We're back and coming in hot!

On this episode we get through the last couple of days since the election before we get into the first of several deeps dives!

We start with a look at the election itself before presenting a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis of the NDP campaign that we've been putting together with conversations with experts for the last couple of weeks!

From there we get into our open mic and the anxiety that many are experiencing with the election of Smith and the re-election of the UCP before Ziad Fazel breaks down what we know about the arena deal and how badly taxpayers are apparently getting taken advantage of which also sees a surprise appearance and commentary from Jeromy Farkas!

It's possibly our longest episode yet, but we cover A LOT of ground!

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With affordability on the forefront of many minds, we sat down with energy economist David Gray to try and make sense of why it is that electricity prices continue to skyrocket!

Not only that, but David has been active in politics for more than a few years and had a front row seat to Danielle Smith's infamous floor crossing, so we get his insight on that as well!

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On the eve of the election, we sat down with 6 (then) Alberta Party candidates to have an extended discussion on Where, Who and Why is the Alberta Party.

That conversation covered the candidates and their own histories, why they chose to run for the Alberta Party and a whole lot more. If you're interested in what on of the smaller option parties is all about, this episode is for you!

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We're 10 days into the Alberta Provincial Election and it's already shaping up to be one of the most controversial campaign trails in living memory!

To start with, we try and break down the major events of the last week, including the ongoing UCP scandals, Danielle Smith's tattoo (does that really have to be an election issue? Really?) and a whole lot more before we get into...

The videos.

Multiple new videos of Danielle Smith making wildly controversial comments made the rounds on social media this week, including ones where she spelled out her apocalyptic vision of health care delivery in Alberta as well as two that created significant outrage for her comparison of 75% of Albertans to supporters of the nazi regime and claiming that health protections ruined Remembrance Day for her.

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We are extremely excited to present this long form conversation with the legendary Charles Adler!

We cover a lot of ground in this chat, starting with his history in media, his shock at where Alberta "conservatism" has gone, his endorsement of Rachel Notley and his historic interview with Jason Kenny during the 2019 election!

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4.56 - On our very first mid-week round-up, we’re joined by politico and strategist Sarah Biggs to try and get caught up on the events of Alberta politics since our last episode, and there’s a lot! Danielle Smith and the UCP continue to crank out scandals, we take a look at the Super PAC that has seized control of much of the UCP “Take Back Alberta”, we run down the Q3 political party fundraising numbers and we chat about the NDP decision to remove a candidate after that candidate spoke out against a racist video and criticized the Stampede Board!

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Danielle Smith is pushing a program called R* (R- Star) to encourage resource development and well sitecleanup, but there’s no shortage of critics condemning the program. We sat down for an in-depth discussion with Mark Dorin and Regan Sawchuk to learn a little more about this program and why it’s so controversial!

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In a special live episode recorded on November 8th during the byelection that saw the election of Danielle Smith to the Alberta Legislature, we combined our weekly rundown of Alberta politics with a live play by play of the byelection and all of the implications with the help of political strategist Sarah Biggs and political pundit Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean!

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On another live episode of The Breakdown, we run down the last week in Alberta politics with help from Sarah Biggs and Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean starting with the ongoing health care crisis before moving on to mandate laters, addiction myths and finally we somehow land on dinosaurs walking with humans!

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Continuing with our new format of running episodes twice a week, we run down the last week in Alberta politics with help from Sarah Biggs and Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean!

With education minister Adriana Lagrange making blatantly false comments about masking at a recent press conference, we start by asking where the real leadership is on in addressing the respiratory virus that’s cutting through Albertas kids right now. From there we get into the new mandate letters, Danielle Smiths apparently debunked claims about her ancestry and a whole lot more!

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