We're back after being silenced by a court order and we have a few things to say!

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If the wheels came off of Alberta Politics last week, this week Alberta Politics went full Ford Pinto and blew all the way up!

Former Justice Minister Kaycee Madu was sanctioned and fined, Take Back Alberta and David Parker were fined over $100,000, Trump announced a new round of tariffs after the UCP attended a taxpayer covered prayer breakfast, Prime Minister Trudeau confirmed Trump's annexation threats are real and then Carrie Tait with the Globe and Mail blew the absolute lid off of the ongoing scandal involving the UCP and MHCare!

We do our best to try and make some sense of it all!

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Here we go again with another whirlwind week in Alberta Politics that by necessity includes all of Canada and the United States!

We start with a follow up on the overwhelming condemnation of Smith's taxpayer funded $2 Million COVID report before we take a look at the many stories falling through the cracks while all eyes are on the economic trade war that Trump has started before we also turn our attention to the last week in the trade war with the Tariffs officially in play!

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Well that was a week...

Trump's Tariffs! Nazi Salutes! COVID Report!

Also, is Smith using taxpayer money to travel around on the taxpayers dime to beef up Kevin O'Leary's AI venture? And what is going on with this government and coal mines!

Plus, should we maybe at least be taking a little seriously the threat that Trump wants to take over Canada using economic force and is actually taking the steps to do it?

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It seems like someone has cut the brakes on Alberta Politics!

From the start of the week with Smith's cell phone presser to address her Mar A Lago visit to her standing alone against confederation and everything in between, we've got you covered with our Alberta Politics Roundup!

Plus we also reveal the results of two of our FOIP requests, with the first pulling back the curtain on the UCP government funding yet another right wing media group that claims to not take government funding and the second seeming to show that the UCP government took the lead on their objections to national Pharmacare from big business!

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Well that escalated quickly!

The Prime Minister steps down, Trump says he's serious about making Canada the 51st state and Danielle Smith's surprise vacation appears to have included an official stop at Mar a Lago to plead for Alberta's oil and gas.

Plus the UCP give themselves a raise, healthcare gets cut, Marco goes to jail and a whole lot more!

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It's our first episode of 2025 and we're kicking it off with an Alberta Politics Roundup!

Does changing a slogan fix the underlying problem? Why does Jordan Peterson seem to think racism in Canada has only been a problem since 1998? How crazy is the UCP travel itinerary?

And what's up with the apples?

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What does 2025 hold for progressives?

To try and get a handle on what the future of progressive politics might need to look like in the current political climate, we sit down with Political Scientist Dr. Lisa Young for a conversation you absolutely don't want to miss!

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It's our last live episode of the year!

We start with an update on the $6 million lawsuit against Nate and the show and we simply can't say thank you enough for all of the support we've received! Nate gets into that and then we try and throw together a bit of a town hall with the help of semi-retired politico Sarah Biggs!

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It's been not just quite a week but quite a year!

To help make sense of the "year" part, we are extremely excited to welcome back to the show Political Scientist Dr Duane Bratt!

Dr Bratt takes us through his top five biggest events in Alberta politics and shares what he's watching as the year turns over from 2024 to 2025!

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