Western Standard Shows

On the two occasions that Premier Danielle Smith has met with Prime Minister, they have seemed far more cordial than observers in Alberta might have imagined or expected. Why?
With the answer tonight on Hannaford, is Ottawa political consultant Yaroslav Baran: "They need each other."

In this episode of The Pipeline, Cory Morgan, Nigel Hannaford, Josh Andrus and Dave Naylor break down Alberta’s cabinet shuffle, the Smith-Carney pipeline and industrial carbon tax deal, and whether a potential independence referendum could dominate Alberta politics through the fall. The panel also discusses new claims of possible unmarked graves at Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation.

Cory talks about how we must hold people accountable for the offensive, ambush interviews conducted by a fake company funded by the CBC.

In this special live episode of The Pipeline, Derek Fildebrandt, Dave Naylor, Nigel Hannaford and Cory Morgan break down Premier Danielle Smith’s Thursday evening address and what it could mean for Alberta’s future, its relationship with Ottawa and the growing independence movement.

Marty asks what comes next for Alberta independence after the court ruling, and whether the rules around a referendum are being changed as the movement gains momentum. He also looks at the Alberta Prosperity Project encouraging supporters to buy UCP memberships, Alberta’s new industrial carbon price deal with Ottawa, wildfire evacuations near Whitecourt, new teacher funding, census boycott calls, and major political shakeups in Canada and abroad.

Harper-era immigration insider John Weissenberger on how the Trudeau government replaced a proven, merit-based points system with low-skill chaos, exploding non-permanent residents and court-driven citizenship giveaways – and why a disciplined return to objective selection is the only realistic fix.