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Danielle Smith

1,643 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratings

Danielle 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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'Eliminating' COVID won't happen any time soon

July 17, 2020 16:34 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MB

Guest Dr. Zain Chagla is an associate professor at McMaster University and infectious diseases consultant at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

'Eliminating' COVID-19 won't happen any time soon

July 17, 2020 16:34 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MB

Guest Dr. Zain Chagla is an associate professor at McMaster University and infectious diseases consultant at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

MP Pierre Poilievre discusses WE Charity controversy

July 17, 2020 16:14 - 9 minutes - 8.76 MB

Guest Conservative finance critic and MP Pierre Poilievre

Wildrose Independence Party has new interm leader

July 17, 2020 16:00 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MB

Guest Paul Hinman, Interim Leader for the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta

More than one quarter of small firms report workers refusing to return to work; preference for CERB top reason given

July 16, 2020 18:10 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB

Guest Annie Dormuth, Director of Provincial Affairs, Alberta, CFIB

Reducing poverty in Alberta with gambling profits

July 16, 2020 17:51 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

Guest Brian Dijkema, vice-president of external affairs at think tank Cardus

Regional Perspectives on the Economy and Climate Change

July 16, 2020 17:44 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

Guest Colleen Collins, Vice President of the Canada West Foundation

Wealth taxes end up hurting everyone

July 16, 2020 17:39 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB

Guest Gaël Campan, Senior Economist at the Montreal Economic Institute

WE Charity controversy continues

July 16, 2020 17:37 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MB

Guest Brian Lilley, Political columnist for the Toronto Sun

Reactions to the show

July 15, 2020 18:36 - 18 minutes - 17 MB

Incurred benefits of married people

July 15, 2020 18:15 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MB

Guest Peter Shawn Taylor, Senior Features Editor for C2C Journal

Calgary City Hall's tax everything plan

July 15, 2020 17:37 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB

Guest William McBeath, Principal with Canadians for Democracy and Prosperity and spokesperson for Save Calgary

Justice Centre to apply to intervene to stop Trudeau’s firearm confiscation

July 15, 2020 17:35 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB

Guest Jay Cameron, Litigation Manager at the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

Minister of Health Tyler Shandro discusses contract offered to UCP by doctors

July 15, 2020 17:00 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MB

Guest Tyler Shandro, Minister of Health

Calls for Premiers Moe and Kenney to move faster for new deal in confederation

July 15, 2020 16:39 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

Guest Derek Robinson, spokesperson for the Buffalo Project

Today’s Show: Edmonton as an NHL hub, financial literacy, and the case against entrepreneurship

July 14, 2020 19:02 - 2 hours - 112 MB

Guests: Moshe Lander, faculty member in the department of economics at Concordia University, Kevin McCarthy runs Enriched Academy’s Education Division, Kevin Cochran, President and Co-Founder of Enriched Academy, and David Sloan Wilson, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University and an Ethical Systems Collaborator

"The Case Against Entrepreneurship As We Know It"

July 14, 2020 18:36 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

Guest David Sloan Wilson is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University and an Ethical Systems Collaborator

Alberta funding two programs to teach students financial literacy

July 14, 2020 17:40 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MB

Guests Kevin McCarthy, runs Enriched Academy’s Education Division and will be leading the Alberta pilot project and Kevin Cochran is the President and Co-Founder of Enriched Academy

Reactions to Edmonton being an NHL hub

July 14, 2020 17:31 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB

Economic implications of Edmonton being an NHL hub

July 14, 2020 16:56 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

Guest Moshe Lander, faculty member in the department of economics at Concordia University in Montreal

Today’s Show: WE controversy, Canadian Energy Centre, Bow River flow rates, pandemic modelling, and Alberta’s fair deal

July 13, 2020 19:05 - 2 hours - 114 MB

Guests: MP Michael Barrett, CPC Shadow Minister for Ethics, Gregory John, Indigenous Content and Communications for Canadian Energy Centre, Mike Robertson, local fishing guide and blogger at BowRiverBlog.com, Dr. Harvey Schipper, Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Toronto, and Danny Hozack, Chairman of the Economic Education Association of Alberta and one of the organizers of  the conference

Alberta's Options to get a Fair Deal

July 13, 2020 18:34 - 10 minutes - 9.64 MB

Guest Danny Hozack, Chairman of the Economic Education Association of Alberta and one of the organizers of  the conference

"How pandemic modelling failed policy-makers, and how to do better"

July 13, 2020 18:14 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB

Guest Dr. Harvey Schipper is both an engineer and a physician who has served as a cancer specialist, innovator, health systems designer, businessman and advisor to government. He is currently Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Toronto and is the author of a new Macdonald-Laurier Institute commentary 

Bow River flow rates

July 13, 2020 17:06 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MB

Guest Mike Robertson, local fishing guide and blogger at BowRiverBlog.com

"Busting the myth of anti-oil and gas First Nations"

July 13, 2020 16:52 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

Guest Gregory John, Indigenous Content and Communications for Canadian Energy Centre Article: https://www.canadianenergycentre.ca/busting-the-myth-of-anti-oil-and-gas-first-nations/

