Danielle Smith
1,643 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsDanielle Smith's background as former leader of the Wildrose Party makes her ideally suited to deliver this unique show that is much more than just politics.
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Airlines are offering free COVID-19 insurance for international travellers
September 18, 2020 16:09 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBGuest Gabor Lukacs - Air Passenger Rights Advocate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today’s Show: Mandatory masks, foreign oil, changes to AISH, the forgotten poor, and the issues surrounding Tik Tok
September 17, 2020 18:37 - 1 hour - 100 MBGuests: Jon Dziadyk Edmonton Ward 3 Councillor, Jyoti Gondek, Calgary Ward 3 Councillor, Mark Milke, Canadian Energy Centre’s Executive Director of Research, Donalda Paton, concerned Calgarian, Colin Busby, the IRPP Research Director, and Tom Keenan, Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science, Senior Fellow, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary, and AUTHOR OF BEST-SELLING BOOK, TECHNOCREEP See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Understanding the controversy around Tik Tok and breaking down The Social Dilemma
September 17, 2020 18:22 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBGuest Tom Keenan, Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science, Senior Fellow, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary, and AUTHOR OF BEST-SELLING BOOK, TECHNOCREEP See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
"Canada’s forgotten poor: How to lift single persons out of deep poverty"
September 17, 2020 18:19 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBGuest Colin Busby, the IRPP Research Director who oversaw the report See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Calls for transparency on privatization as the Premier says government will look at eligibility criteria to receive AISH payments
September 17, 2020 18:17 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBDonalda Paton, concerned Albertan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
'Foreign oil imports to Canada: $477 billion between 1988 and 2019"
September 17, 2020 18:15 - 10 minutes - 9.56 MBGuest Mark Milke, Canadian Energy Centre’s Executive Director of Research See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mandatory masks in Edmonton and Calgary
September 17, 2020 18:14 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBGuests Jon Dziadyk Edmonton Ward 3 Councillor and Jyoti Gondek, Calgary Ward 3 Councillor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Trump announces ‘peace deal’ between Bahrain and Israel
September 16, 2020 18:28 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBGuest Shoshana Bryen, Senior Director at the Jewish Policy Center See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The concerning allure of "new communism"
September 16, 2020 18:24 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBGuest Doug Firby is an award-winning veteran journalist and newspaper manager based in Calgary who has worked in print and electronic media for more than 40 years. He is also a C2C Journal author See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Alberta needs both spending discipline and fresh, forward economic thinking
September 16, 2020 18:22 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBGuest Terry Etam, energy writer and author of the book, The End of Fossil Fuel Insanity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
"Only way out for Toews is for government employees to take cuts"
September 16, 2020 18:20 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBGuest Franco Terrazzano is the Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ward 11 Calgary Councillor Jeromy Farkas has declared his intention to run for Mayor of Calgary
September 16, 2020 18:18 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBGuest Ward 11 Calgary Councillor Jeromy Farkas See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today’s Show: New Brunswick election, MP Shannon Stubbs, defining Canadian politics, Brexit update, and Suits and Boots
September 15, 2020 18:51 - 1 hour - 105 MBGuests: David Akin, Global News chief political correspondent, Shannon Stubbs, MP for Lakeland. Official Opposition Shadow Minister for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Brian Lee Crowley is the Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and author of the new book: GARDENERS VS. DESIGNERS: Understanding the Great Fault Line in Canadian Politics, Anthony Cary, former British High Commissioner to Canada now living in London and Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute,...
