Western Standard Shows

Publisher Derek Fildebrandt, news editor Dave Naylor and podcast editor Cory Morgan participate in a live broadcast to discuss the week's top stories. In this episode, the pending caucus vote on the fate of MP Derek Sloan is discussed. How will the caucus vote? How bad will the rift be? What was Erin O'Toole thinking? Joe Biden is officially sworn in as President of the United States. What does that mean for Western Canada? Is the Keystone XL pipeline truly dead? How will Premier Kenney deal with the potential and massive loss of taxpayer investment in the pipeline? Manitoba gets on the bandwagon of government's saying "Do as I say, not as I do" when it comes to pandemic lockdown policy. 

Cory Morgan interviews Frenco Terrazzano from the Canadian Taxpayer's Federation on the numbers discovered in a recent freedom of information request b the CTF. More than 7,300 Alberta bureaucrats received pay raises in 2020, according to exclusive documents obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
The Alberta government gave 7,384 bureaucrats pay increases in 2020, costing taxpayers $18.7 million, according to records the CTF obtained through freedom of information requests.
Pay raises for provincial bureaucrats have cost taxpayers more than $245 million since 2015, when the economic downturn in Alberta began.Morgan and Terrazzano also discussed how recall legislation could hold politicians accountable between elections and speculated on whether the UCP will follow through on their promise for it. 

Publisher Derek Fildebrandt, news editor Dave Naylor, podcast editor Cory Morgan and special guest Quito Maggi from Mainstreet Public research discuss a the conclusions of a number of polls commissioned exclusively by the Western Standard.Albertans want firings for the MLAs who vacationed while we are locked down and many want Premier Kenney’s resignation as well.Independence is considered an option by a number of Albertans, particularly when it means all four of the Western provinces as opposed to Alberta going it alone. This is reflected in the growth in support for the still new, Wildrose Independence Party.A majority of Albertans still support lockdowns but that support is fading.While support for independence is on the rise, the federal Maverick Party is yet to capture it.

Publisher Derek Fildebrandt, news editor Dave Naylor, Ottawa bureau chief Ken Grafton and columnist Cory Morgan discuss and analyze the top news stories of the day. While Nenshi's chief of staff luxuriates in Hawaii with impunity, Kenney continues to deal with the fallout from his traveling chief of staff. The media double standard is on full display as a cone of silence drops upon left leaning critics who had been calling for blood from the UCP. To compound his grief, it has been reported that Jason Kenney has moved his office into the toxic "Sky Palace" from the Alison Redford era. The symbolism is ugly and comes at a terrible time.Justin Trudeau has yet to be seen lately. While it appears that Trudeau indeed probably was not on the Challenger jet which was spotted in the Barbados, the question remains, who was?

Publisher Derek Fildebrandt, news editor Dave Naylor and columnist Cory Morgan discuss the latest developments in the UCP travel scandal that just won't die. Can Premier Kenney ever do enough to satisfy outraged Albertans on this issue? Will people forgive the party? Is this damage permanent? Also discussed, Dave Naylor has broken a story on an Edmonton Black Lives Matter activist, Abdulhakin Dalel and city council candidate who tweeted in laughing celebration regarding the recent murder of Calgary police officer  Sgt. Andrew Harnett. 

Publisher Derek Fildebrandt, news editor Dave Naylor and columnist Cory Morgan discuss the biggest stories of the year along with the most underreported stories of the year.Will the COVID-19 story ever end?Will Jason Kenney and the UCP be able to stop their downward spiral in the polls?What’s in store for the Western independence movement?Why isn’t everybody talking about the massive carbon tax hike?