Conservatives call on Trudeau to appear before committee over WE controversy

July 13, 2020 16:49 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

Guest MP Michael Barrett, CPC Shadow Minister for Ethics

Today’s Show: WE charity, COVID-19, fiscal snapshot, and AB doctors

July 10, 2020 18:47 - 2 hours - 116 MB

Guests: Spencer Fernando, Campaign Fellow for the National Citizens Coalition and writer whose work can be found at spencerfernando.com and The Post Millennial, Dr. Martha Fulford, an associate professor and infectious diseases specialist at McMaster University, Charles St-Arnaud, Chief Economist at Alberta Central, and David Shepherd, NDP Opposition Critic for Health

AB doctors reveals that 42 per cent are considering leaving the province

July 10, 2020 18:42 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

Guest David Shepherd, NDP Opposition Critic for Health

Reactions to the Fiscal Snapshot

July 10, 2020 17:35 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

Guest Charles St-Arnaud, Chief Economist at Alberta Central, the central banking facility and trade association for Alberta’s credit union

Aiming to prevent or contain every COVID-19 case not sustainable

July 10, 2020 17:21 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MB

Guest Dr. Martha Fulford, an associate professor and infectious diseases specialist at McMaster University

Trudeau’s mother and brother were both paid to speak at WE Charity events

July 10, 2020 17:18 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB

Guest Spencer Fernando, Campaign Fellow for the National Citizens Coalition and writer whose work can be found at spencerfernando.com and The Post Millennial

The latest in US Politics

July 09, 2020 18:01 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB

Guest Wendy Schiller, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Brown University

"The Rise of America's NDP"

July 09, 2020 18:00 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MB

Guest Rick Smith, Executive Director of the Broadbent Institute 

Calls for sports teams to change their names

July 09, 2020 17:57 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MB

Guest Dave Rowe, Sports anchor for 770 CHQR Global News

Bill 30 - Alberta to streamline approvals for new private clinics to boost surgeries

July 09, 2020 16:46 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MB

Guest Bacchus Barua, associate director of health policy studies with the Fraser Institute

MP Rempel Garner Responds to Liberal Government’s Economic ‘Snapshot’

July 09, 2020 16:18 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

Guest Michelle Rempel Garner, Shadow Minister for Industry and Economic Development and MP for Calgary Nose Hill

Today’s Show: Mandatory masks, Bill 30, JWN Energy, Alberta's Minister of Labour and Immigration, and Canadians high-tech expectations

July 08, 2020 19:10 - 2 hours - 113 MB

Guests: Brian Lilley, Political columnist for the Toronto Sun, Dr. Lorian Hardcastle, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, Bill Whitelaw, CEO of JWN Energy, Jason Copping, Alberta's Minister of Labour and Immigration, and Jason Copping, Alberta's Minister of Labour and Immigration

Canadians have high-tech expectations for the future of higher education

July 08, 2020 18:08 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MB

Guest Dr. Neil Fassina, President of Athabasca University

Restoring balance in Alberta’s workplaces

July 08, 2020 17:40 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MB

Guest Jason Copping, Alberta's Minister of Labour and Immigration

New joint energy and agriculture summit to focus on sustainable development and economic diversification

July 08, 2020 17:20 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

Guest Bill Whitelaw, CEO of JWN Energy

Bill 30 - Alberta to streamline approvals for new private clinics to boost surgeries

July 08, 2020 16:55 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

Guest Dr. Lorian Hardcastle is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, with a cross-appointment to the Department of Community Health Sciences in the Cumming School of Medicine. She is also a member of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health.

Is it too late to make masks mandatory?

July 08, 2020 16:53 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

Guest Brian Lilley, Political columnist for the Toronto Sun

Today’s Show: Senior Care Post-Covid-19, income tax, federal gun ban, and racism in Alberta

July 07, 2020 18:45 - 2 hours - 111 MB

Guests: Stephanie Chan, CEO of myCareBase, Jason Clemens, Executive Vice-President of The Fraser Institute, Rod Giltaca, CEO & Executive Director of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights, and Leela Aheer, Alberta's Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women

Experiencing racism in Alberta

July 07, 2020 18:05 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MB

Guest Leela Aheer, Alberta's Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women

Court challenges over federal gun ban continue

July 07, 2020 18:02 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MB

Guest Rod Giltaca, CEO & Executive Director of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights

Across all income levels, Canadians pay higher personal income taxes than Americans

July 07, 2020 17:22 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB

Guest Jason Clemens, Executive Vice-President, The Fraser Institute

Navigating Senior Care Post-Covid-19

July 07, 2020 16:31 - 20 minutes - 19 MB

Guest Stephanie Chan, CEO of myCareBase. She is an expert in caregiving, care management and care planning for seniors.

Safety and injuries on the job site

July 06, 2020 18:14 - 23 minutes - 22 MB

Guest Sheldon Nagy, retired CP employee

Links between growth in population to environmental degradation

July 06, 2020 18:13 - 19 minutes - 18 MB

Guest Pierre Desrochers, Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Toronto

Behind the scenes of Chuckwagon racing

July 06, 2020 17:25 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

Guest Jeff Bradshaw, President of V Strategies & Executive Producer of the Half Mile of Hell TV Series

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