Suits and Boots' finds new Executive Director
September 15, 2020 18:31 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBGuest Rick Grafton, new Executive Director of Suits and Boots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Boris Johnson sparks crisis with bill that would undermine Brexit
September 15, 2020 18:27 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBGuest Anthony Cary, former British High Commissioner to Canada now living in London. Also a Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
"GARDENERS VS. DESIGNERS: Understanding the Great Fault Line in Canadian Politics"
September 15, 2020 17:53 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBGuest Brian Lee Crowley is the Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and he's the author of the new book: GARDENERS VS. DESIGNERS: Understanding the Great Fault Line in Canadian Politics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MP Shannon Stubbs named critic for public safety and emergency preparedness
September 15, 2020 17:14 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBGuest Shannon Stubbs, MP for Lakeland. Official Opposition Shadow Minister for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New Brunswick Progressive Conservatives win in pandemic vote
September 15, 2020 16:32 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBGuest David Akin, Global News chief political correspondent See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today’s Show: handling the pandemic, Canada’s natural resources, orphaned Grizzly cub, and gun violence
September 14, 2020 19:37 - 1 hour - 107 MBGuests: Anthony Furey, Sun papers national columnist and oped editor, Dennis McConaghy, retired TC Energy executive and author on energy and climate policy, Lisa Dahlseide, Education Director for the Cochrane Ecological Institute, and Marcell Wilson, Founder and President of One by One See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Addressing the 'root causes' of crime and gun violence
September 14, 2020 18:17 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBGuest Marcell Wilson, Founder and President of One by One See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Another orphaned Grizzly bear cub on the Alberta Landscape
September 14, 2020 17:28 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBGuest Lisa Dahlseide, Education Director for the Cochrane Ecological Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Using natural resources to pull Canada out of a recession
September 14, 2020 17:17 - 21 minutes - 20 MBGuest Dennis McConaghy, retired TC Energy executive and author on energy and climate policy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
"Don't be so quick to give the feds a passing pandemic grade"
September 14, 2020 16:39 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBGuest Anthony Furey, Sun papers national columnist and oped editor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today’s Show: MP Michael Barrett. B.C. Supreme Court ruling, brain computer technology, women in the workforce, and Bob Woodward’s book
September 11, 2020 18:58 - 1 hour - 104 MBGuests: MP Michael Barrett, Conservative Shadow Minister for Ethics, Derek From, former staff lawyer for the Canadian Constitution Foundation, Graeme Moffat, Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and also the Chief Scientist and cofounder of System 2 Neurotechnology, Trudy Curran, local Calgarian, and one of the Founding Visionaries of The Prosperity Project, and Dr. Rob Goodman, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson Uni...
Revelations in Bob Woodward’s new book could impact U.S. President Donald Trump
September 11, 2020 18:04 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBGuest Dr. Rob Goodman, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
One-third of Canadian women consider quitting jobs to take care of home responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
September 11, 2020 17:47 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBGuest Trudy Curran, local Calgarian, and one of the Founding Visionaries of The Prosperity Project, which is a new pan-Canadian not-for-profit organization founded to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian working women who are being disproportionately affected in so many ways See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Understanding Neuralink and the latest in brain computer technology
September 11, 2020 17:23 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBGuest Graeme Moffat, Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and also the Chief Scientist and cofounder of System 2 Neurotechnology. He was formerly Chief Scientist and Vice President of Regulatory Affairs with Interaxon, a Toronto-based world leader in consumer neurotechnology See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
B.C. Supreme Court rules against legalizing private health care
September 11, 2020 16:40 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBGuest Derek From, former staff lawyer for the Canadian Constitution Foundation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
WE Charity Documents and Liberal Elections Act Violation
September 11, 2020 16:12 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBGuest MP Michael Barrett, Conservative Shadow Minister for Ethics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today’s Show: Premier Kenney, defund the police, world suicide prevention day, annual economic freedom report, healthy aging month, and WE Charity closing Canadian operations
September 10, 2020 19:08 - 1 hour - 104 MBGuests: Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Kaycee Madu, MLA for Edmonton-South West and Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, Jerilyn Dressler, Executive Director, Distress Centre Calgary, Fred McMahon, Dr. Michael A. Walker Chair of Economic Freedom Research, The Fraser Institute, Annabelle Mastalic, owner of interior design firm ADM interiors and a former nurse of 17 years and Matt Gurney, Columnist and Editor at the National Post See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
WE Charity is closing its Canadian operations
September 10, 2020 18:18 - 10 minutes - 9.78 MBGuest Matt Gurney, Columnist and Editor at the National Post See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Healthy Aging Month
