Western Context

The immigration ministry lets fraud go uninvestigated, the Pathways carbon capture project is being protested, and the BC NDP fail their own targets on approving mineral claims. Also, a tragic Air Canada crash gets pivoted to bilingualism by the Liberals.

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“We proudly live in a bilingual country, and companies like Air Canada particularly have a responsibility to always communicate in both official languages.” – Mark Carney on the Air Canada CEO’s inability to speak French.

Duration: 59:41
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Only a fraction of 153,000 flagged international students were investigated
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• Coalition of First Nations, rural landowners demands review of proposed Pathways carbon capture project
• B.C. NDP misses own target for processing mineral claims
• Air Canada CEO summoned to Ottawa over English-only condolence message after plane crash
• Word of the Week: Bilingualism

The Liberals introduce a hate speech bill that won’t pass, take the House Speaker to court over incriminating documents, and use taxpayer money to fund their re-election. Also, the death of Canadian bilingualism foreshadows the next election.

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Duration: 50:55
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

“The Speaker’s Office will defend the rights of the House. That is something I take very seriously. The legal system does not have any jurisdiction over the operations of the House. We are our own jurisdiction. That is something we will fight tooth and nail to protect and we will continue to do that.” – House Speaker Anthony Rota on being taken to court by the Government of Canada

• Liberals to introduce new hate speech bill, possibly bringing back controversial Section 13
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• Liberals take House Speaker to court to block release of unredacted records
• Liberal MPs’ budgets pay same firms that help run party’s digital campaigns
• Under Justin Trudeau, official bilingualism as we know it is over
• Word of the Week: Parliamentary Supremacy