Western Context

The BC electoral reform debate shows that Horgan wants people to be woke and lit, an Edmonton councillor recommends halting LRT plans, the federal government wastes millions on cars for the G7 summit, and we exercise caution on the validity of polls.

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Duration: 54:57
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Are you ‘woke’ enough to make sense of John Horgan’s ‘lit’ quip?
• Edmonton Coun. Tim Cartmell calls for halt on west LRT amid funding concerns
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• Federal government spent $23M on 631 new cars for G7 summit. Now, it’s trying to sell most of them off
• Explainer: Polls
• Word of the Week: Regression

Marijuana health concerns cause the Senate to delay legislation, Edmonton transit budgets soar while ridership stays flat, the new BC NDP employer health tax will raise property taxes, and the CBSA is muzzled as more illegal migrants cross the border.

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Duration: 47:39
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Senators recommend delaying cannabis bill for a year to address Indigenous issues
• Survey finds Edmontonians’ transportation habits are not changing
• Soaring health costs for B.C. cities when employer health tax replaces premiums: UBCM survey
• Official says CBSA being ‘muzzled’ by Trudeau government
• Word of the Week: Context

Alberta could shut off oil to BC resulting in a market shock, Edmonton’s LRT project cost jumps by $440M, StatsCan reports 15k more jobs while ignoring 39k full time job losses, and Jagmeet Singh walks a fine line on political violence.

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Duration: 42:52
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• How Alberta could sow gas price Armageddon in Vancouver
• Projected cost of Edmonton’s Valley Line West LRT jumps by $440M
• We lost 39,000 full-time jobs, not that Stats Canada will tell you that
• Jagmeet Singh attended 2016 seminar with Sikh youth leader who advocated political violence
• Word of the Week: Talking points

Planners seem deaf to the hurdles of Edmonton LRT expansion, Trudeau’s advisor defends his friend’s cushy diplomat appointment, the government focuses on climate change not natural resources with NAFTA, and a teacher’s union is trying to revise history.

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Duration: 48:48
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Edmonton city councillors ignorant of LRT planning
• Gerald Butts defends new consul-general Rana Sarkar’s salary
• Climate change still a priority in NAFTA talks: environment minister
• Ontario teachers’ union wants John A. Macdonald elementary schools renamed
• Word of the Week: Revisionism