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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 ...

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04.15.2019 Political Kickstart 04-15-19 #ableg #abpoli #abvote 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 ...
04.10.2019 Political Kick Start (Full Episode) 04-10-2019 “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 ...
02.26.2019 Episode 18: The Last Alberta PC: An Interview with Richard Starke #ableg #abpoli #pcaa 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 ...
01.09.2019 Episode 17: Dr. Andre Gagne and the Rise of the Christian Right in Canada 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. ...
12.28.2018 Episode 16: Welcome Back, Carter 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 ...
12.11.2018 Episode 15: Minister of Infrastructure Sandra Jansen Tells Her Political Story “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 ...
12.04.2018 Episode 14: Stop Hate, AB 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 ...
11.30.2018 Episode 13: Conversations in Education ii 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, ...
11.29.2018 Episode 12: Conversations in Education i 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 ...
11.15.2018 Episode 10: What is Conservatism Anyway? 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 ...
11.14.2018 Episode 9: Climate Change Hand-Wringers as Heroes? 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 ...
10.31.2018 Episode 8: Immigration in Canada, the Law and the People 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 ...
10.25.2018 Episode 7: What’s Missing In Politics? 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
10.17.2018 Episode 5: Politics and Carbon Taxes 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
10.16.2018 Episode 4: The Way We Were 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 ...

This Week In AB

What's This Week In AB about?

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This Week In AB episodes:

Political Kickstart 04-15-19 #ableg #abpoli #abvote

Political Kick Start (Full Episode) 04-10-2019

Episode 18: The Last Alberta PC: An Interview with Richard Starke #ableg #abpoli #pcaa

Episode 17: Dr. Andre Gagne and the Rise of the Christian Right in Canada

Episode 16: Welcome Back, Carter

Episode 15: Minister of Infrastructure Sandra Jansen Tells Her Political Story

Episode 14: Stop Hate, AB

Episode 13: Conversations in Education ii

Episode 12: Conversations in Education i

Episode 10: What is Conservatism Anyway?

Episode 9: Climate Change Hand-Wringers as Heroes?

Episode 8: Immigration in Canada, the Law and the People

Episode 7: What’s Missing In Politics?

Episode 5: Politics and Carbon Taxes

Episode 4: The Way We Were