Danielle Smith

Danielle Smith

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Danielle Smith episodes

  • She's Baaacccck - Stephan Trial Rx, Orphan Oil Wells, and Brexit

    She’s Baaaaaaaaaaack

    Guest:         Host chat on everything and anything she has been dying to talk about on the air while she’s been gone

    Reaction to the Stephan Family Sentencing

    MP Kent Hehr on a big spring session including CPP changes, Canada Child

    Benefit, Fort McMurray Wildfire and some questionable votes

    Guest:         Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs and MP for Calgary Centre 

     

    Why the orphan well decision by the Alberta Energy Regulator affects everyone involved

    Guest:         Melanie Gaston, Partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt @Osler_Law

     

    Stop lighting your hair on fire about Brexit. It's going to be OK

    Guest:         Achim Hurrelman, Director of the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science at Carleton University

    1 hr 49 min
  • June 23rd - Andrew Lawton in for Danielle Smith

    CPP Changes - Who It will hurt and will it help anyone?

    Guest:         Philip Cross, Fellow at MacDonald Laurier Institute @MLInstitute

    Can the city fix its tax situation without digging into rainy day funds and doubling the tax rate the next year?

    Guest: Paige McPherson, Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

    The details on the winners and losers of the NDP's Carbon Tax Rebate

    Guest:         Jen Winter, Area Director, Energy and Environment, The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary

    Should Councilors be eligible for parental leave?

    Guest:         Councillor Bev Esslinger, Councillor for Ward 2

    The protectionism and bureaucracy that is causing your $20 package from the States to cost a whole lot more

     

    Guest:         Christine McDaniel, Senior Economist with Sidley Austin LLP and Author of the CD Howe Institute Report "Rights of Passage: The Economic Effects of Raising the DMT Threshold in Canada"

    Even just the rumor of Jason Kenney coming to Alberta has stirred the political pot

    Guest:         Host chat and Audio of PC MLA for Calgary NW Sandra Jansen with Host Rob Breakenridge

     

    2 hr
  • Beer Tasting: Your Eyes vs Your Tastebuds
    Do you choose a beer based on taste or by the label

    Guest:                    Natasha Pieskar, certified cicerone, beer ambassador for National pubs, Alberta chapter president, CAMRA  (Campaign for Real Ale)  

    19 min
  • Callers and Tom Keenan on Nocturia
    Things that go bump in the night. Men over 50 peeing.

    Guest:    Tom Keenan, science journalist, university professor  and research fellow of the Canadian global affairs institute

    22 min
  • Minimum Wage and CTF Debt Clock

    Are business concerns falling on deaf ears when it comes to minimum wage
    Guest:    Ken Kobly, President and CEO of the Alberta Chambers of Commerce

    The Canadian Taxpayers Federation pulls out the debt clock to drive their point home on where our budgets are taking us               
    Guest:            Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

     

    20 min
  • Press Conference on Fort Mac Donations/ Wood Buffalo Food Bank

    The press conference what to do with the "stuff" donated to Fort McMurray

    Guests: Danielle Larivee, Minister of Municipal Affairs and James Astleford, Executive Director with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency

    Plus,  Demand is outpacing supply for the Wood Buffalo Food Bank

    Guest:                  Arianna Johnson, Executive Director of the Wood Buffalo Food Bank

    25 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.