Western Context

A Nanaimo mill is the sole producer of pulp for critical supplies, TC Energy and the Alberta government help to finish Keystone XL, and federal MPs give themselves a pay raise. Finally, a discussion about where exactly in Wuhan this crisis emerged from.

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Duration: 44:57
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Nanaimo mill working full-speed to make pulp for medical masks, gowns
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• TC Energy enlists Alberta to help finish US$8 billion Keystone XL project
• Trudeau, Scheer, Singh among MPs to donate pay hike to charities during COVID-19 crisis
• Coronavirus Expert Says Virus Could Have Leaked From Wuhan Lab
• Word of the Week: Production

The Green Party wins a federal by-election, the Alberta media tries to drive a wedge on abortion, and we find out that money laundering is way worse than we thought. Also, the Mark Norman case reaches an end with implications for the Trudeau government.

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Duration: 44:40
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Green Party wins federal byelection in Nanaimo-Ladysmith
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• UCP MLA-elect attends anti-abortion rally to ‘support my friends’
• $5 billion laundered through B.C. real estate, inflating home prices: report
• Federal government expected to withdraw breach of trust charge against Mark Norman
• Word of the Week: Green politics

Albertans feel the economy is worse than it is, a poll on the Nanaimo by-election is wrong by 22%, and the federal government overpaid for the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Also, we talk about the evolution of fake news on social media.

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Duration: 45:56
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Calgarians think economy is worse than it really is: study
• BC Liberals have 13-point lead ahead Nanaimo byelection: Mainstreet Research poll
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• Ottawa may have overpaid for Trans Mountain by up to $1B, parliamentary budget officer says
• Fury over Google listing Khadr as a ‘Canadian soldier’
• Word of the Week: Psychology

A BC Liberal candidate is subject to a witch-hunt ahead of a crucial by-election, bullying concerns stop a consultation for a proposed park in Alberta, and a First Nation blockades a natural gas pipeline. Also, the media tries to tell us right from wrong.

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Duration: 47:23
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• B.C. byelection candidate called out for once wearing a Trump hat
• After vague allegations of bullying, province cancels Bighorn meetings
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• The Wet’suwet’en and B.C.’s gas-pipeline battle: A guide to the story so far
• Trudeau responds to fears about immigration, refugees
• Word of the Week: Belief

Maxime Bernier quits the Conservative Party before its convention, Alberta’s sole NDP MP doesn’t consider Trans Mountain to be an issue, Trudeau’s cabinet retreats to wildfire threatened Nanaimo, and Trudeau gets heckled and responds by crying racism.

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Duration: 51:02
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• MP Maxime Bernier quits ‘morally corrupt’ Conservatives, plans to start new party
• Alberta’s only NDP MP says Trans Mountain pipeline ‘not the priority issue’ with her voters
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• Trudeau’s cabinet kicks off 2-day retreat focused on trade, wildfire response
• Trudeau unapologetic after telling heckler, ‘Your racism has no place here’
• Word of the Week: Secession