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Episode 78: Orange and Red in a Sea of Blue

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date September 26, 2021
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Brad Lafortune joins Dave Cournoyer on the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the federal election results in Alberta, including NDP candidate Blake Desjarlais‘ spectacular win over Kerry Diotte in Edmonton-Griesbach, and the ongoing troubles in the United Conservative Party and how many more days Jason Kenney might have as leader.

We also discuss the future of childcare and early childhood education in Alberta now that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have formed government after signing $10/day childcare agreements with more than half of Canada’s provinces.

Brad Lafortune is the Executive Director of Public Interest Alberta.

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported.

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Episode 77: Back from the Best Summer Ever

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date September 12, 2021
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We are back from the summer with the first episode of Season 4 of the Daveberta Podcast and we dive right into Alberta’s response to the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, speculation about how long Jason Kenney might last in the Premier’s Office, the federal election, municipal political parties and slates and much much more.

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported.

Thanks for listening. Have a safe and fun summer.

Episode 76: Radical Alberta politics and propaganda in the 1930s

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date June 13, 2021
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Andrea Hasenbank joins the Daveberta Podcast to discuss radical politics and propaganda in 1930s Alberta, one of Dave Cournoyer’s favourite periods in Alberta politics. From the rise of Communist organizations and publications to the election of William Aberhart‘s Social Credit Party, the 1930s was a wild period in Alberta politics as our province became a testing ground for radical political, social and economic theories.

Andrea Hasenbank holds a PhD in English from the University of Alberta, focusing on the circulation of print and the reading publics that formed the leftist pamphleteering culture of 1930s Canada. Between 2015 and 2019, she worked as a political advisor within the Notley government in Alberta. She teaches courses on media history and the news and consults on learning design. Her new research continues to examine the intersection of print, readers, propaganda, and the state in interwar Canada.

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported.

This is our last podcast of the season, so we will be taking a break over the next few months to enjoy the Alberta summer. We may pop in with an odd episode or two if there are any big developments over the summer, but otherwise we will return to our regular podcast schedule in the fall.

Thanks for listening. Have a safe and fun summer.

Episode 75: Amarjeet Sohi is running for Mayor of Edmonton

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date May 30, 2021
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Amarjeet Sohi joins the Daveberta Podcast to talk about why he is running to become the next Mayor of Edmonton and discuss his experiences moving to Canada as a young man, being elected as a City Councillor, serving in Ottawa as a Member of Parliament and cabinet minister, and his love for Edmonton.

Sohi served on Edmonton City Council from 2007 until 2015, when he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Mill Woods. While in Ottawa he served as Canada’s Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and Minister of Natural Resources.

Amarjeet Sohi and Dave Cournoyer on the Daveberta Podcast

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. The Alberta Podcast Network includes dozens of great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

Tags Adam Rozenhart, Alberta Election Podcast, Alberta Podcast, Alberta Podcast Network, Alberta Politics Podcast, Amarjeet Sohi, Dave Cournoyer, Daveberta Podcast, Don Iveson, Edmonton Mayoral Election 2021, Edmonton Municipal Election 2021, Justin Trudeau, Liberal Party of Canada, Prasad Panda, Sonya Savage

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Becoming Daveberta – an interview on the Forgotten Corner Podcast

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date May 27, 2021
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I don’t usually talk about myself much so it was fun to join Scott Schmidt and Jeremy Appell on the Forgotten Corner Podcast to chat about my path through Alberta politics and how Daveberta.ca became a thing.

Give the episode a listen and show them some support.

Tags Alberta Liberal Party, Alberta Party, Alberta Podcast, Alberta Politics Podcast, Dave Cournoyer, Forgotten Corner Podcast, Jason Kenney, Jeremy Appel, Kevin Taft, Paul Martin, Rachel Notley, Ralph Klein, Scott Schmidt

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Episode 74: UCP Mutiny (Barnes and Loewen Edition)

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date May 17, 2021
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Dani Paradis and Chris Henderson are back on the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the recent blow-out in the United Conservative Party caucus, the expulsion of Drew Barnes and Todd Loewen and the ongoing challenges to Premier Jason Kenney’s flailing leadership.

We also discuss recent developments in Edmonton’s mayoral election, Michael Oshry launching into the race, and Amarjeet Sohi’s expected entry into the campaign.

Dani Paradis is a Contributing Editor at Canadaland and co-editor of Rage Against the Municipal. Chris Henderson is Chief Strategist and Partner at Y-Station Communications and Research and was campaign manager for Don Iveson‘s 2007 and 2010 city council campaigns and 2013 mayoral campaign.

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. The Alberta Podcast Network includes dozens of great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

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Episode 73: Alberta politics is never boring

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date April 25, 2021
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There is rarely a week in Alberta politics that is boring.

