Danielle Smith

Danielle Smith

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Danielle Smith episodes

  • Solving the PPA Dilemma, How to Get Off the Grid, Pembina on Suncor's Oilsands Plans, The Latest on Husky's Oil Spill

    Should the NDP drop the lawsuit, take the PPA's on the chin and offset with carbon tax - ba bam DONE!!!

    Guest:  David Gray, Cofounder and Director of Energy Research at AIM Energy Pros

    Tired of our crazy electricity market and all of the charges that have nothing to do with what you actually use? Here's how to go off the grid in Alberta

    Guest:              Shane Johnson, Owner of SolarPanel.ca

    Pembina on Suncor's emission plans and leaving oil in the ground plus how they feel about the members of the Oil Sands Advisory Group Panel

    Guest:              Simon Dyer, Director for the Alberta Pembina Institute 

    The latest on the Husky oil spill and how they've been handling it

    Guest: Deborah Yedlin, Business Columnist for the Calgary Herald

    1 hr 5 min
  • AIR MILES their expiration date, Consent for Sex and Whether Women Need to Do More Protect Themselves

    Air Miles - With the program changes is it worth it or not

    Guest:  Kahina Haffad, Public Relations Specialist with AIR MILES Reward Program

    The response from Rewards Canada on the feedback they've received and how to get the most out of the points you have to use

    Guest: Patrick Sojka,  RewardsCanada.ca

    What is consent and do women need to do more to protect themselves and not give mixed messages?

    Guest: Dr. Lise Gotell, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, and an expert on sexual assault law

    Plus your calls and texts with reaction

    1 hr
  • Changes for Rail Cars Carrying Oil, Medicine Hat Bar Bathroom Controversy, A Reasonable Enviro on Trans Mountain, Why the Oil Industry Needs a Chief Story Officer

    How cities in a similar situation as Lac Megantic feel about rail car changes (and will this push us to a pipeline faster)

    Guest:Karen Darch, Mayor of the Village of Barrington, Illinois

    A Medicine Hat bar police's the bathrooms and who uses them based on gender

    Guest:River Jean Rose Rising, transgender woman told to use the men's washroom in a Medicine Hat Bar

    A reasonable enviro on their presentation today at the Transmountain Pipeline Open Houses

    Guest: Blair King, practicing environmental scientist and blogger on the use of scientific data in environmental decision making.

    Why the oil industry needs a Chief Story Teller

    Guest: Bill Whitelaw, President and CEO at JuneWarren-Nickle's Energy Group

    What you have to say about 

    1 hr 28 min
  • Secondary Suites Vote, Why Protectionism is Popular, Power Purchasing Hour, Husky's Lacklustre Response

    Calgarians for Secondary Suites on the latest debate from Council

    Guest: Greg Miller, City Council Candidate for Ward 4 (Sean Chu's riding) and works with Calgarians for Secondary Suites

    An update on the Democratic National Convention and why is protectionism becoming so popular?

    Guest: Michael Taube, Troy Media syndicated columnist and Washington Times

    Have we lost the spirit of the Olympics

    Guest:  Dr. Danyel Reiche Associate Professor for Comparative PoliticsAmerican University of Beirut and Visiting Professor at Harvard University. Author of Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games contributor, was a speechwriter for former prime minister Stephen Harper

    Why the NDP are taking power companies to court

    Guest: Sarah Hoffman, Deputy Premier

    Are power companies using a legal loophole to leave taxpayers with paying the bill on power

    Guest: Martin Kennedy, Vice-President External Affairs for Capital Power

    Wildrose Electricity and Renewables Critic and Former Professor on the topic Don McIntyre MLA for Innisfail- Sylvan Lake

    The disappointing response from Husky on the Saskatchewan oil spill

    Guest: Clips from the News Conference and Producer Whitney Deane

     

    1 hr 30 min
  • Latest in the Orphan Wells situation, How athletes feel about IOC and Russian Athletes, and Pesky Mosquitoes

    The latest in the orphan wells court decision and the coverage of the Husky oil spill

    Guest:  Chris Varcoe, Business Columnist with the Calgary Herald

    How athletes feel about the IOC's decision on Russian Athletes

    Guest:  Paul Melia, President and CEO of Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport

    Are some people prone to getting bit and bitten big time by mosquitoes

    Guest: John Swann, bug expert (entomologist), Manager of Invertebrate Section in the Museum of Zoology at the University of Calgary 

    59 min
  • Danielle Smith July 13th Full Podcast

    What members are telling him about the prospect of unity? Tell us more about the summer tour, talking about recovery in Fort McMurray, sunshine list stories, anything else he may be interested in getting out.

    GUEST: Brian Jean, WRP leader

    Reaction he’s received so far from Wildrose and PC members, how he is going to deal with the union backlash that keeps preventing conservatives from winning elections (here/Ontario/federally); how he’ll overcome that; how he’ll appeal to progressive members of the PC party to win the leadership.

    GUEST: Jason Kenney, PC leadership hopeful

    Duncan Kinney, Executive Director of Progress Alberta chat swith Danielle about a number of things.

    Liberal leader Dr. David Swann is calling for reform on the dentistry industry. He’s working with the group Alberta Dentists for Change who have launched a lawsuit against the Alberta Dental Association and College. 

    GUEST: Dr. Michael Zuk, General Dentist in Red Deer (1986 grad), Editor of the Alberta Dentist Lobby newsletter (Alberta Dentists for Change)

    Amber Alert update.

    GUEST: Reporter Michael Lumsden.

     

    2 hr 19 min
  • Pipeline Spill Non-Communication, Trump Speech, How much Money Do We Need in Reserve, Gun Magazine Rule Changes, Elevator Repair Crisis

    The aftermath after Trump's marathon speech on law and order in America

    Guest:                      Andrew Lawton, Corus Radio Correspondent at Convention

    The fireworks to expect at the Democratic Convention and Clinton's VP choice this weekend

    Guest:       David Redlawsk, Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Iowa and Author of Why Iowa

    Do we need a surplus over 500 million dollars? Seven times the size it was a decade ago?

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

    Guest: Ward Sutherland, Councillor for Ward 1

    Could many gun owners now be criminals on paper thanks to a new interpretation of an old law?

    Guest:      Tony Bernardo, Executive Director of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association

    The crazy business of elevators. The monopoly, the break downs and the reality that getting stuck isn't as rare as it used to be

    Guest: Colin Perkel, Journalist with the Canadian Press and Author of the Original Story

    Guest : Paul Gauthier, Owner of Titanium Elevator Consulting

    1 hr 34 min
  • Banning Russian Athletes from Rio, Firing Someone Becomes a Whole Lot Harder and Why Millennials Need to Get Over Trudeau

    Should Russian athletes be able to compete at Rio (even our own sports people can't agree)

    Guests: Dave Rowe, Morning Sports Anchor for News Talk 770 and JockWilson, Host of Sports Talk on News Talk 770

    Can you fire someone without cause? A recent Court ruling is putting that into question

    Guest: Howard A. Levitt, Senior Partner at Levitt LLP (specialize in labour and employment law)

    Why young voters need to stop supporting Trudeau and the Phoenix pay system debacle

    Guest:  Catherine Swift, President of Working Canadians

    1 hr 15 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.