A motion is being put to council calling on the city to pull the plug on the proposed event centre in East Village and use the money for the Green Line LRT. Danielle talks to Ward 13 Councilor Diane Colley-Urquhart about the idea.

Danielle speaks to Kathleen Mahoney, Professor of Law, University of Calgary about a compensation case for First Nations Peoples.

It's not the first time we've heard ideas like, "Alberta should run it's own pension plan." Danielle talks to Tom Flanagan, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Calgary, one of the the authors of the original "Alberta Agenda."

Turns out worrying about the end of the world isn't something new. Danielle chats with University of Toronto Associate Professor of Geography Pierre Desrochers about how long eco-pessimism has been around.

A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute shows 7 in 10 Canadians weigh the personal social views of a leader when they vote. Danielle talks to Ray Pennings from Cardus about the results.

On today’s show, we start by talking about news of the day and the accusations against Bill Peters. Philip Cross, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and former Chief Economic Analyst for Stats Canada tells us what it really means to be middle class in Canada. Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, lead reporter for International Consortium of Investigative Journalists's China Cables investigation tells us about China’s mass detention camps. Lastly, Fair Alberta raises concerns over Alberta’s auto insurance rate hikes

Guest Annie Dormuth, the new Provincial Affairs Director for CFIB

Guest Mark Feehan, spokesman for Fair Alberta and a former president of the Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association

Guest Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, lead reporter for International Consortium of Investigative Journalists's China Cables,  an investigation into the surveillance and mass internment without charge or trial of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in China’s Xinjiang province, based on leaked classified Chinese government documents