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Carney’s ethics screen includes 103 companies, Premiers Ford and Smith show economic unity, and BC’s jobs numbers are not as rosy as presented by the media. Also, a CBC host’s resignation shows the organization’s struggle with bias.

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“We need to unleash the opportunities, no matter if it’s the great oil here in Alberta or the critical minerals of the energy that we have in Ontario, that’s what we need to do. The door is open. We need to go through that door and tell the world Canada is open for business.” – Ontario Premier Doug Ford on the importance of new energy infrastructure.

Duration: 59:39
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Carney to recuse himself from dealings with over 100 companies in sprawling government conflict screen
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• Alberta, Ontario premiers want ‘several’ oil pipelines built under Carney government
• B.C. losing workers as youth can’t find employment due to lack of private-sector jobs
• CBC host resigns, saying he could not continue at public broadcaster ‘with integrity’
• Word of the Week: Open

The Premiers meeting shows hope for the future, zoning bylaws divide Edmonton’s council, and David Eby rejects any notion of a second oil pipeline. Also, the Strong Borders Act may be more about internet privacy.

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“[Santa Carney]’s coming, and his sled was full of all sorts of stuff. Now, he’s taken off back to the North Pole. He’s going to sort it out, and then he’s going to call us.” – Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the premier’s meeting with Mark Carney.

Duration: 59:11
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Premiers heap praise on meeting with Carney, but no specific projects identified
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• ‘No respect for the people’: Edmonton zoning bylaw opponents give city council an earful
• BC communities disappointed as Eby rejects pipeline push from other premiers
• The Strong Borders Act
• Word of the Week: Nation-building

Trudeau survives a confidence vote amid billions in further spending, the federal government delays yet another pipeline, and BC’s premier gives faulty advice on mail in voting. Also, we profile anti-Semitism in the Green Party of Canada.

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Duration: 47:06
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Liberals survive confidence vote as all parties back new support package for workers
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• Natural gas producers frustrated by Ottawa’s delay to TC Energy’s biggest pipeline expansion
• B.C. election: Hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots don’t have names, parties listed
• On eve of leadership choice, Canada’s Greens confront anti-Semitism in their ranks
• Word of the Week: Anti-Semitism

Trudeau and the NDP collude to go on summer vacation from Parliament, it’s a great time to get the Alberta economy going again, and vandalizing cars in BC is against our Canadian principles. Also, the federal government should stop appeasing China.

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Duration: 52:59
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Liberals to Parliament: We’ll govern without you, thanks
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• Alberta government stands by comments on COVID-19 pandemic being ‘great time’ to build pipelines
• Nasty notes left for drivers with Alberta licence in B.C. as COVID-19 continues
• Digital Government Minister distances herself from online account that promoted fundraiser to sue journalist
• Word of the Week: Hysteria

A Dart poll shows overwhelming blame for Trudeau’s government, Alberta’s budget shows a return to competitiveness, and the BC Liberals blame foreign money for the blockades. Also, the Teck Frontier Mine is cancelled while Trudeau is nowhere to be found.

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Duration: 48:38
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Canada is broken,’ say majority of Canadians in poll taken in wake of rail blockades
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• Alberta Speech from the throne: February 25, 2020
• Fair Deal Survey
• BC Liberals say US donations to anti-pipeline groups should be condemned
• The $20B Frontier mine shelved amid escalating rail blockades, CEO says Canada must reconcile climate and oil
• Word of the Week: Trojan Horse

Trudeau’s government is silent on it’s plan for the Arctic, a Twitter spat over an Edmonton train shows oil hypocrisy, and Trudeau joking about his media bailout provokes outrage. Also, a Liberal candidate was dropped after anti-semetic comments surface.

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Duration: 39:25
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• ‘It’s a joke’: After 4 years, the Liberals haven’t released their plan for the Arctic
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• What’s going on with Jason Kenney’s Twitter spat over a train in Edmonton?
• Misleading Trudeau ‘joke’ video demonstrates the political power of editing
• Liberals dump Quebec candidate after B’nai Brith, Conservatives allege anti-Semitic comments
• Word of the Week: Joke

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

BC’s referendum is complete as 61.3% vote to stick with FPTP, the federal government loans $1.6B to Alberta’s oil sector, and we look at Trudeau’s foreign policy failures. Also, pure fake news on the Chamber of Commerce’s support for the carbon tax.

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Duration: 43:06
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• No change: B.C. voters back first-past-the-post system in electoral reform referendum
• Alberta critical of Ottawa’s $1.6B package for ailing energy sector
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• Out in the cold: Canada’s year in foreign policy
• Statement on Carbon Pricing from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
• Word of the Week: Reform

Economic migrants are costing us almost $400M, GM is closing its auto plant in Oshawa, and Amarjeet Sohi “agrees” with pro-pipeline protestors. Also, Trudeau’s government stalls a probe into money laundering as a Liberal MP has a gambling problem.

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Duration: 48:43
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Irregular migrants on track to cost Canada almost $400 million, watchdog says
• GM closing all operations in Oshawa, Ont.: sources
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• ‘We agree with them’: Sohi on pro-pipeline protest
• Secret police study finds crime networks could have laundered over $1B through Vancouver homes in 2016
• Word of the Week: Doublespeak

Notley releases a carbon tax break for oil and gas, non-partisan officers of the BC Legislature are placed on leave, the media sector receives $595M from the federal government, and we explain the Canada Post strike and the effect unions have on society.

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Duration: 50:14
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

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• Rachel Notley unveils carbon tax break for oil and gas drilling companies
• Sergeant-at-arms, clerk at B.C. Legislature on leave amid criminal probe
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• Media sector gets $595-million package in Ottawa’s fiscal update
• Explainer: Canada Post Strike
• Word of the Week: Compliance