By This Week In AB
Political Analysis for Critical Thinkers
This weekend saw some surprises, like the numbers from advanced polling, and also some late signs of pleas for support from UCP in Calgary who are now trying to earn back the voters with progressive leanings that they successfully purged...
“Stuff” keeps coming up about the UCP candidates and there’s news on the leadership vote as well. But what we really want to talk about is the economy. People are beginning to question Jason Kenney’s strategy for getting the pipeline approved....
What happened between the unite the right movement and those who were left behind? Richard Starke, the last PC MLA joins me to talk about his experience as the lone Progressive Conservative defender. Subscribers help keep us writing, finding guests...
Maybe you’ve heard of John Carpay and his Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. Perhaps you’ve followed the Parents for Choice in Education group or their joint effort in challenging the constitutionality of Bill 24, the Act to Strengthen Gay-Straight Alliances. ...
I wanted to do a year in review but guests like Stephen Carter have so much history with which to provide context that it’s difficult to keep on track. My condolences to Zain Velji who managed to successfully herd that...
“How did we get here?” is a question often asked and I wanted to put that to Minister Jansen. I wanted to know when she became interested in politics and how she came to make certain decisions like who to...
Bill 206, the Societies (Preventing the Promotion of Hate) Amendment Act went through its second reading in the Alberta Legislature yesterday and was unanimously supported. In today’s episode, I talk with Irfan Chaudry who started an initiative called Stop Hate...
The Alberta curriculum has been used as a political football and many thought it was for no good reason other than to score some points. I sat down with Dr. Lindsay Gibson, an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta,...
This is the first episode of a new series that will be added to as guests come up or the topic is especially relevant. Today my guest is Luke Fevin who started APUPIL (Albertan Parents for Unbiased, Inclusive Learning) about...
After John Carpay’s speech this weekend to a few hundred Rebel Media fans, I had to find out more about conservatism. Luckily, I know someone who has been a conservative in a number of political parties. Mark Taylor, Executive Director...
Eric Bowling, a journalist for the local Westlock paper joins me to discuss the incredulous Macleans cover depicting the head-in-the-sand conservative politicians who have banded together to fight the cost of pollution. “If charismatic leadership was lacking, maybe a team approach...
Joining me today is Kerry Cundal, a lawyer and former Case Manager for the Minister of Immigration and Robert Falconer, a policy researcher and former settlement coordinator with Calgary Catholic Immigration Society. We look at what the difference is between...
Mike Hanlon, former Alberta Liberal Party candidate, teacher, police officer, and current conflict resolution specialist joined me to talk about what he feels is missing in politics today. Find us on Twitter: @HanlonMike @Mitchell_AB
Today I was joined by Gerald Kutney, an author, consultant, and former adjunct professor of Environmental Science to talk about carbon taxes. If only I’d known I was a conservative… Find us on Twitter: @6esm and @Mitchell_AB
Today I was joined by Ronda Klemmensen, former Wildrose Constituency Association President for Strathmore Brooks and current Freedom Conservative Party CA President for Chestermere Strathmore. Ronda details some of the issues she saw during and after the merger and why...
