp on Salt Spring is related to a Surrey murder mystery
• Word of the Week: Intrusion

Big changes for ICBC go unreported, the Alberta Federation of Labour lists pro-UCP businesses to boycott (or support), and Seamus O’Regan’s careless words cost taxpayers over $200k. Also, the Liberals and NDP have entered into an informal leftist coalition.

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Duration: 46:49
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• B.C. Liberal government would end ICBC monopoly, Wilkinson says
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• AFL launches website for Albertans who want to boycott the businesses who bankroll the UCP
• Government spent more than $213K defending Seamus O’Regan in small claims court
• Liberals, NDP vote to shut down Conservatives’ renewed push to examine WE affair
• Word of the Week: Coalition

Trudeau survives a confidence vote amid billions in further spending, the federal government delays yet another pipeline, and BC’s premier gives faulty advice on mail in voting. Also, we profile anti-Semitism in the Green Party of Canada.

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Duration: 47:06
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Liberals survive confidence vote as all parties back new support package for workers
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• Natural gas producers frustrated by Ottawa’s delay to TC Energy’s biggest pipeline expansion
• B.C. election: Hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots don’t have names, parties listed
• On eve of leadership choice, Canada’s Greens confront anti-Semitism in their ranks
• Word of the Week: Anti-Semitism

Trudeau’s fairytale throne speech promises to spend billions, British Columbians will vote on Oct 24th, and Alberta’s media focuses on a load of cow dung. Also, Ford will build EV’s in Ontario while Trudeau’s massive subsidies could blow up in his face.

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Duration: 53:36
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Trudeau’s Throne Speech reads like a fairy tale. Can he make it reality?
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• British Columbians heading to the polls on Oct. 24 in fall election
• Premier criticized for comments on intersectionality and India
• Ford deal to build electric cars in Oakville comes amid $500M government cash to upgrade plant
• Word of the Week: Competitive