Western Context

UVIC’s equity hiring policy raises ire on social media, Alberta’s low income tax cut is nowhere to be seen, and the Liberals roll out the federal dental program. Also, Champagne looks at grocery competition to lower prices.

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“If [our] people who often must wait in line for most goods, saw the conditions of U.S. supermarkets there would be a revolution. Even the politburo doesn’t have this choice. Not even Mr. Gorbachev.” – Future President of Russia Boris Yeltsin on American grocery stores in 1989. Is Canada headed in this direction?

Duration: 52:10
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• UVic job posting for Black candidates only draws backlash
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• Where is the Alberta tax cut?
• Federal dental insurance program to be phased in over 2024, benefits to start in May
• Federal industry minister in talks with foreign grocery execs to lure new supermarket chain to Canada
• Word of the Week: Covenant

Trudeau admits to at least 3 incidents of him in blackface, Andrew Scheer’s tax plan will help the working poor save more, and a tragic fatal bus crash prompts calls for rural road upgrades in BC. Also, the Liberals try to reopen the settled gun control debate.

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Duration: 1:00:38
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Justin Trudeau Wore Brownface at 2001 ‘Arabian Nights’ Party While He Taught at a Private School
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• Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer promises tax cut to save average taxpayer hundreds of dollars
• Premier vows to upgrade Bamfield road after bus crash that killed 2 UVic students
• Liberals promise to prohibit semi-automatic assault rifles, allow cities to ban handguns
• Word of the Week: Blackface

The Alberta government is offering tax breaks for municipalities, a Victoria councillor wants to bill the military for Remembrance Day, and we look at the progress of Trudeau’s tanker ban. Also, the MMIWG Inquiry says Canada has engaged in genocide.

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Duration: 54:24
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Alberta cities, towns will be able to offer tax breaks to businesses under Bill 7
• Victoria councillor suggests billing military for events like Remembrance Day
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• Liberal’s environmental assessment bill, C-69, passes Senate with 180 amendments and now returns to Commons
• The g-word’: Why it matters whether we call Canada’s actions toward Indigenous people a genocide
• Word of the Week: Genocide