Western Context

The media ignores internal Liberal infighting, Carney approves more major projects, and the Alberta NDP turns to Americans for public relations. Also, a DND directive that would see public service members trained by the military quietly gets scrapped.

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“The gut instinct, still, of most senior CAF leaders is to blame everyone but themselves, usually to scapegoat the media, for military-related coverage they do not like, for whatever reason, even if embarrassment is well and truly deserved. It’s a curious feature of, and sad commentary about, a seriously dated institutional mindset toward the public communications function.” – Retired Colonel Brett Boudreau on the public servant mobilization plan being leaked by the media.

Duration: 1:10:14
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Carney’s Liberals have their own internal drama happening
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• Carney refers one strategy, six initiatives to Major Projects Office
• Nenshi’s NDP relaunch gets big outside help: NYC mayor’s ad agency and Ottawa Liberals
• Canadian military will rely on an army of public servants to boost its ranks by 300,000
• Word of the Week: Project

The BC NDP flip flop on the carbon tax, Alberta doesn’t want any more asylum seekers, and the DND spends almost $40m on sleeping bags that don’t work. Also, a new feminist report on space exploration raises eyebrows.

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“I wonder if they should have just gone to Canadian Tire. You need to test to make sure that the new kit works, because it does not always work. We’re getting such difficulties and challenges from a no-brainer, such as sleeping bags. And when you start thinking about the over-the-horizon radars, the F-35 and its parts, and presumably the submarines, at one point — I mean, it just does not fill one with too much confidence.” – Ron Huebert, a defence expert on Arctic matters, on the sleeping bag boondoggle.

Duration: 55:51
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• B.C. to scrap consumer carbon tax if federal government drops legal requirement
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• Smith says Alberta opposes feds’ asylum claimants relocation plan, ‘cannot afford it’
• Canadian Army says new military sleeping bags not suitable for ‘typical Canadian winter’
• DND paid $32K for ‘intersectional feminist’ report on space exploration
• Word of the Week: Invisibilize

Canada faces pressure at the NATO summit to up defence spending, Alberta faces an electricity shortage, and BC’s economy starts to stagnate. Also KFC Canada begins to sell halal chicken.

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“We are buying big things. We are building big things, and we are protecting the longest coastline in the world, including with increased responsibilities for the Arctic.” – Justin Trudeau on his government’s efforts to protect our sovereignty.

Duration: 55:39
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Canada faces pressure at Nato summit for riding on ‘coattails’
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• Alberta Electric System Operator declares grid alert
• Trans Mountain Pipeline Outperforming the Entire B.C. Economy Should be a Wakeup Call
• What is halal chicken? KFC’s switch to ‘diverse menu options’ sparks boycott calls
• Word of the Week: Coattails

Canada could send tanks to Ukraine, but are they operational? We detail the problems with Canada’s catch and release criminal justice system, and phantom emails from the UCP create controversy. Also, yet another Liberal minister has ethics problems.

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“I would say that catch and release works well when you’re fishing. It doesn’t work so well when you’re dealing with serious offenders.” – Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe on the differences between fish and criminals.

Duration: 53:40
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Is Canada not sending its tanks to Ukraine because they’re broken?
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• How B.C.’s ‘catch and release’ system is failing victims of random assaults and repeat offenders
• Smith responds to allegations staff member emailed Alberta Crown Prosecution Service over Coutts blockade
• Hussen’s office gave $93k in PR work to senior staffer’s sister’s foodie firm
• Word of the Week: Foodie

Danielle Smith takes a trip to the recent past, Canada finally replaces the army’s WW2-era sidearms, and Saskatchewan asserts its economic autonomy. Also, MPs visit Taiwan while China continues to infiltrate Canadian society.

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“Russia and China are not just looking at regime survival but regime expansion. They consider themselves to be at war with the West. They strive to destroy the social cohesion of liberal democracies and the credibility of our own institutions to ensure our model of government is seen as a failure.” – Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Wayne Eyre on the dangers of 21st century geopolitics.

