Western Context

While declaring a climate emergency, Trudeau reapproves Trans Mountain, at the same time as enforcing legislation attacking Alberta’s energy sector. Also Andrew Scheer unveils his climate plan, and Parliament finishes for the summer.

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Duration: 51:44
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Trudeau cabinet approves Trans Mountain expansion project
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• Kenney says bills C-48, C-69 ‘prejudicial attack on Alberta’; bring referendum on equalization closer
• Scheer’s climate plan puts focus on ‘tech not taxes’ with $2.5B in pledges
• House of Commons session recap + total bills passed by Trudeau since 2015 vs. Harper
• Word of the Week: Emergency

The Alberta government is offering tax breaks for municipalities, a Victoria councillor wants to bill the military for Remembrance Day, and we look at the progress of Trudeau’s tanker ban. Also, the MMIWG Inquiry says Canada has engaged in genocide.

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Duration: 54:24
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• Alberta cities, towns will be able to offer tax breaks to businesses under Bill 7
• Victoria councillor suggests billing military for events like Remembrance Day
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• Liberal’s environmental assessment bill, C-69, passes Senate with 180 amendments and now returns to Commons
• The g-word’: Why it matters whether we call Canada’s actions toward Indigenous people a genocide
• Word of the Week: Genocide

A First Nations group rejects Trudeau’s tanker ban, Victoria councillors want to curtail Christmas decorations for diversity, and Alberta jobs get hit by a wild StatsCan margin of error. Also, we detail the censorship scandal of Baby It’s Cold Outside.

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Duration: 46:44
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• First Nations coalition calls for rejection of Trudeau tanker ban, plans to file UN complaint
• Victoria councillors look to reduce Christmas decorations, broaden diversity
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• The federal fantasy of 23,700 new Alberta jobs
• After #MeToo, a culture war crescendos over ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’
• Word of the Week: progressive