Danielle Smith

Danielle Smith

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Danielle Smith episodes

  • Carbon Tax, Mortgage Rules, Russia War Crimes, Refusing Surgery for Being a Smoker or Overweight, Kids' Lunches

    Carbon Tax: Is Ottawa's carbon tax legal? Guest: Derek From, Staff Lawyer with the Canadian Constitution Foundation

    Mortgage Rules: How new mortgage rules are catching some buyers off guard Guest: Chris Cable, CEO of Heritage Lending

    Russia War Crimes: John Kerry calls for Russia to be investigated for war crimes Guest:Christian Leuprecht, Professor of Political Science at the Royal Military College of Canada and Queens University

    Obesity Surgery: Should you be refused surgery if you're obese or a smoker Guest:Arthur Shafer, Professor and Director for the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba

    Kid’s Lunches: Who should police kid's lunches? And what does a healthy lunch look like? Guest:Krista Leck Merner, Spokesperson for of Dieticians

    1 hr 58 min
  • Carbon Tax Doom and Gloom, City Engineer on Deerfoot, Cheaper Solar, Community Opposition to Energy, Legislature Voting

    Carbon Tax: The carbon tax will not bring death and destruction to Canada

    City Transportation Engineer: What would it take to fix Deerfoot? Guest:             Jeffrey Xu, Senior Transportation Engineer and Senior Project Manager for the Deerfoot Trail Study

    Solar: The cost of solar is coming down. Can we finally blow out the idea of wind power already? Guest:Duncan Kinney, Executive Director of Progress Alberta

    Engage Professor: What's behind local opposition to energy projects? And how the radical Left is playing it up Guest:Michael Cleland, Senior Fellow at the University of Ottawa and part of the University's Positive Energy project

    Legislature Voting: How often are the PC's and Wildrose voting together? How different are they? Guest:John Whittaker, Policy Analyst with the Manning Centre

    1 hr 55 min
  • Carbon Pricing, Vaping Rules, Stats Can Chief Quits, Enviro Funding, Colombia, Who is Bill Blair

    Carbon Pricing: We’re doing the carbon pricing, so where is the pipeline?

    Vaping: Vaping - what the heck is happening with the rules Guest: Nickola Walker, with the United Vape Retailers Association

    Stats Can: Why Canada's Chief Statistician did a mic drop and left Guest: Wayne Smith, Former Chief Statistician of Stats Canada

    Forest Ethics: Following the money for Environmental Ethics, Forest Ethics and many others Guest:Vivian Krause, Vancouver-based writer and Contributor to The National Post

    Colombia: It looked like a done deal until the weekend. What happen to the peace deal in Colombia Guest: Donald Kingsbury Professor and Lecturer in Political Science and Latin American Studies at the University of Toronto

    Bill Blair: Who is Bill Blair - the man behind legalizing pot Guest:Shannon Proudfoot, Maclean's Magazine Ottawa Bureau Chief

    2 hr 2 min
  • Trump's Tax Return, Religious Right, Free Credit Scores, Self Driving Cars, Deerfoot Study, Rally Against NDP

    Donald Trump’s Tax Return - Just good business - Danielle Smith's take on the story

    The Past and Future for Canada’s Religious Right Guest:Michael Wagner is the author of Standing on Guard for Thee: The Past, Present and Future of Canada's Christian Right and Alberta: Separatism Then and Now.

    Borrowell: The ability to check your credit score anytime, anywhere and for free Guest:Andrew Graham is the CEO of Borrowell

    Self Driving Cars: Any question you’ve ever wanted answer about self driving cars Guest: William Messner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University

    Deerfoot Study: Calgarians favourite past time - complaining about Deerfoot Guest: Pooja Thakore, Spokesperson for Transportation Planning with the City of Calgary

    NDP Rally: Province wide rally against the NDP Guest:Amanda McLean, Trevor Mar - Organizers of the Rally and Facebook Page

    2 hr 2 min
  • Self Driving Cars

    Any question you’ve ever wanted answer about self driving cars answered by William Messner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University

    38 min
  • September 30th full show

    We are getting a look at the new city charter, which has been in the making for years and is being put together by Calgary, Edmonton, and the province. Peter McCaffrey, director of research at the Manning Centre weighs in.

    Stephen Buffalo, President of the Indian Resource Council joins the show to chat about a number of things involving First Nations and oil.

    Bill Whitelaw, President & CEO at JuneWarren-Nickle's Energy Group has written a number of articles about Canadian energy. He's breaking them down with Danielle.

     There’s a new tax credit for small businesses. Justin Smith, Director of Policy, Research and Government Relations with the Calgary Chamber of Commerce shares his thoughts.

    November 5th there's a province wide rally targetting the NDP. We get details from one rally goer who will be in Brooks. 

    Irving Hexam, a religious studies prof joins Danielle to talk about the controversey over Catholics not giving funerals to those who chose to die at the hands of a doctor. 

    2 hr 2 min
  • CPS survey, tent cities, Surviving City Hall, UNIFOR CTF, Political Correctness

    The Danielle Smith show on September 29 featuring guests:

    Marlene Hope, retired Calgary Police Detective

    Tom Fletcher BC Local news

    DJ Larkin Barrister & Solicitor Pivot Legal Society

    Donna McDonald, Former Nelson City Councillor and author of 'Surviving City Hall'

    Aaron Wudrick, CTF Federal Director @awudrick     

    Jordan Peterson, University of Toronto professor and clinical psychologist

    2 hr
  • Ken Kibly, LNG decision, Baggage fees, Dry wall

    Whole show from Sep 28 featuring guests:

    Ken Kobly, Alberta Chamber of Commerce President and CEO

    Gaeton Caron executive fellow at the school of public policy, former chair of the NEB

    Tony Merchant, Lawyer with Merchant Law Group in Regina

    Fort-McMurray Wood Buffalo MLA Tany Yao

    1 hr 55 min
  • City Fees, Minister Monsef, Agriculture, Mortgage Rates

    The whole show from Sep 27 featuring guests:

    Marcel G. Latouche, president and CEO, Institute for Public Sector Accountability

    Raj Sharma,Calgary immigration lawyer @immlawyercanada

    Will Verboven, Alberta Beef Magazine editorial columnist, Alberta Weekly Newspapers – columnist, CALFNEWS – USA - columnist

    Sherry Cooper, Chief Economist for Dominion Lending Centres @DrSherryCooper

    1 hr 46 min
  • Black Lives Matter, Carbon Tax, Transportation Committee Hearings, Africa and the Philippines,

    Black Lives Matter: Another shocking video of a police shooting in the US

    Carbon Tax: How high does a carbon tax have to go before you change your behaviour? We've got the answer and it ain't pretty Guest: Marc Jaccard, Director and Professor at the Energy and Materials Research Group at SFU

     Transportation Committee Hearings: A Senate committee has their own pipeline hearings as they travel through Alberta Guest:Senator Doug Black

    Africa/Philippines: Do we know what we are getting ourselves into in Africa? Guest: Matthew Fisher, Postmedia’s international affairs columnist and Canada’s longest serving foreign correspondent

    Police Carrying Guns: What would happen if police didn't have guns? Guest: Paul Hirschfield, Associate Professor Sociology and Criminal Justice at Rutgers University

    Alberta Beer Week: Alberta Beer Week and we've got .... BEEERRR!!! Yeeeaaaa!! Guest:Terry Rock, Executive Director of the Alberta Small Brewers Association

    1 hr 56 min

About Danielle Smith

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Danielle Smith's background as former leader of the Wildrose Party makes her ideally suited to deliver this unique show that is much more than just politics.