Western Context

Canada’s new disability benefit gets massively underfunded, Alberta will be getting municipal political parties, and a carjacker in Victoria gets caught and released several times. Also, Poilievre visits an anti-carbon tax protest.

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“People believed his lies. Everything he said was bullshit, from top to bottom.” – Pierre Poilievre on Justin Trudeau’s administration 9 years later.

Duration: 50:06
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Heart breaks’: Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty
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• Alberta introduces legislation to allow municipal political parties in Calgary, Edmonton
• Citizens stop alleged Victoria carjacker 2 days in a row
• Poilievre visits convoy camp, claims Trudeau is lying about ‘everything’
• Word of the Week: Theft

Alberta moves to allow municipal political parties, the auditor general fires government employees getting money on the side, and Canada pauses non-lethal exports to Israel. Also, Toronto Police give bad advice to deter car thieves.

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“We might as well leave cookies and milk at the front door along with a note. ‘Dear Mr. Criminal, the keys are in the mailbox, don’t kick my door in.’” – Ontario Premier Doug Ford on the Toronto Police’s advice to keep car keys by the front door to prevent injury during home invasions.

Duration: 56:22
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Alberta to introduce legislation allowing political parties on municipal ballots
• Support us on Patreon
• Auditor general’s office discovers three of its own employees earning side money off undisclosed government contracts
• Trudeau government has paused non-lethal military exports to Israel over human rights concerns
• Toronto Police: Just Let the Thieves Steal Your Car
• Word of the Week: Faraday