Western Standard Shows

HANNAFORD: Buy now while prices last

Mark Carney’s first budget, to be tabled Nov 4, will not be a happy document. In fact says economist Dr. Tim Sargent, Director of Domestic Policy at Ottawa's prestigious Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canadians should brace for the worst. Speaking on tonight's Hannaford show, he foresees inflation as policy, shrinking purchasing power, and little in the way of protection for ordinary people.

THE PIPELINE: Parliament is back. Is Canada on the right track?

Cory Morgan, Nigel Hannaford, and Dave Naylor are joined by Alise Mills to break down the reopening of Parliament, the backlash and grave dancing over Charlie Kirk’s death, and the role of mainstream media in driving national polarization.

CORY MORGAN SHOW: Canada can’t afford free housing

Cory talks about the creeping reach of big government into the housing market.

FILDEBRANDT: The independence question: Parallels between Quebec and Alberta

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the Parti Québécois, discusses Quebec’s push for independence, the failures of federalism, and the financial myths around equalization while drawing comparisons with Alberta’s own sovereignty movement in this exclusive interview with Western Standard's Derek Fildebrandt.

FILDEBRANDT: Nihilism, reform, or revolution? Young men in 2025

Western Standard's Derek Fildebrandt sits down with Jamil Jivani, Conservative MP for Bowmanville—Oshawa North, at the Canada Strong and Free Network Conference in Calgary to discuss the growing crisis facing young Canadian men, critique liberal policies, and and where conservatives should take it next.

HANNAFORD: How China will Cubanize Canada's roads

Forget Oshawa and Oakville — Dan McTeague warns Canadians will be clinging to their last gas-powered cars while Chinese EVs flood the market under a Trudeau-Carney mandate.