Cor's Notes

Shane Wenzel is the President of Shane Homes in Calgary. Shane Homes and the Wenzel family have been known for their community engagement and their local philanthropy. Like his father Cal, Shane has always been an unapologetic conservative and is outspoken online with his views. Shane came out as a gay man publically a couple years ago when he posted his wedding pictures on Twitter and Facebook. While the reaction from the conservative community was mostly positive, there was unfortunately some negative feedback as well. The conservative community is getting better but still can be a haven for the intolerant at times and much to the detriment of the conservative movement in general. On the other side of the coin, not everybody in the LGTBQ community was welcoming of Shane's conservative views. It was a fantastic conversation as Shane speaks of his experiences and where we should be going as conservatives and perhaps those within the LGBTQ community as they learn to accept that sexual orientation and political philosophy are not one and the same.

One of the most economically destructive government things that government does is to participate in corporate welfare. When governments try to pick winners, the taxpayers are always the losers. With Premier Jason Kenney's government entering the corporate welfare fray under the guise of "economic diversity", it is timely to discuss this subject. Franco Terrazzano and Cory Morgan discuss the damaging impacts of corporate welfare at all three levels of government whether in Ottawa, Edmonton or Calgary. The outcomes are always the same.

The American South is often one of the most misunderstood and mischaracterized regions in North America. While the deep south has a terrible reputation for ingrained racism, it appears to have stayed clear of the rioting and unrest which overwhelmed many Northern cities. Many people have not spent time in the South or spent much time speaking with people from there. Josh Tupman is from Benton Mississippi and is tiring of some of the stereotypes. I have known and worked with Josh for some years now. He offers a perspective on racial and social issues that we Canadians rarely get to hear. It was an interesting chat.

An informative chat with a young couple who had been put through the wringer by the Canadian justice system. In February of 2018, intruders invaded the rural property of the Maurices near Okotoks Alberta late one night. Eddie was alone with his baby and in confronting the invaders, one was hit in the arm by a .22 caliber bullet from a ricochet from a warning shot.

This led to Eddie's arrest at gunpoint and an ordeal with the criminal and civil justice systems which put the Maurice family's life on hold in a stressful nightmare which took nearly two years to fully resolve.

Eddie and Jessica discuss what happened, how it impacted them and how we can change the system in order to prevent this sort of thing from happening to others.