The Forgotten Corner

Rev. Dave Pollard, a born-and-raised Albertan, has been the minister at Fifth Avenue Memorial United Church for the past four-and-a-half years, and has been an outspoken member of the city’s small but not insignificant progressive community the entire time.

The Forgotten Corner’s official stance on the business behind professional sports would not be a favourable one, and the idea of idolizing celebrity would not do much better.

The Forgotten Corner welcomes Barb to the show this week to discuss the United Conservative’s so-called plan for a safe return to schools, which will occur province-wide on Aug. 31. Barb takes listeners through her life growing up in Canada with her father, a political refugee of Augusto Pinochet’s Chile, and her personal journey through becoming an engineer, then teacher, then mother of three, before taking aim at the current provincial government and the Alberta Teachers Association regarding their lacklustre efforts for the betterment of the province’s education system, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Markham joins The Forgotten Corner this week to discuss how he came to run an Alberta energy-centric media outlet from Vancouver Island, his recently drafted Energy Declaration and why he thinks you need to sign it, and, of course, some of the ways in which the Alberta government is blowing a crucial opportunity at a crucial time.

We are joined again by best friend and honourary member of the show Roberta Lexier to talk about the superficial politics of civility that pop up periodically in the public discourse. The impetus for this discussion is, of course, the "Fuck you Kenney" mug, which conservatives claimed was practically an act of violence.

In a last-minute episode of Just Us, we take a look at Alberta’s Bill 32, which promises to “restore balance in the workplace” by drastically weakening unions, limiting their ability to strike, eliminating the majority of overtime pay, dropping minimum wage for persons with disabilities and much much more.

The Forgotten Corner once again welcomes Dr. Ratti to the show this week as she takes listeners through her latest run-in with the health minister, who felt compelled to discuss her Twitter account during question period at the legislature.

In this wide-ranging discussion, we spoke to Jessica about her upbringing as a Jehovah's Witness and how that informed her politics before talking about what it's like to be a private member in a first-time majority government, her accomplishments, regrets, Bill 32 and how the NDP has been handling its time in opposition against a UCP government hell-bent on dismantling the public sector.

Dr. Roberta Lexier is back on the show this week for another Just Us episode where we imagine a better future — one where every human is provided the basic essentials for survival, and where working ourselves into early graves for the profits of another is not how we spend decade after decade of our existence.

Elizabeth Strange joins the Forgotten Corner this week to take listeners through her life growing up in mostly-conservative Medicine Hat and what prompted her to pursue her degrees in law, her move to the U.K. and foray into the political world, and then her move home to put her name on the federal ballot