Western Context

An economic report compares the energy industries of Alberta and Texas, the BC speaker’s chief of staff goes on an unnecessary summer adventure, and the ethics commissioner finds that an unapologetic Trudeau broke the ethics laws during the SNC scandal.

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Duration: 51:30
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Lessons from the Lone Star State: Comparing the Economic Performance of Alberta and Texas
• B.C. speaker defends $13,000 road trip derided as ‘excellent summer adventure’
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• SNC Report + Trudeau Response
• SNC Media + Reactions
• Word of the Week: Public Interest

We look into the questionable pasts of Alberta NDP candidates, BC gas prices jump to record amounts after a carbon tax increase, and the Trudeau government aggressively pursued the Khadr payout leak. Also, Philpott and JWR are booted from the Liberals.

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Duration: 44:58
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Air and ground war gives UCP the squeeze
• B.C. premier to consider ‘relief’ from record-high gas prices
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• Federal government hunted for person who leaked Omar Khadr’s $10.5M settlement payment: internal report
• Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott kicked out of Liberal Party caucus
• Word of the Week: Leak

The BC media focuses on the legislature dress code, Toronto councillor Mike Layton disparages Alberta energy, and a recording on SNC shows Trudeau’s corruption. Also, Trudeau thanks a First Nation under mercury poisoning for its donation to the Liberals.

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Duration: 50:13
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Kenney rips Toronto councillor’s attack on oilpatch
• The right to bare arms: Women in B.C. legislature fight for changes to ‘outdated’ dress code
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• Relations between Trudeau, Wilson-Raybould began to fray over her Supreme Court pick: Sources
• ‘Thank you for your donation’: Trudeau to protester over First Nation mercury poisoning at fundraiser
• Word of the Week: Reserve

The costs for aging CF18s continues to climb, a damning fiscal update in Alberta ahead of an election, and an out of context clip of Andrew Wilkinson on renters in BC. Also, testimony on the SNC scandal causes calls for Trudeau to resign.

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Duration: 52:12
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Budget officer says used Australian fighter jets will cost Canada over $1 billion — far more than DND claimed
• No budget before spring election, government hints in Q3 fiscal update
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• A ‘wacky time of life’: Wilkinson rejects opportunity to take back his words on renters
• Wilson-Raybould testifies at justice committee probing SNC-Lavalin affair
• Word of the Week: testimony

A BC NDP MP mulls retirement to mediate a pipeline dispute, Rachel Notley loans $440M to an invisible company, and the feds spent $12.7M on renting cars for the G7 summit. Also, corruption in the Canadian justice system questions the rule of law.

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Duration: 48:25
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• NDP facing an election without a quarter of its caucus as Rankin ponders retirement
• Notley promised $440M to oilsands company that defaulted on $507M loan, has no plans for construction
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• Government spent $12.7 million on car rentals, on top of $23 million in new cars for the G7 summit
• PMO pressed Wilson-Raybould to abandon prosecution of SNC-Lavalin
• Word of the Week: Quid pro quo