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Special: Inflation, affordability, and why we can't have nice things
Conservative Like Me - April 18, 2022 16:58 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe don't want to say we don't you so, but we said inflation and the cost of living would be a real challenge come spring 2022. Well, spring has sprung. In an episode for everyone, we walk you through the economic challenges now--and ahead.
The Playbook
Conservative Like Me - August 16, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhat would it take for Erin O’Toole Conservative Party to win the election? This is our answer. Episode Rundown: 3:11 Reality therapy on both sides – (a.k.a WTF is going on?!?) 29:24 The 10 political ideas that get you there 1:02:45 Selling the CPC brand to Canadians
One Canada is Over.
Conservative Like Me - June 09, 2021 19:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBill 96, currently tabled in the National Assembly, calls for Quebec to achieve nationhood—forever changing the makeup of Canada and how we define national unity. This will create unchecked power for one province over the others. All party leaders are on board—and of course they are—you can’t wi...
Alberta, part deux
Conservative Like Me - April 09, 2021 15:39 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe covered Alberta in our first season. Nothing changed. We decided to try it again with feeling.
Military
Conservative Like Me - April 09, 2021 15:35 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHere something you might not know: if the current conservative leader is elected as Prime Minister, he’ll be the first since Lester Pearson with military experience. In this pod, we talk about the fate of our Canadian Armed Forces, the possibility of a National Guard model, and fighting wars in ...
Media
Conservative Like Me - April 09, 2021 15:31 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingConservatives have continued the rallying cry to defund the CBC. John and Jenn are a house divided on this. But the fate of the CBC is only the visible tip of a very big iceberg. What lurks below is the integrity and reliability of today’s news landscape, a growing epidemic of information bankru...
Canada's Women
Conservative Like Me - April 09, 2021 15:09 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOne woman speaks for all women – what could possibly go wrong? The Conservative Party of Canada has a problem attracting women voters – and given that women are more than half of our population, that’s a problem. So, we start from scratch. We talk about why conservatives should embrace and pro...
China
Conservative Like Me - April 09, 2021 15:04 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNapoleon famously said, “Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” Well, she’s awake—and ready to roar. We dissect China’s incredible economic rise and explain how their Belt and Road Initiative is the nexus point between trade dominance and world dominance. We ask:...
Immigration
Conservative Like Me - April 09, 2021 14:58 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this pod, we break open the space between feelings and facts. We’re talking about the true purpose of our nation’s immigration program (it’s a whole lot more about purse strings than heartstrings), what to do about illegal immigration at the US border, how to hold on to our intellectual poten...
The Environment
Conservative Like Me - April 09, 2021 14:50 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhen it comes to the carbon tax, we exhaust too much energy (see what we did there?) on the tax part and not nearly enough on the carbon part. In this episode, we unpack the new, constitutionally supported carbon tax structure by showing what this means—in real numbers—for our economy. Then, bec...
It's STILL the economy, stupid
Conservative Like Me - April 09, 2021 14:35 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we have more questions than answers. Sorry. We’re talking O’Toole’s commitment to create 1 million jobs, the fate of foreign investment to Canada, the mythical quest to define and manifest “green jobs,” and the role of unions in rebuilding the economy. We also talk about why t...
Electile Dysfunction (Welcome to Season 2)
Conservative Like Me - April 09, 2021 14:26 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAt the recording of this podcast (April 2020), the Conservative Party of Canada cannot win an election and form government. That sucks. In this first episode of season 2, we lament. Then, we talk about the consequences of not having a strong counter-narrative for Canadians, the outcome of th...
Alberta
Conservative Like Me - August 23, 2020 20:09 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAlberta, once part of the energy now needs new energy. In the final pod of season one, we talk about controlling the outcome of taxpayer money at the provincial level, a provincial sales tax, a pension plan of our own, and the value of selling our intellectual property. We also fight a lit...
The episode where we talk about guns
Conservative Like Me - August 23, 2020 20:01 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAre people good and society makes them bad? Or are people bad and the laws of society make them good? Think about your answer, because it likely informs your feelings on how we police guns—and gun owners—in this country. We talk about our very different views on guns and the right to gun owner...
American Influence
Conservative Like Me - August 23, 2020 19:57 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingYes, you can be a conservative in Canada without being a full-steam-ahead Trump supporter. Oh, sorry, we’re you looking for a longer description? Okay, well, we ask whether Canadians could have a leader like Donald J. Trump. We wonder if there are similarities between non-dog-whistle Trump v...
It's the economy, stupid
Conservative Like Me - August 23, 2020 19:46 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAt a trillion dollars in debt, “paying off the debt” can no longer be the central argument for the conservative party. So why not pivot into some new, bold ideas? We talk green energy, infrastructure, a national pharma care program, ending childcare desserts, regulatory burdens, tech, and inte...
Matters of Life and Death
Conservative Like Me - August 20, 2020 23:23 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating“If you want my vote, you’ve got to move to the left on social issues.” This is largely the takeaway of the last federal election. If we want a conservative party that’s relevant to the momentum of Canadians, then the party has to get clear—and progressive—about issues like abortion and medica...
Jesus Christ, we're conservatives!
Conservative Like Me - August 20, 2020 21:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIf we want a moral society (and who doesn’t?), then it’s easy to see why religion creates that moral construct. But we have a separation of church and state in this country and Canadians, less and less, want religion in their politics. So, what happens when the conservative party’s members conti...
Free Speech
Conservative Like Me - August 20, 2020 21:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDifference of opinion is democracy in action, but with the rise of cancel culture, free speech this becoming an increasingly difficult platform for any political party—let alone the conservative party—to manage. What, exactly, is freedom of expression in this country? When does free speech bec...
Welcome to Conservative Like Me
Conservative Like Me - August 14, 2020 19:18 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLet me just start with the obvious: I am a Canadian and I am a conservative. As the Conservative Party of Canada selects a new leader, a silent sentiment grows for people like me who want the big things conservatives stand for but no longer see themselves represented in this party. And that’...
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