Western Context

Bernier’s new party is formed, a Syrian refugee is arrested for a Burnaby teenager’s murder, Jason Kenney strives for merit-based appointments, and the media has a narrative on all these stories. Also, we look at the history of the notwithstanding clause.

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Duration: 1:00:45
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Maxime Bernier forms the People’s Party of Canada’
• Man charged with the murder of Marissa Shen
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• All the Tory Ladies: Inside Kenney’s ‘obsessive’ drive to recruit female candidates for Alberta’s UCP
• Premier Doug Ford to use notwithstanding clause to cut size of Toronto city council
• Word of the Week: Permanent Resident

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

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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