With education and charter rights under attack by the UCP, Albertans are finding whatever ways they can to fight back!

And this absolutely includes young Albertans!

In this episode we sit down with Kai and KT who are part of a group of students forming the "Alberta Students Association" to ensure that young Albertans have an organization to help them speak up for themselves, teachers and Alberta education!

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We're back with a live roundup of Alberta politics, and with the legislature back in session we have a LOT of ground to cover!

We start with a quick round up of protests in the Rockies, the ASIRT investigation into criminal harassment of former Minister and MLA Shannon Phillips that former UCP Justice Minister Kaycee Madu tried to make all about himself before we turn our attention to a roundup of all of the bills that have been introduced so far as the province braces for Danielle Smith to yet again invoke the notwithstanding clause to punch down on vulnerable youth!

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With Danielle Smith and the UCP continuing to push ahead with a provincial police force that’s wildly unpopular, we wanted to have a conversation that cut through the noise and answered some basic questions!

Is there a benefit to an Alberta Provincial Police? Will it save money? Provide better service? Provide the same level of service?

Or is it all just a power grab?

To get to the bottom of it we sat down with two current RCMP members of “Keep Alberta RCMP” for an in depth conversation on all of this!

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In this (delayed) episode we sit down with advocate, activist, academic and stand up comedian Victoria Bucholz, who also performs under that stage name Karla Marx!

Originally recorded right before the municipal elections, this conversation covers a boatload of topics, including those elections, the rise of neofascism, the nature of comedy and yup, we absolutely get into Charlie Kirk!

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Strap in!

It's our episode we recorded live in Calgary on October 25th and it's ALL about the notwithstanding clause!

We start off with a crash course on the notwithstanding clause, what Albertans need to know the UCP are going to be targeting with it and why their spin doesn't spin!

From there, we move to our panel discussion with political scientist Dr Duane Bratt, Associate Law Professor Lorian Hardcastle, ATA Local 38 President Stephani Clements and boots on the ground outreach worker with the Street Cats Cecelia Fraser!

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Is Canadian media being compromised by law fare?

Last week we took a look at the apparent attempts by Danielle Smith's former chief of staff Marshall Smith to remove an article from the Calgary Herald and the fact that the alleged pressure tactics worked!

Tonight, we're talking with activist and advocate Petra Schulz, who was one of the founders of the group "Mom's Stop the Harm" and her own efforts to create pressure and hold the Calgary Herald and whoever made the decision to delete Guy Fellicella's article to account!

If you want to sign that letter, you can do so at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0WlAiKVf0vFIt7WOqiuF7PqiwsrWDG5jEJbMGY2aCAoXg5A/viewform

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Is Canadian media being compromised by law fare?

On this special mini episode we take a look at how the story of how a column targeted by law fare by Danielle Smith's former chief of staff Marshall Smith was removed and ask some important questions about the integrity of the media than Albertans rely on to keep them well informed!

Our Calgary live show is coming up fast on October 25th! Get your tickets while you can at www.thebreakdownablive.ca!

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With the “Forever Canadian” petition entering its last days for collecting signatures, a new petition has gotten a lot of attention because it’s calling for the end of Alberta’s practice of funding private education with public dollars!

We sat down with the proponent of the AB Funds Public Education petition, Alicia Taylor to learn more about what made her decide to launch this petition and just as importantly, how Albertans who care about public education can get involved!

Our Calgary live show is coming up fast on October 25th! Get your tickets while you can at www.thebreakdownablive.ca!

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Evan Li was silenced at the Alberta Next Town Hall, but his question about education was an important one!

Rather than focus on the tantrums of the executive director for the premiers southern office, we wanted to hear from not only Evan but students from across the province on what their concerns are for education and what they want the government and teachers to hear from them!

Our Calgary live show is coming up fast on October 25th! Get your tickets while you can at www.thebreakdownablive.ca!

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You don't want to miss this conversation with former Alberta Medical Association President and current Emergency Room Dr. Paul Parks!

Now that Dr. Parks is no longer in any official roles with any governing bodies, he joins us for this unleashed conversation on the state of Alberta healthcare, and not only does he not hold back, but we cover a lot of ground!

From the state of Emergency rooms to chartered surgical facilities to access to reproductive health for women to privatiziation to gender affirming care to a whole lot more, we get into all of it in a conversation that as many Albertans as possible should hear, because Dr Parks is sounding the alarm!

(And for the record, neither Dr. Parks nor Nate is speaking for anyone other than themselves and certainly don't claim to represent the views of any employers or organizations they may be affiliated with)

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