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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

US tariffs could cut Canadian car production in half, a frivolous lawsuit falsely claims that the BC foreign buyer tax is racist, and the UCP supports self defense to combat rural crime. Also, the media finally reports on Trudeau’s groping hypocrisy.

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Duration: 41:10
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• U.S. auto tariffs could cut Canada’s output by nearly 1 million cars, CIBC says
• B.C.’s foreign-buyers tax is nothing special and not xenophobic
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• UCP says Criminal Code should be amended to support use of force in rural self-defence
• Trudeau says he ‘did not act inappropriately’ in latest comment on anonymous groping allegation
• Word of the Week: Foreign

NAFTA negotiations have stalled, and the media changes the channel to Harper. Also, Ottawa has kept the equalization formula until 2024, an odd story about David Eby’s popularity on Reddit, and the government’s crusade against parody Twitter accounts.

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Duration: 47:36
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• It’s NAFTA crunch-time, so why are we talking about Stephen Harper?
• Ottawa to keep provincial equalization formula as is till 2024
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• There’s a ‘David Eby Appreciation Thread’ on Reddit, and it loves B.C.’s attorney general
• Do ‘parody’ Twitter accounts pose real political threats?
• Word of the Week: Parody

We look into the reasoning behind Trudeau’s trade escalations with the US, a by-election with huge ramifications in BC, and over-taxation by Edmonton council on businesses. Also, an unreported bombshell about Trudeau, what is the media not telling us?

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Duration: 45:49
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Trudeau stumbled into a trade war. That isn’t all Trump’s fault
• MLA Leonard Krog ponders move with huge consequences
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• Edmonton business group urges city hall to put the brakes on rising property taxes
• Don’t believe Canada’s media on Me Too stories
• Word of the Week: Backbencher

Did the Trudeau government do its research on the Paris deal and a carbon tax? A so called “strong stable minority” in BC, Rachel Notley appeals to conservatives, and the media hit job on Andrew Scheer.

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Duration: 48:15
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Trump dumps climate and Trudeau says we’ll always have Paris
• BC Greens strike deal to force end of Liberal era, support NDP government
• Rachel Notley makes appeal to conservatives turned off by potential merger between Wildrose and PCs
• The Hit Job on Andrew Scheer
• Word of the Week: Smear

On this first episode of The Right Side we discuss the future of democracy in Canada, unity in Alberta, and what budget deficits mean for each and every citizen.

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Duration: 32:48

• Most Canadians like current voting system, Liberals’ electoral reform survey finds
• Official Government of Canada Report
• Justin Trudeau the Boy Scout must settle into Donald Trump’s world
• Wildrose leader Brian Jean “prepared to stop down” and run for a merged Alberta conservative party
• Message from Brian Jean on Consolidating Conservatives (YouTube)
• Vancouver set to lose more gas stations amid boom in real estate
• Feds post another monthly deficit as 2016-17 deficit hits $12.7B after 8 months
• Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper forecasting tiny deficits.

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Welcome to The Right Side! The Right Side is a new podcast providing the information and context necessary to place you, the listener, on The Right Side of the news. In episode 0 we go over our vision and discussion the Trump Inauguration.

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• Introducing The Right Side
• Our Coverage
• The Trump Inauguration