September 10, 2020 18:17 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBGuest Annabelle Mastalic is the owner of interior design firm ADM interiors and a former nurse of 17 years whose unique focus is on blending health promotion and illness prevention into beautifully conceptualized living spaces. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Annual Economic Freedom of the World report
September 10, 2020 17:30 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBGuest Fred McMahon, Dr. Michael A. Walker Chair of Economic Freedom Research, The Fraser Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
World Suicide Prevention Day
September 10, 2020 17:28 - 16 minutes - 15 MBGuest Jerilyn Dressler, Executive Director, Distress Centre Calgary See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Minster Kaycee Madu opposes the idea of defunding the police
September 10, 2020 16:36 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBGuest Kaycee Madu, MLA for Edmonton-South West and Minister of Justice and Solicitor General See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Premier Kenney talks back to school and PST
September 10, 2020 16:08 - 13 minutes - 12 MBGuest Alberta Premier Jason Kenney See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today’s show: Back to school frustrations, universal dental care, MMIWG, and the Buffalo Project
September 09, 2020 18:48 - 1 hour - 107 MBGuests: Geoff Steele, professional Mechanical Engineer by trade, husband and father of 3 children ages 16, 15, and 11, Dr. Aaron Burry, Associate Director, Professional Affairs, Canadian Dental Association, James Juhasz, 20 year-old Canadian sailor who has competed in various international sailing competitions on behalf of Canada, Brandi Morin, Award winning Human Rights Journalist, and Derek Robinson, Spokesperson for the Buffalo Project See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Buffalo Project releases open letter that calls on western MPs to unite in demands from government
September 09, 2020 18:41 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBGuest Derek Robinson, Spokesperson for the Buffalo Project See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Award-winning journalist recounts how she was almost a MMIWG
September 09, 2020 17:54 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBGuest Brandi Morin, Award winning Human Rights Journalist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Canadian sailor remains hopeful and disciplined in training, despite uncertainties around him
September 09, 2020 17:28 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBGuest James Juhasz, 20 year-old Canadian sailor who has competed in various international sailing competitions on behalf of Canada See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Canadian Dental Association responds to report on universal dental care
September 09, 2020 17:26 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBGuest Dr. Aaron Burry, Associate Director, Professional Affairs, Canadian Dental Association See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Parents frustrated with lack of support while sending kids back to school
September 09, 2020 16:38 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBGuest Geoff Steele, professional Mechanical Engineer by trade, husband and father of 3 children ages 16, 15, and 11 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today’s Show: Michelle Rempel Garner, liability of COVID-19 outbreaks, and re-imagining Canadian schools
September 08, 2020 21:46 - 1 hour - 107 MBGuests: Michelle Rempel Garner, Shadow Minister for Health and Calgary Nose Hill MP, John Knoll, Master Electrician and Professional Electrical Contractor. Former president of the Edmonton chapter of the Electrical Contractors Association of Alberta, Sivan Tumarkin, co-founding Partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and heads the firm’s Long Term Disability & Personal Injury Law practice group, and Paul Bennett, Director, Schoolhouse Institute, Founding Chair, researchED Canada, and author of the up...
Re-imagining Canadian Schools
September 08, 2020 18:21 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBGuest Paul Bennett, Director, Schoolhouse Institute, Founding Chair, researchED Canada, and author of the upcoming book, The State of The System: A Reality Check on Canada’s Schools See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How liable are schools in the event of COVID-19 outbreak in the classroom?
September 08, 2020 18:20 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBGuest Sivan Tumarkin, co-founding Partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and heads the firm’s Long Term Disability & Personal Injury Law practice group See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Long term sequalae effects of electrical Injury
September 08, 2020 17:14 - 22 minutes - 21 MBGuest John Knoll, Master Electrician and Professional Electrical Contractor. Former president of the Edmonton chapter of the Electrical Contractors Association of Alberta See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
It's time Alberta seriously considers a PST
September 08, 2020 16:56 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBSee omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
MP Michelle Rempel Garner named health critic
September 08, 2020 16:53 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBGuest Michelle Rempel Garner, Shadow Minister for Health and Calgary Nose Hill MP See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
Education Minister Adriana LaGrange talks back to school
September 04, 2020 18:11 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBGuest Alberta’s Education Minister Adriana LaGrange See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
Move One Million movement happening in Calgary
September 04, 2020 18:02 - 18 minutes - 17 MBGuest Jarette Petzer, Cape Town-based entrepreneur and founder of Move One Million, which aims to empower and mobilise one million South Africans to be active citizens in challenging issues in South Africa including corruption in government and electoral reform See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.