On this episode of the Daveberta Podcast we discuss the recent fundraising numbers that show the NDP crushed the UCP in the first three months of 2021 and what that could mean for the rest of the year. And we dive into the mailbag to answer some great questions from listeners about whether Premier Jason Kenney can survive the mounting challenges to his leadership, how the Dairy Queen scandal could impact the 2023 election, and much more.

We also talk about Midlife, a new book that our producer, Adam Rozenhart, has contributed to. Learn more and get your limited-edition copy of Midlife at midlifebook.ca.

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. The Alberta Podcast Network includes dozens of great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

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Tags Adam Rozenhart, Alberta Election Podcast, Alberta NDP, Alberta Party, Alberta Podcast, Alberta Podcast Network, Alberta Politics Podcast, Dave Cournoyer, Daveberta Podcast, Jason Kenney, Midlife Book, Rachel Notley, The Strategists, United Conservative Party, West of Centre Podcast, Wildrose Independence Party

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Episode 72: The COVID 18 and the Curriculum Catastrophe

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date April 12, 2021
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Alberta United Conservative Party Caucus Election COVID-19 MLAs — The UCP COVID 18

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Alberta politics moves at a mile a minute and there’s no time to waste. On this episode of the Daveberta Podcast, we dive into the United Conservative Caucus rebellion against mild public health restrictions to fight COVID-19 and challenges to Premier Jason Kenney’s leadership, the controversial draft K-6 curriculum, and the government’s toxic relationship with Alberta doctors and public sector unions.

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. The Alberta Podcast Network includes dozens of great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

Music featured in this episode: Prairie Soil by Johnny Bomblast and Dave Harris.

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Episode 71: Peace, Order and Good Carbon Taxes

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date March 29, 2021
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University of Alberta economist Andrew Leach joins the Daveberta Podcast for a rousing discussion about the Supreme Court of Canada’s big decision about the federal carbon tax, the politics of climate change in Canada, and what Alberta’s next oil boom might look like.

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. The Alberta Podcast Network includes dozens of great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

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Episode 70: Who was the most unpopular Premier in Alberta history?

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date March 9, 2021
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Premier Richard Reid, right, giving a speech in Edmonton on the occasion of George V's silver jubilee

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We dive into our mailbag and answer some great questions sent in by Daveberta Podcast listeners. From the possibility of a United Conservative Party leadership review to Premier Jason Kenney’s new health care-friendly talking points to the Alberta Party leadership to the unpopularity of premiers Richard Reid and John Brownlee, you sent us a lot of great questions!

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. The Alberta Podcast Network includes dozens of great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

Episode 69: Biting the hand that isn’t feeding you

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date February 21, 2021
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Daveberta Podcast guests Chris Henderson (left) and Dani Paradis (right)

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Dani Paradis and Chris Henderson join the Daveberta Podcast for a deep dive into municipal politics and a look ahead at the October 2021 elections in Edmonton. What issues will resonate with voters and what does a pandemic election campaign looks like? We cover a lot of ground, from Lucy the Elephant to equalization to centralization of 911 dispatch to the souring of relations between municipalities and the provincial government. This was a fun episode.

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. The Alberta Podcast Network includes dozens of great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

Recommended reading/listening:

Episode 61: Don Iveson on being a Mayor during COVID and his plan to end homelessness (Daveberta Podcast, Oct. 22, 2020)
Episode 48: An urban big city agenda in Alberta. Municipally Speaking with Mack Male (Daveberta Podcast, Feb. 10, 2020)
The Women of Municipal History (Dani Paradis, Rage Against the Municipal, Feb. 19, 2021)
Help us discover the People’s Agenda in Edmonton (Taproot Publishing, Sept. 10, 2020)
‘Frustrating to watch’: Iveson to make formal inquiry after homeless people forced out of LRT station amid cold warning (CTV, Feb. 16, 2021)
Wood Buffalo mayor says he stands by decision to ‘defy and resist’ Alberta’s EMS consolidation (Global, Feb. 10, 2021)
Jane Goodall now agrees with leaving aging Lucy the elephant at Edmonton Valley Zoo (Edmonton Journal, Feb. 18, 2021)

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Episode 68: The 1976 Coal Policy and stopping open-pit mining in Alberta’s Rockies

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date February 7, 2021
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Author and conservationist Kevin Van Tighem (source: Facebook)

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Kevin Van Tighem joins the Daveberta Podcast to discuss one of the biggest issues in Alberta politics today – the expansion of open-pit coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

Kevin explains how the 1976 Coal Policy protected larges swaths of the Rocky Mountains from open-pit coal mining and the impact these large scale industrial projects would have on local wildlife habitat, local economies, and the water that millions of Albertans depend on.

