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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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Episodes
'Eliminating' COVID won't happen any time soon
July 17, 2020 16:34 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest Conservative finance critic and MP Pierre Poilievre
Wildrose Independence Party has new interm leader
July 17, 2020 16:00 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBGuest 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 MBGuest Annie Dormuth, Director of Provincial Affairs, Alberta, CFIB
Reducing poverty in Alberta with gambling profits
July 16, 2020 17:51 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBGuest 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 MBGuest Colleen Collins, Vice President of the Canada West Foundation
Wealth taxes end up hurting everyone
July 16, 2020 17:39 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBGuest Gaël Campan, Senior Economist at the Montreal Economic Institute
WE Charity controversy continues
July 16, 2020 17:37 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBGuest Brian Lilley, Political columnist for the Toronto Sun
Reactions to the show
July 15, 2020 18:36 - 18 minutes - 17 MBIncurred benefits of married people
July 15, 2020 18:15 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuests: 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuests 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 MBEconomic implications of Edmonton being an NHL hub
July 14, 2020 16:56 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBGuest 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 MBGuests: 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuests: 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 MBGuest David Shepherd, NDP Opposition Critic for Health
Reactions to the Fiscal Snapshot
July 10, 2020 17:35 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuests: 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 MBGuest Dr. Neil Fassina, President of Athabasca University
Restoring balance in Alberta’s workplaces
July 08, 2020 17:40 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuests: 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest 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 MBGuest Jason Clemens, Executive Vice-President, The Fraser Institute
Navigating Senior Care Post-Covid-19
July 07, 2020 16:31 - 20 minutes - 19 MBGuest 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 MBGuest Sheldon Nagy, retired CP employee
Links between growth in population to environmental degradation
July 06, 2020 18:13 - 19 minutes - 18 MBGuest 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 MBGuest Jeff Bradshaw, President of V Strategies & Executive Producer of the Half Mile of Hell TV Series