Guest:  Lisa Davis, CBE Trustee

A 1.4 billion dollar budget has been approved by the Calgary Board of Education’s trustrees.

Today's show includes interviews on pipelines, protectionism, health-care wait times, the CBE budget and a book called "The Boy Crisis."

Guest:  Vaughn Palmer, Columnist, The Vancouver Sun

With the May 31st deadline just over a week away, Notley is focusing all of her energy on making a deal.  

Protectionism from the U.S. is just getting worse – next up?  Newsprint, and that will have a major impact on BC.  New report from The School of Public Policy

Guest: Eugene Beaulieu "bow lee oh", School of Public Policy Professor specializing in trade

Guest: Bacchus Barua, associate director of health policy studies at the Fraser Institute and co-author of the new report.

The Private Cost of Public Queues for Medically Necessary Care, 2018 spotlights the lost wages and income Canadians sacrifice while waiting for medically necessary treatment

GetAssist is a Calgary based social media company that makes a profit without advertising but still have total user privacy.

GUEST: Bruce Fikowski, CEO of GetAssist

A survey done by the University of Calgary highlights that many students use cannabis for mental health, even though there is no proof of this being effective.

GUEST: Dr. Jacqueline Smith, PhD, Registered Nurse and assistant professor at the Faculty of nursing, UofC. Lead investigator of the study

Today's show includes topics such as Premier Notley not going to the First Minister's conference, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association challenging the summer jobs programs, consent, GetAssist, medical marijuana and Venzuela.

Guest: Donald Kingsbury Professor and Lecturer in Political Science and Latin American Studies at the University of Toronto.

-          The United States is leading the charge against Venezuela announcing new financial restrictions to isolate president Nicolas Maduro.

Guest: Jason Markusoff, Alberta Correspondent for Macleans Magazine

Notley has decided to skip out on the First Minister’s conference.