Western Context

A special Right Side episode! We profile the 4 federal NDP leadership candidates and policies that could majorly impact the Canadian economy. Also, a quick rundown of major headlines, including housing allowances, Trans Mountain, and Brad Wall retiring.

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Duration: 53:52
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Finance critic Derek Fildebrandt rents downtown digs on Airbnb while claiming housing allowance
• Trans Mountain Pipeline is not in B.C.’s best interest says BC NDP government
• Premier Brad Wall resigns as leader of Saskatchewan Party
• NDP Leadership race membership deadline: August 17, 2017
• First ballot on September 18th. With a new ballot each week until October 29th if necessary
• Charlie Angus
• Jagmeet Singh
• Guy Caron
• Niki Ashton
• Word of the Week: Justice

Unity prevails as the Wildrose and PC parties vote to unite, new BC NDP Premier John Horgan unveils his “experienced” cabinet, a billion from Canadian mining firms is lost in the Congo, and experts argue for repatriating former Canadian Evil Losers fighters.

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Duration: 40:12
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Alberta Conservative Parties Choose Unity
• John Horgan’s cabinet sends message that experience matters
>Money from Canadian mining firms vanishes in Congo, report finds
• Ottawa may have no choice but to repatriate, prosecute captured Canadian Evil Losers members: experts
• Word of the Week: Experience

The BC NDP comes to power, a movement for centrists in Alberta, Trudeau makes controversial statements about immigrants and Canada Day, and the federal government still has no plan to balance the budget.

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Duration: 38:48
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• NDP asked to form next B.C. government after Liberal defeat
• Political centrists choose to rally around Alberta Party
• Justin Trudeau ‘jealous’ of immigrants and families who chose Canada
• Trudeau claims his government has met fiscal targets and Conservatives partly to blame for deficit
• Word of the Week: confidence

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

Uncertainty rules the fortnight in BC, photo radar comes into question in Alberta, and the federal government spends and spends while moving at a slow pace. But no worry, there’s always your Trudeau cutout or government funded Snapchat filter!

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Duration: 36:38
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Uncertainty rules the day after BC Election 2017
• Photo radar under review by Alberta government
• Trudeau government close to breaking all-time record for per-capita federal spending
• Trudeau Liberals have only passed 17 government bills since coming into power
• Federal government spent $14K on Snapchat filters last year
• Word of the Week: Frivolous

Picture of the Week

A story of narrative with the overblown #IamLinda conversation versus the dishonesty of Canada’s Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. The BC chapter of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation has a look at the party platforms. And we have a talk about consequences.

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Duration: 36:07
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• The manufactured outrage of #IamLinda
• Bateman: BC Liberal fiscal plan “head and shoulders above the rest”
• Trudeau government vows to shut down debate in effort to pass legislative agenda
• Conservatives blast Sajjan for linking Syrian conflict to climate change
• Word of the Week: consequence

The BC NDP is promising to spend without first raising revenue. A Calgary public school confiscates banana bread? Disappointment regarding the Northern Gateway pipeline. And the refugee situation on our southern border has changed and not for the better!

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Duration: 37:45
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Horgan set to miraculously spend big — and balance the books
• Education minister weighs in after boy banished from CBE class over banana bread
• ‘We are very disappointed’: Loss of Northern Gateway devastating for many First Nations, chiefs say
• Border services officer assaulted by asylum seeker detained for criminal past: Nearly half of recent illegal border crossers have criminal records, CBSA union says
• Word of the Week: Border

A report on the impact of the Alberta carbon tax. Meanwhile, possible privacy violations by the BC NDP. The usual actors are talking about splitting the Conservative Party. And, will Trudeau’s meddling with the National Energy Board alienate the west?

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Duration: 33:42
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Rachel Notley’s green tax attacks the weak
• Privacy complaint by Liberals alleges NDP shares supporter lists without consent
• Is it time for a Conservative Party split?
• Why Trudeau’s promised NEB revamp is yet another pain-for-no-gain exercise
• Word of the Week: Energy

Context regarding Jason Kenney and GSA’s in Alberta. Big money hits BC politics and the BC Conservatives face NDP infiltrators. Plus, how high of a carbon tax would be necessary to reach environmental targets?

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Duration: 36:43
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Jason Kenney slammed for comments about gay-straight alliances
• Socialist takeover continues: NDP ties of two BC Conservative candidates raises questions
• On ‘big money’ politics, John Horgan’s not so subtle himself
• Secret briefing says up to $300-per-tonne federal carbon tax by 2050 required to meet climate targets
• Word of the Week: Quorum

The Alberta NDP government throne speech goes to bat for pipelines, the Ironworkers union in BC supports the Liberals and attacks the NDP over a lack of jobs plan, and a look back at the refugee issue on our southern border.

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Duration: 33:10
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• NDP throne speech promises to go to bat for pipelines
• Ironworkers endorse B.C. Liberals, attack NDP for lack of jobs plan
• Cyberspy service eyes political blackmail as part of democratic risk assessment
• B.C. refugee centre reports sharp jump in asylum seekers
• Word of the Week: Refugee