The Alberta government has announced plans to remove 164 of 473 sites from the Alberta parks system. The Alberta Wilderness Association has concerns with this, and believes it will threaten the "protected area status" of many of these parks. The association also disagrees with the UCP's assessment that many of these areas are under-utilized.

Guest: Grace Wark, conservation specialist, Alberta Wilderness Association.

Author Peter Schryvers believes most people are measuring the UCP governments budget the wrong way. In a Globe and Mail piece Friday, Schryvers said instead of just the dollars, we should be focusing on the metrics.

With Peter Schryvers, author, Bad Data.

A Calgary arts group believes their future may again be in jeopardy after the province announced they will not be giving the group money to help rebuild after their facility was destroyed in the Fairview Arena collapse of 2018.

Guest: Jung-Suk Ryu, CEO, Indefinite Arts.

Joe is joined by Councillors Druh Farrell, Evan Woolley and George Chahal to discuss council expense claims, city planning and much more.

Guest: Mike McNeil, director, Alberta Small Brewers Association

Associate Business Professor at the University of Alberta, Andrew Leach joins Joe to speak on oil companies' taxes and land rights. 

Joe chats with Co-founder of Change the Face of Addiction Team Jessica Holtsbaum. The team gives their response to Rick Bell's article in the Calgary Sun on Supervised Consumption Sites.

Joe is joined around the table by Councillors Jyoti Gondek, Gian-Carlo Carra and Jeromy Farkas. Topics include the Greenline, city taxes, and even who wants to run for mayor.

How busy have EMS crews been with the cold snap? EMS public education officer Adam Loria joins Joe to talk all things cold and how you can stay safe.

Joe is joined around the table by Ward 2's Joe Magliocca and Ward 4's Sean Chu for the second edition of the #yycRoundTable.