Duration: 59:52
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Pandemic politics ended Jason Kenney’s leadership. Will it also take out Danielle Smith?
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• Canada inks deal to replace army’s Second World War-era sidearms
• Federal Policies Could Cost Saskatchewan $111 Billion By 2035
• Delegation of Canadian MPs visits Taiwan in move that incenses China
• Word of the Week: Friendship

The Liberals keep the status quo in the Senate, 93% of BC MLAs are homeowners, and US abortion issues get imported into Canada. Also, Canadian military surveillance gets overshadowed by Trudeau’s alleged f-bomb.

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“[I] believe their precise circular tracks over Ottawa suggest a form of electronic surveillance, not simply digital electro-optical imagery or video. These patterns look very much like other tracks seen over foreign conflict zones while ISR missions were believed to be under way.” – Ottawa researcher Steffan Watkins on the purported military training exercises over Ottawa during the Freedom Convoy protests.

Duration: 1:03:12
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Liberals bury Senate rule changes, pay raises for some caucus leaders, in budget bill
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• 95% of B.C. MLAs own a home, nearly half have a second property
• No changes planned to abortion access in Alberta, government leaders say
• Surveillance aircraft over Ottawa during ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest operated by Canadian special forces, DND confirms
• Word of the Week: Abort

Dr. Hinshaw apologizes for the misreporting of covid deaths, a new OECD agreement puts Trudeau’s big tech tax on hold, and many still trapped in Afghanistan wait for Canadian help. Also, Horgan’s delay of the Massey Tunnel replacement could cost BC.

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“We always said the bridge was a perfect answer and the bridge would be opening literally a year from now if we’d kept the bridge project going. The public in British Columbia need to know where we are going with this, we need to know what the figures are and what taxpayers are going to be paying for this.” – South Delta BC Liberal MLA Ian Paton, one of the main architects of the bridge replacement project for the Massey Tunnel

Duration: 52:14
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Hinshaw apologizes to Alta. family upset death of boy with inoperable brain tumour reported ‘another COVID case’
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• Canada agrees to delay its own Big Tech tax after OECD sets global 15% rate
• At an Islamabad hotel, Afghans who worked for Canada’s military await a new life
• BC NDP hide the numbers needed to judge tunnel versus bridge
• Word of the Week: Bridge

The Alberta independence debate flares up again, the City of Victoria twice approves divisive messaging in a BLM mural, and illegal migrants are still crossing at Roxham Road. Also, the Canadian military wants to use propaganda on Canadian citizens.

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Duration: 54:50
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• UCP vote to kill debate on independence
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• Victoria artists remove ACAB from mural, add new message
• ROXHAM ROAD: Refugees STILL WELCOME at illegal Canada/U.S. border crossing
• Canadian military wants to establish new organization to use propaganda, other techniques to influence Canadians
• Word of the Week: Propaganda

New Brunswick’s election holds lessons for BC, Alberta outlines new investment strategies, and multiple cabinet ministers are found to be ethically bankrupt. Also, a secret military operation to censor pandemic information comes to light.

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Duration: 49:42
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Judy Darcy is the 6th B.C. cabinet minister to announce she won’t run for re-election
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• Alberta outlines government-wide strategy for attracting new investment to province
• Freeland, Bains and seven other federal officials barred from official dealings with ex-envoy
• Trudeau gov’t planned to use military to monitor tweets critical of pandemic response
• Word of the Week: Political Censorship

The Liberals quietly cut military health spending, non Canadian citizens end up on the voting list, and a visible cell phone induces distracted driving tickets from police. Also, the CBC sue the Conservatives over copyright, inviting partisan criticisms.

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Duration: 1:02:23
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Federal government cuts reimbursements for military health care, hospitals on the hook for millions
• Many people who are not Canadian citizens are on voter list
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• Cup holder strikes again: 2nd B.C. driver slapped with distracted driving ticket
• CBC Sues the Conservative Party of Canada for Copyright Infringement Citing Campaign Video, Posting Debate Excerpts on Twitter
• Word of the Week: Honour system