Guest Sarah Goldfeder, Principal at Earnscliffe Strategy Group, fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and former U.S. diplomat

On today’s show, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation released new Alberta government numbers that show Alberta government employees are paid more than those in similar provinces. Franco Terrazzano, Alberta Director for the CTF tells us more. We get an update on the royal family from Marlene Koenig, Royal historian. Rita Trichur, Senior Business Writer and Columnist for The Globe and Mail tells us why she thinks we need to revive the Energy East pipeline. Lastly, Dr. Michael Manga, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of California in Berkeley California talks to us about the Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines

Guest Dr. Michael Manga, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of California in Berkeley, California

Guest Rita Trichur, Senior Business Writer and Columnist for The Globe and Mail

Guest Josh Kurlantzick, Senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations

Guest Marlene Koenig, Royal historian

Guest Franco Terrazzano, Alberta Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

On today’s show we start by talking about the news of the day, then Tom Quiggin, primary contributor to the Quiggin Report joins the show to discuss the latest news on the Iran plane crash. We look at the year ahead for Cenovus Energy with President and CEO of Cenovus Energy Alex Pourbaix. Lastly, we talk about Trump’s approval ratings around the globe with Dr. Richard Wike, Director of Global Attitudes Research at Pew Research Center