Danielle Smith

Ottawa is getting hot and heavy with its language on a federal carbon tax

Guest:      Chris Ragan, Economics Professor at McGill University, Chair of Canada's Ecofiscal Commission and part of Bill Morneau's Growth

LISTEN: Can you fire someone without cause? Do you now have a job for life? A recent Supreme Court ruling is putting that into question. Here are the shocking rammifications that could happen from Howard Levitt, Senior Partner at Levitt LLP.

Councilor Brian Pincott is putting a motion forward at City Council to have all single stall washrooms be gender neutral. 

So we wanted to know on Danielle Smith's show - are you okay with single stall washrooms being gender neutral? Do guys and gals have different etiquette in public washrooms? Here are our callers 

Are we only getting the negative out of the Republican Convention? What are the real feelings for Trump in Cleveland?

Guest: Andrew Lawton, Corus radio correspondent.

Danielle got called out on some economic issues - so she's fighting back with some facts

Guest: Trevor Tombe, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary and Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy

Ottawa is getting hot and heavy with its language on a federal carbon tax

Guest:      Chris Ragan, Economics Professor at McGill University, Chair of Canada's Ecofiscal Commission and part of Bill Morneau's Growth Council

Should single stall washrooms be gender neutral? Councilor Brian Pincott is putting a motion forward at City Hall on that question. Danielle's take and your reaction

Melania Trump vs Michelle Obama. Here the audio and Danielle's take

How much our lack of pipelines in Canada is costing us in the energy sector

Guest: Ken Green, Senior Director for the Center for Natural Resource Studies at the Fraser Institute

The next steps for the SW BRT from the city and the groups for and against the project

Guests: Alan Hallman, Member of Ready to Engage and Charlene Wilcock, Co-Founder of Calgarians for BRT 

What certain political terms mean: "dog whistle politics" "progressive" "progressive conservative" "conservative" "social justice" "liberal" to name the top questions.

Guest:  Melanee Thomas, Assistant Professor | Department of Political Science | University of Calgary

Sharia Law faith based resolution processes compared and contrasted to Christianity and Judaism.

Guest:  Anver Emon, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Toronto

Show set up – no guest      

Andrew Lawton, radio host joins the show because he's at the Republican Convention in Clevland.                

Experts are concerned that David and Collette Stephan will become ant-vax “martyrs”

GUEST: Tim Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta  

Most Canadians express confidence in police, but those levels are lower among visible minorities

GUEST: Shachi Kurl, Executive Director 

Wal-mart has started banning Visa’s in some places.

GUEST: Corinne Pohlmann, CFIB’s Senior Vice-President of National Affairs and Partnerships

A breakdown of the failed coup attempt in Turkey.

GUEST: Dr. Lisel Hintz Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies Cornell University

Everyone will be punished by Alberta's new carbon tax – that according to Robin Speer.

Robin Speer, Executive Director of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.

Panel Members and technical experts will be in the province to chat with Albertans about their vision for energy efficiency and community energy systems and suggested actions.

GUEST: Dr. David Wheeler, chair of the energy efficiency Panel

More Politics!

GUEST: Tony Clement, Ontario MP

Chatting with our Cowgirl of the day.

GUEST: Lisa Lockhart, Ladies Barrel Racing 

How Saddle Bronc runs in the Wright family

GUEST:  Jake and Spencer Wright, Saddle Bronc

Sponsor energy has launched a new program in partnership with the YWCA.

GUEST:  Rhonda Kohnen, Director of Programs, Sponsor Energy &  Carolyn Martin, Sponsor Energy CEO

Continuing on our theme of Cowboys and Politics.

GUEST:  Ric McIver, Interim PC leader & Calgary-Hays MLA

Environment panel on oil sands.

GUEST: Cody Battershill, Founder of Canada Action I Love Oilsands Campaign

Trump announces his VP.

GUEST:  Wendy Schiller, Professor of Political Science at Brown University

Amber Alert Check in      

GUEST: Joe McFarland, Newstalk 770 News Director 

Continuing our theme of cowboys and politics, we’re chatting with Ontario MP and CPC leadership hopeful Michael Chong.

GUEST: Michael Chong, Ontario MP and Conservative Party leadership hopeful 

 Chatting with a real life cowboy.

 Guest: Trevor Knowles, Steer Wrestler 

Alberta's nurse practitioners say many new graduates are not finding jobs and they want a new funding model to address the situation.

GUEST: Eric Lavoie, president of the Alberta Association of Nurse Practitioners

Continuing our theme of cowboys and politics, we’re chatting with Alberta Party leader Greg Clark.

GUEST: Greg Clark, Alberta Party Leader and MLA for Calgary-Elbow

The NDP’s new beer mark-up could majorly affect small breweries.

GUEST: Terry Rock, Executive Director of the Alberta Small Brewers Association

It's just over 14 months out, but already Ward 4 is the race to watch with a familiar face stepping up to run against Coun. Sean Chu for a spot at City Hall.

Guest: Greg Miller, running in Ward 4 in the 2017 municipal election  

Another Amber-Alert check in

Guest: Reid Fiest, Alberta Correspondent for Global National

A Frenchman who now considers himself a Texan and riding Bareback at the Calgary Stampede

Guest: Yvan Jayne, Bareback (from France)

Lots of exciting things happening for the CPO – including a new Music Director for the next year.

Guest: Paul Dornian, President and CEO of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

Anthony Heffernan was shot and killed by police in March of 2015. ASIRT has completed their investigation into the matter and now the family is waiting day by day to see what the Crown says….if charges will be laid.

GUEST: Patrick and Irene Heffernan, parents of Anthony Heffernan

We just heard from the Heffernan family about their struggle with ASIRT and the entire process. Paula Simons just did some digging and found that ASIRT keeps a lot of things quiet.

GUEST: Paula Simons, City Columnist, Edmonton Journal

Amber Alert came in late last night. The mother of the missing girl was found dead. Police held an update at around 6:30 this morning. What is the latest?

GUEST: Joe McFarland, News Director at NewsTalk 770

We’re getting right into the details of British Politics…chatting about who Theresa May is, where she stood on the Brexit issue, why does David Cameron feel the need to step down, what we expect to hear/see form her on Brexit and a couple other things in that realm.

GUEST: Stephen Barber, associate Professor in Public Policy at the London South Bank University

How much weight does Harper's endorsement carry Guest: Duane Bratt, political scientist at Mount Royal University 

What it's like to hold on for dear life to the back of a bull Guest: Zane Lambert, Bull Rider

Where Canadians vs. the US, men vs women, and Quebec vs. Alberta stand on the big morality questions of our day

Guest: Bruce Anderson, Partner, i2 Ideas and Issues and Chairman of Abacus Data

Liberal Leader David Swann on winning over disillusioned progressives, rebuilding his party and a possible leadership race for his party

Guest:    David Swann, Alberta Liberal Leader and MLA for Calgary-Mountainview

Maxime Bernier on his race for the Conservative Leadership

Guest:    Maxime Bernier, MP for Beauce and running in the Conservative Party of Canada's leadership race

How much money can you raise and how much can you give for leadership campaigns and when

Guest:    Glen Resler, Chief Electoral Officer of Alberta