This week, we brought in a mother, retired teacher and university student to hear their emotional reactions to the UCP's budget. Plus, David unpacks two especially large pieces of omnibus legislation introduced in the House, and asks the question: what is the government trying to hide?

It's been an incredibly busy week in Alberta politics, from the Federal election to Jason Kenney dropping his first budget. We took time to speak to former Finance Minister Joe Ceci to breakdown what goes into writing a budget, and then collected some early analysis from the Alberta NDP MLAs on it's impacts. 

The Alberta Legislature is back in session, and you had some questions. David sat down with two new MLAs for a candid chat about all the debate drama, what it means to be partisan and how they got into politics. (Shoutout to Bawulf!) 

Plus, we dissect an exchange between Rachel Notley and Jason Kenney.

The way to Rachel Notley’s heart? Puppies. On this week’s episode she talks with Dave about music, being a honey badger, and why the heck she ran for office in the first place.

In the inaugural episode of The Heard Podcast, NDP MLA David Shepherd talks all things education with his guests, Education Critic, MLA Sarah Hoffman, and Allison Pike, President of the Alberta School Councils' Association. 

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