Western Context

A fake protest at Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearing raises questions, the UCP ties advanced education funding to performance, and a petition against Trudeau’s gun ban reaches 100,000. Also, Trudeau visits a local doughnut shop and social media goes crazy.

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Duration: 54:51
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Protester at Meng Wanzhou hearing says he was told he’d be paid $100 to be in a music video
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• Alberta post-secondary funding will be tied to performance
• Thunder Bay Liberal MP’s letter to Blair gets attention of gun owners
• Canadians criticize Trudeau after visit to Oh Doughnuts bakery in Winnipeg
• Word of the Week: Buyback

Elections Canada hires social media influencers to sway voters, the Alberta NDP want Pride to exclude not include, and BC NDP taxes are killing the forestry industry. Also, Trudeau bases his plastics ban on data from an American grade school project.

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Duration: 46:35
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Is Elections Canada biased toward the Liberals?
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• NDP’s intolerant approach a blow to free speech, Pride celebration
• Closures, cuts at B.C. pulp and sawmills add to forestry job losses
• Ottawa announces plans to ban single-use plastics starting in 2021 at the earliest
• Word of the Week: Muzzling