After our weekly roundup, we always open our mic up to the "X Spaces" for people to share their thoughts on the show, the topics we cover and Alberta Politics in general!

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It's game on in the Alberta Legislature and we're back with another Alberta politics roundup in two parts!

In this back to session episode, we take a look at the throne speech, all of the bills that have been introduced so far and we try and make sense of their impact and what they mean for Albertans.

But if that wasn't enough...

This weekend also saw the UCP AGM, and we take a look at the policies that passed and try and make sense of the impact of what they mean for Albertans!

As always, we also hosted our open mic and you can find those conversations (with a surprise appearance from a former MLA!) in Part 2!

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A conversation with David Gray!

Some of you might remember David from our earlier episode where we talked about how the primary driver of skyrocketing electricity prices was the policy of economic withholding that the UCP brought in.

David is now working to create a space where Albertans can access unbiased information about the issues facing their province and sat down with us to talk about this new project, The Citizens Research Forum!

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Time for another weekly roundup of Alberta politics!

The Banff Centre is embroiled in scandal (again)! We learn how much the Alberta Government is willing to pay for a prime website address! Take Back Alberta continues with some major drama! There's pension problems aplenty, Albertans got SCREWED on Smith's Turkish TyleNot and more!

Plus our regular segment "Stuff Smith Said", and we host our weekly open mic!

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Time for another weekly roundup of Alberta politics!

This week we're taking a look at the Red Deer School Board Trustee who claims she was told by god to post Nazi memes, Danielle Smith's Childrens Tylenol scandal that just keeps getting worse before we do a deep dive into the pension situation with Rachel Notley, Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre all taking the stance that Alberta shouldn't leave the CPP.

We also take a look at the things that Danielle Smith said this week, the True North event and our weekly open mic!

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The Alberta Pension Plan Proposal from Danielle Smith took a lot of people by surprise given she said that it wouldn't be an issue she would pursue, but nonetheless, Alberta's find themselves facing down an almost certain referendum and trying to make sense of what it all means...

To help make sense of this situation, we sat down with renowned economist Dr. Trevor Tombe to first walk us through what the CPP is, how it works, and who pays for what.

From there, Dr. Tombe explains the differences between the CPP and the proposed APP, the misleading and incomplete information Smith has provided Albertans and perhaps most importantly the massive risks that Albertans would be assuming that aren't risks that exist with the CPP!

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We're back after two weeks which makes this a record long episode!

There's an absolute dumpster fire going in health care in Alberta, coal mines in the mountains are back, the UCP policies for their policy convention are public and we spend literally an hour fact checking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith before we open up the floor on our regular open mic!

Pack a lunch because this is a long one!

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There's no question that the public education system has been under attack from the far right lately, and the attention that they've drawn by attacking vulnerable kids in the LGBTQ2S+ has had the additional side effect of distracting from some of the other major issues that teachers and kids in schools are facing!

To help try and re-centre the conversation a bit, we sat down with Alberta Teachers Association Local 38 President Stephani Clements to talk classroom sizes, increasing complexity and a whole lot more!

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Many Albertans might be surprised to know that the oldest political party in Alberta is also the first political party to form government in the province of Alberta, the Alberta Liberal Party!

While the Alberta Liberals have had a challenging run since the late 2000's and have been shut out of the legislature since 2019, Alberta Liberal Leader John Roggeveen assumed the role of permanent leader in 2022 and is hoping to rebuild the party. We sat down with John in advance of their 2023 AGM to hear about what he sees as the future of the Liberal Party.

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It's our Alberta Politics Roundup for the week ending on October 1st!

We start with taking a look at a few stories that were ironically ignored in the run up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, because these stories speak to how much work is still needed.

We then run through a the biggest stories in Alberta politics including Smith's embarrassing performance on Power and Politics, her even worse press conference where she completely failed to show leadership on vaccination roll out, the ongoing scandal with Red Deer School Board Trustee Monique Lagrange and a whole lot more before we open things up for one of our most intense open mic's yet!

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