Western Context

Trudeau’s 2024 budget features billions in new spending, Champagne tries to lure foreign grocers to Canada, and Alberta keeps its default electricity rate. Also, the federal government halts the deportation of a law-breaking climate activist.

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“Who pays? Who pays for this latest $50b orgy of spending by this costly Prime Minister? .. YOU will pay. You, the welder or waitress who can’t pay your mortgage because he’s inflated mortgage rates. You will pay because he carbon taxed your food and now you can’t feed your kids.” – Pierre Poilievre on 9 years of continued deficits.

Duration: 52:31
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Budget 2024 tries to sell youth a more affordable life with billions in spending
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• Canada Targets 12 Foreign Grocers to Lure to Food-Retailing Market
• Get ready for the Rate of Last Resort, as Alberta tweaks — but keeps — its default electricity rate
• Feds halt deportation of B.C.-based climate activist
• Word of the Week: Pander

A majority of Canada’s premiers align against Trudeau’s carbon tax, BC sees open drug use in hospitals, and Edmonton’s rolling blackouts show Alberta’s energy vulnerabilities. Also, MP Han Dong’s testimony shows the extent of Chinese foreign interference.

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“I was deeply troubled that I was exposed and the government doesn’t seem to care. And now I have learned they knew all about it. It is almost like I was drowning, and they were watching. In my view the buck stops with the Prime Minister. He let me down.” – Former Conservative MP Kenny Chiu on the foreign interference from China that caused him to lose his seat.

Duration: 55:49
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• N.L.’s Liberal premier calls for emergency meeting with PM as anti-carbon tax protests snarl highways
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• ‘Happening daily’: Vancouver Island nurses raise concerns about open drug use in hospitals
• Tight supply’: 20K in Edmonton hit with rolling blackouts after grid alert
• Canadian Lawmaker Testifies Chinese Students Were Bused In to Elect Him
• Word of the Week: Intelligence