We discuss the influence of mining companies over the Alberta government, the reasons why Energy Minister Sonya Savage rescinded the policy last spring, and what kind of improvements could be included in a new coal policy.

Kevin Van Tighem is a conservationist, former Superintendent of Banff National Park, and author whose books include Our Place: Changing the Nature of Alberta. You can read his columns in AlbertaViews Magazine.

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. The Alberta Podcast Network includes dozens of great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

Episode 67: Senator Paula Simons and Alberta Unbound

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date January 25, 2021
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Senator Paula Simons Dave Cournoyer Daveberta Podcast — Senator Paula Simons and Dave Cournoyer (Photo from October 2018)

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Independent Alberta Senator Paula Simons joins the Daveberta Podcast to discuss what it is like to represent Albertans in the Canadian Senate during the COVID-19 pandemic and the launch of the second season of her podcast series, Alberta Unbound. She also shares her thoughts on the role of the Senate in light of Alberta’s upcoming Senate Nominee elections.

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. The Alberta Podcast Network includes dozens of great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

You can listen and subscribe to the Daveberta Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you find podcasts online. We love feedback from our listeners, so let us know what you think of this episode and leave a review where you download.

Recommended reading

What it’s like as a reporter embedded in the Canadian Senate (CBC, Paula Simons, Aug. 29, 2019)
‘Staggering’ drop in flights to blame for layoffs, CEO of air traffic controller Nav Canada says (CTV, Jan. 13, 2021)
Canada’s assisted dying law is not racing down a slope – it is falling in line with the Charter (Globe & Mail, Dec. 26, 2020)
Alberta just cancelled 11 controversial coal leases but open-pit mining could still happen. Here’s why (The Narwhal, Jan. 18, 2021)
‘Alberta maverick’ Elaine McCoy remembered as strong voice in Canadian Senate (Edmonton Journal, Dec. 30, 2020)

Tags Aaron Paquette, Adam Rozenhart, Alberta Election Podcast, Alberta Podcast, Alberta Podcast Network, Alberta Politics Podcast, Alberta Senate Nominee Election 2021, Alberta Unbound Podcast, Dave Cournoyer, Daveberta Podcast, Elaine McCoy, Grant Mitchell, Jason Kenney, Nav Canada, Patti LaBoucane-Benson, Paula Simons

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Episode 66: Aloha! Making sense of Alberta politics in 2021

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date January 11, 2021
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Dr. Jared Wesley joins Dave Cournoyer on the Daveberta Podcast to discuss Jason Kenney’s leadership of the United Conservative Party, Rachel Notley’s focus on health care during the pandemic, the Alberta Party and Wildrose Independence Party leadership races, and the equalization referendum and Senate nominee elections that will coincide with the October municipal elections.

We also break down the first week of year that saw UCP MLAs in hot water after spending the Christmas break on hot holidays.

Dr. Wesley is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta and the lead researcher for Common Ground.

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. The Alberta Podcast Network includes dozens of great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

Recommended Reading/Listening:

Jason Kenney’s Flying Circus (West of Centre Podcast, Jan. 8, 2021)
Once upon a time Alberta MLAs had meaningful ideas about Senate Reform (Daveberta, June, 27, 2019)
Why equalization is not unfair to Alberta (Trevor Tombe, Globe & Mail, Dec. 28, 2018)

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Episode 65: The Best of Alberta Politics 2020

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date December 20, 2020
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Janis Irwin, MLA for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood, the Best Alberta MLA of 2020.

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With the help of two special guests, Jessica Littlewood and Matt Solberg, we are thrilled to announce and discuss the results of the 2020 Best of Alberta Politics survey.

Dave Cournoyer, Jessica Littlewood and Matt Solberg on the Daveberta Podcast.

Jessica Littlewood was the Alberta NDP MLA for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville from 2015 to 2019 and during that time served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade for Small Business. Matt Solberg is a Director at New West Public Affairs and previously served as director of Communications for the United Conservative Party.

With more than 2,300 votes in total, the winners of the Best of Alberta Politics 2020 survey are:

Best Alberta MLA: Janis Irwin, MLA for Edmonton-Highands-Norwood

Best Alberta Cabinet Minister: None of the Above

Best Opposition MLA: Rachel Notley, MLA for Edmonton-Strathcona

Up and Coming MLA to Watch in 2021: Rakhi Pancholi, MLA for Edmonton-Whitemud

Biggest Political Play of 2020: UCP’s fight with Alberta’s Doctors

Albertan most likely to be a future Premier: Don Iveson and Naheed Nenshi (two frontrunner)

Thank you to everyone who voted!

The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by Dave Cournoyer and produced by Adam Rozenhart.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. The Alberta Podcast Network includes dozens of great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

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