The Press Gallery: Inside Alberta politics

NDP Transportation Minister Brian Mason joins Emma Graney on this this week's interview.

The long time MLA and for party leader is retiring this spring, and he reflects on years fighting in opposition trenches before capping his career in government.

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This week Sarah O'Donnell fills in as host and is helped along the way with Keith Gerein, Clare Clancy and Dave Breakenridge.

The Gallery tackles the controversy swirling around where UCP leader Jason Kenney lived while a federal MP. The team also looks at party fundraising and high profile NDP MLAs who will not be running in the upcoming election.

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Matt Jeneroux, the Conservative MP for Edmonton Riverbend, stops by the studio this week for a wide ranging interview to talk about a busy year ahead in the world of federal and provincial politics.

What does Jeneroux think of the idea of Alberta separation? How would a Conservative government in Ottawa have the country further ahead on pipelines? What is the party's alternative to a carbon tax when it comes to fighting climate change?

Take a listen to the episode to find out.

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This week in Alberta politics saw the release of the 2019 legislature session calendar (there will be a throne speech, mark it down for March 18) and more shenanigans added to the ever-growing list of political intrigue in the lead-up to the election.

Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with guests Keith Gerein, Clare Clancy and Dave Breakenridge to talk about what the session calendar means for election timing, and go over the four biggest instances of internal party chicanery.

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Edmonton's mayor sat down with city columnist Elise Stolte for this week's The Press Gallery interview, pondering the risks for Edmonton in this upcoming provincial election, explaining the math behind the new provincial city funding deal, and taking a stand on the carbon tax.

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The Bighorn Country proposal rocketed into Alberta Politics news this week, starting with Environment Minister Shannon Phillips cancelled public consultations citing security concerns and ending with demands for her resignation.

Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Keith Gerein and Elise Stolte to talk about how and why the issue got out of hand.

The team also chats about the Case of the Missing Photo Radar Report.

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Regular Press Gallery listeners will recognize this week's interviewee, who sits down to talk with host Emma Graney about being one of Canada's newest senators and what exactly happened with the vote on Bill c-69.

Independent Alberta Senator Paula Simons joins us for the first Press Gallery Interview of 2019 to talk about life in the centre block and why Twitter caused her to miss out on sandwiches.

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In the first episode of 2019, the Press Gallery podcast team takes a look at the ream of official complaints being filed inside the world of Alberta politics.

Over Christmas we had the UCP lodge an official complaint to the Election Commissioner about foreign funding to left-leaning third-party advertiser Progress Alberta, and Freedom Conservative leader Derek Fildebrandt doing the same about a donation in kind he made to Jason Kenney.

Then, to kick off the new year, Alberta Party MLA Karen McPherson comp

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The Press Gallery’s final episode of 2018 features a chat with a man who is under fire for the struggles of Alberta’s energy industry: Amarjeet Sohi.

The Trudeau government’s natural resources minister has been in the spotlight since July, when he was appointed to the role that is overseeing the (delayed) construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Sohi talks about Ottawa’s progress on conducting “meaningful” consultations with Indigenous communities needed to get the pipeline back o

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As is the tradition for the final Press Gallery panel podcast of the year, this week the team looks back at 2018 for the annual news quiz.

Join host and quizmaster Emma Graney with contestants Clare Clancy, Keith Gerein and Dave Breakenridge to find out who remembers the most about what happened over the past 12 months in Alberta politics.

Play along at home to pit your wits against Edmonton Journal politicos. Merry Christmas and happy new year from all of us in the Press Gallery studio.

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