Danielle Smith

How is the insurance industry planning on covering auto, home, life insurance once cannabis legislations are in effect?

A 3-2 Vote in favour of the Keystone Pipeline in Nebraska. What are the next steps moving forward for the pipeline? Danielle talks to Dennis McConaghy, author of the book Dysfunction, Canada after Keystone XL, commentator on Canadian energy and carbon policy issues, and formerly exectutive VP of TransCanada for Corporate Development about this announcement.

Today's full show includes interviews about the approval of Keystone, cannabis and insurance, national bereavement day, the Alberta Party and millennials.

Loblaws is closing 20 stores and putting resources into home delivery, is this the future of grocery shopping?

With Marina Strauss from the Globe and Mail, her piece here:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/loblaw-third-quarter-profit-more-than-doubles/article36984321/

Aaron Wudrick, the federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, has the details on a new report that has found sugar taxes don't change consumption habits.

A recent study claims that 90% of classes in Alberta are way over the provincial standard of 17 students per class. The Alberta Teachers Association says they need over 3,000 more educators in order to even out class sizes to give students a better learning experience. But how much do class sizes affect a child’s learning process? Michael Swaagstra, a Senior Fellow with the Frontier Centre joins Rob to comment on what's really the best way for kids to learn.

Rob speaks with Ward 1 Councillor, Ward Sutherland who expresses his thoughts on how Calgary needs to impove its Short-term rental situation, such as AirBnb.

Danielle speaks with David Boyko, Director of the docuementary "That Never Happened" which covers the untold stories of the thousands of Ukranians either registered or put into internment camps in 1914 to 1920. 

Topics include Bill 24 with minister David Eggen, cannabis, Zimbabwe's apparent coup, and A Plastic Ocean.

Education Minister David Eggen joins Danielle Smith to discuss the third reading of bill 24, the act to support gay-straight alliances, and how GSAs are intended to be support groups, not education centres.