A longtime Conservative cabinet minister is stepping back into the spotlight to save Alberta's place in Canada. Thomas Lukaszuk tells us why he's spearheading a petition to keep Alberta in Canada (5:30), and how he plans on collecting more than 600,000 signatures. The former Alberta deputy premier gives us his take on a Globe and Mail report on Danielle Smith's former chief of staff living in a mansion owned by the sister of Sam Mraiche, the entrepreneur at the centre of the alleged AHS procurement scandal.

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55:50 | If Canada Post workers go on strike, will you have their backs? Jespo and Johnny take a look at our latest unofficial, unscientific Twitter poll. 

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