Alberta’s Wildfires Meet an Even Wilder Election
05/16/23 • 36 min
A fiery election in Alberta. No, literally Alberta’s on fire this provincial election. AND, a $95 billion dollar lawsuit against the Ontario and Canadian Government challenging a lack of consent around resource extraction and the way treaty rights are upheld. This week longtime guest, first time host Riley Yesno is filling in for Mattea Roach.
Host: Riley Yesno
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)
Guests: Catherine Griwkowsky, Emma Jackson, Emma McIntosh
Background reading:
- Party leaders walk fine line of an emergency during election campaign,
- Exit right: How Notley and Smith shifted Alberta's political spectrum
- Can you talk yourself out of power? That's the question facing Danielle Smith in Alberta's election.
- ‘A skeleton crew’: UCP cuts led to Alberta wildfire disaster
- BC battles of mineral titles
- As mining fight escalates, First Nations challenge Ontario’s power
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A fiery election in Alberta. No, literally Alberta’s on fire this provincial election. AND, a $95 billion dollar lawsuit against the Ontario and Canadian Government challenging a lack of consent around resource extraction and the way treaty rights are upheld. This week longtime guest, first time host Riley Yesno is filling in for Mattea Roach.
Host: Riley Yesno
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)
Guests: Catherine Griwkowsky, Emma Jackson, Emma McIntosh
Background reading:
- Party leaders walk fine line of an emergency during election campaign,
- Exit right: How Notley and Smith shifted Alberta's political spectrum
- Can you talk yourself out of power? That's the question facing Danielle Smith in Alberta's election.
- ‘A skeleton crew’: UCP cuts led to Alberta wildfire disaster
- BC battles of mineral titles
- As mining fight escalates, First Nations challenge Ontario’s power
Sponsors: BRYCE@100, Athletic Greens, BetterHelp
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This week host Mattea Roach is joined by Riley Yesno, Karen Restoule, and Ethan Cox to unpack the The Public Service Alliance of Canada Strike, and the increase of police involved deaths. PSAC has reached a tentative contract agreement after almost two weeks of striking against its employer – the Government of Canada. AND, there’s a sharp rise in police-involved deaths peaking in 2022. What is really going on here?
Host: Mattea Roach
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)
Guests: Riley Yesno, Karen Restoule, Ethan Cox
Sources:
- Overpaid or undervalued? Politics divides opinions of federal employees’ working conditions & compensation
- Trudeau says government making 'serious offers' to end public service strike
- Data shows that police-involved deaths in Canada are on the rise
- Canadian police used deadly force at record rates in 2022, new research finds
- Paramedic tells inquest he misjudged Myles Gray's race because of severe bruising after police fight
- Doug Ford wants to boost police ranks by lowering the education requirements for officers
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Are Canadian policy makers ready for the AI revolution? How effective are our current regulations? what should we be worried about? AND, are immigrants going to save our economy, or break it? From controversial rhetoric, a housing crisis, & more...How can we navigate this immigration conversation?
Host: Riley Yesno
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor & Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)
Guests: Meagan Simpson, Nicholas Keung, David Moscrop
Background reading:
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- The race to regulate artificial intelligence - The Decibel
- A new era of immigration politics has started in Canada - The Hub
- No, immigration is not some magic pill for saving the economy - The Globe & Mail
- Why the argument that immigration is the sole cause of soaring home prices is flawed - The Financial Post
- Rural Ontario needs to learn cultural acceptance to stave off its own decline, study suggests - CBC
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