Western Context

We celebrate Canada Day when the media doesn’t, BC Premier John Horgan is retiring, and Alberta posts a $3.9B surplus. Also, a new online tax in BC could make businesses uncompetitive.

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“Thank you to the ever-capable Premier John Horgan for everything you have done for British Columbia and Canada. We may have our differences, but I’ve always enjoyed and appreciated working with you to help make a difference in our provinces. I am proud to call you a friend.” – Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on Horgan’s impending retirement.

Duration: 46:49
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• A different Canada Day, under an ambiguous flag
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• B.C. Premier Horgan announces he will step down
• Booming oil and gas revenues lands Alberta with $3.9-billion surplus
• New B.C. sales tax rules go into effect July 1 for online marketplaces like Amazon, eBay
• Word of the Week: Siloed

The media issues a trigger warning for the Canadian flag, Edmonton City Council wants to defund the police, and Horgan raises a panic in BC over the Alaska border exemption. Also, a Canadian renounces her Canadian citizenship under torture in China.

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Duration: 43:13
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Canadian newspaper issues trigger warning over printing Canadian flag for Canada Day
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• Edmonton police face $11M budget cut amid calls to defund police
• Go straight home’: B.C. premier concerned Americans abusing border exemption
• Canadian sentenced to eight years in jail by China, renounces citizenship
• Word of the Week: Patriotism

Ignorance causing forest fires in BC, the Alberta government doesn’t seem concerned about another credit rating downgrade, Trudeau forgets to mention Alberta on July 1st and the CBC sweeps it under the rug, and Trudeau pays $10.5M to Omar Khadr.

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Duration: 43:03
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Preventable fires caused due to ‘complacency and ignorance,’ officials say
• Alberta credit rating maintained but DBRS concerned about growing debt
• Trudeau forgets Alberta on Canada Day
• Government formally apologizes to Omar Khadr, as Andrew Scheer condemns ‘disgusting’ payout
• Word of the Week: Ignorance

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