The Press Gallery: Inside Alberta politics

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The Press Gallery: Inside Alberta politics episodes

April 13, 2019 The Alberta Election — Is This Thing Over Yet? edition
As the election drags into its final days and Albertans prepare to head to the polls on Tuesday, the Press Gallery team takes a look back at the campaign so far.
Join host Emma Graney and guests Elise Stolte, Keith Gerein and Dave Breakenridge to talk about the highs, the lows, the polls, the vibe in rural Alberta and what the last few days days of the election might look like.
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40 min
April 10, 2019 Jason Kenney hopes to push past scandal-plagued campaign
The Alberta election heads into the homestretch.
Jason Kenney is still ahead in the polls despite a campaign filled with constant scandal.
Emma Graney joined the UCP leader for a few days through southern Alberta.
From Calgary she talks to Dave Breakenridge in Edmonton about the state of the UCP campaign.
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21 min
April 06, 2019 The Alberta Election Week 3 edition
Leaders debate! More candidate controversies! (This time about bigoted remarks and conversion therapy.) Kamakazie updates! The Independence Party!
Election Week 3 has had it all, and the Press Gallery team is here to talk you through it.
Join host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Keith Gerein and Dave Breakenridge to talk about all the goings on from the campaign trail, and hear how Emma's brother used to apologize to her as a kid.
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38 min
April 03, 2019 Interview: NDP, UCP platforms explained
Both the NDP and UCP have released their full platforms as we reach the halfway mark of the campaign.
Dave Breakenridge and Keith Gerein explain the details behind both platforms.
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23 min
March 30, 2019 The Alberta Election Week 2 edition
With the Alberta election now in its second week, the Press Gallery team take a look at the big platform promises, the tone and some of the controversies that have marked the campaign thus far.
Join host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Sarah O'Donnell and Keith Gerein to talk about all that and more as Alberta prepares to head to the polls on April 16.
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42 min
March 27, 2019 Interview: Jason Kenney's education platform explained
A United Conservative Party government would proclaim a seven-year-old piece of education legislation, turfing some legal protections for Alberta LGBTQ students and school staff introduced by the NDP government, Jason Kenney announced Monday.
Join Dave Breakenridge and Janet French as they dive into the details of the far reaching education platform.
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24 min
March 22, 2019 The Election Campaign Kickoff edition
A little thing happened in Alberta politics this week. It was called the writ drop — and that means voters head to the polls April 16.
Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with a table of over-excited political guests to talk about the first few days of the campaign trail.
Graney, Keith Gerein, Sarah O'Donnell and Clare Clancy also examine the latest in leaked emails that detail the links between the UCP leadership campaigns of Jason Kenney and Jeff Callaway.
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37 min
March 21, 2019 Interview: Scandals, taxes to dominate Alberta election
Albertans will head to the polls April 16, after Rachel Notley called an election Tuesday.
This week regular Press Gallery panelist Dave Breakenridge is sitting in the interviewer's chair.
He is joined by legislative reporter Clare Clancy who gives us an overview of what to expect during the 28 day campaign.
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22 min
March 15, 2019 The Ghosts of UCP leadership past haunt Kenney edition
The RCMP is investigating allegations a leadership candidate for the UCP party was illegally funded, according to a report Friday.
It’s been alleged by one-time UCP insiders that party operative Jeff Callaway ran as a so-called kamikaze candidate during the 2017 leadership race to undermine Jason Kenney’s main rival, former Wildrose leader Brian Jean.
Join Sarah O'Donnell, Clare Clancy, Keith Gerein and Dave Breakenridge as they parse the allegations.
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33 min
March 13, 2019 Interview: Oneil Carlier talks farm safety and canola
With farms across the country marking Canadian Agricultural Safety Week this week, the Press Gallery Interview has a chat with Alberta's Agriculture and Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier.
Join host Emma Graney as Carlier talks farm safety, the canola conundrum with China and his thoughts on the UCP proposal to scrap Bill 6. You'll also discover how the minister lost some teeth in a farming accident many moons ago.
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20 min