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In the latest installment of Danielle Smith's Uncensored series on the COVID-19 pandemic, she speaks with lawyers from the Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms about their ongoing, past and future legal challenges of government lockdowns and their defenses of those charged for violating government restrictions. 
 
Allison Pejovic, Lisa Bildy and Jay Cameron of the JCCF all speak to the challenges to our rights and the potential legal recourses we have as citizens in standing up for our rights. 

Publisher Derek Fildebrandt, news editor Dave Naylor and columnist Cory Morgan discuss and analyze top news stories of the day. Pastor James Coates has been released without conditions and most charges against him have been dropped. What does this mean for other people facing charges? Is the provincial government going to back off on restrictions further? Recall and referendum legislation has been tabled in the legislature. Are the bars for citizens reasonably set? Will this shore up the grassroots support in the party? Political maneuvering has pushed the next opportunity for a UCP leadership review until a date six months before the next general election. Kenney has bought himself time and dodged a potential bullet but will it be worth alienating members? 

Host Marc Patrone along with panelists Dave Naylor, Paul Hinman and Cory Morgan discuss and analyze the perilous state that Premier Jason Kenney has found himself in.Polls are dropping, MLAs are going rogue and there are rumours that constituency associations are trying to activate a leadership review for this fall.Can Jason Kenney come back from this? What will he have to do?Panelists and viewers weigh in.

Columnist Cory Morgan and news editor Dave Naylor discuss and analyze the top news items of the week. Premier Jason Kenney is facing a revolt from caucus members, constituency associations and voters. Can he avoid facing a leadership review this fall and can he regain his dwindling support? Erin O'Toole has hired a former Huawei executive. What was he thinking? What was to gain? How will O'Toole deal with flagging grassroots support? Pastor Coates remains in jail while church services continue around Alberta in defiance of government-imposed restrictions. Disney has announced that they will be putting warnings on a number of their classic movies dues to content that isn't acceptable today. Will it stop there though? Will the cancel-mob be pacified? How long until those movies are simply banned? 

Host Marc Patrone moderates a panel discussion including Clinton Desveaux, David Parker and Cory Morgan as they discuss whether or not O'Toole's strategy of swinging left will win him the East. 

This is the third installment of a series as an uncensored Danielle Smith does deep dives into the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts.Smith interviews Erin Coates, the wife of jailed Alberta Pastor James Coates who has been incarcerated for weeks for holding a church service in contravention of AHS rules on social gatherings.Lawyer, John Carpay of the Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms and speaks to the legalities of this imprisonment and how it applies to entrenched freedom of religion rights.Special thanks to Covid Common Ground for helping bring everybody together.To help with the legal fees for Pastor Coates, click here.