Western Context

The Alberta auditor general’s report is missed by the media, BC’s tax and spend budget is praised while ignoring the economy, and faulty logic argues against political party unity. Meanwhile, Trudeau’s India trip is plagued with numerous problems.

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Duration: 49:16
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• More oversight a general theme of Auditor General report on government
• BC NDP ignores elites and tables budget for those who need help
• Divide and conquer? In Canadian politics, it seems maybe not
• Convicted attempted murderer invited to reception with Trudeau in India
• Word of the Week: conservative

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

Is Kenney’s balanced budget feasible? The NDP calls it “mean spirited”! A BC Liberal “betrays” his party to become speaker, the federal government want to change taxes impacting small businesses, and McKenna virtue signalling in the NAFTA negotiations.

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Duration: 37:36
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Jason Kenney proposes drastic cut to Alberta’s per capita spending, balanced budget in 3 years
• BC Liberal goes against party wishes, acclaimed as Speaker of the House
• Jack Mintz: Mere ‘tweaks’ won’t fix the Liberals’ draconian tax-reform plan
• Catherine McKenna says she is ‘done’ with ‘ridiculous’ Tory language on environment
• Word of the Week: Virtue signalling

A look at Canada’s 2017 Federal Budget and its allocation of funds. M103 has been passed but to what end? Premier Notley says a PST in Alberta needs a mandate. Meanwhile, the media misdirects on Snapchat and cardboard cutouts of the Prime Minister.

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Duration: 35:12
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Federal Budget 2017
• MPs pass M-103 Thursday even as new poll says most Canadians would vote down anti-Islamophobia motion
• Premier Notley says no PST in Alberta without mandate from voters
• No more Snapchats with Trudeau’s stand-in: Global Affairs bans use of life-size cardboard cut-outs of PM
• Word of the Week: Achievement

A firing line segment you do not want to miss regarding Chinese influence in Canada’s healthcare sector. Economic news from BC and Alberta and just who is immigrating to Canada?

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Duration: 33:10

• Canada received 8,000 millionaire migrants in 2016: study
• $50-billion B.C. budget trims medical premiums, boosts education
• Alberta inflation rate spikes as carbon tax helps drive up gas prices, Statistics Canada says
• Ottawa approves sale of B.C. retirement-home chain to Chinese group with murky ownership
• Word of the Week: Inflation

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