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Episode 53: COVID-19 provides cloud cover over Alberta’s economic crisis

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date April 27, 2020
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“…in a crisis there are no capitalists left. Everybody is a socialist.”

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Zain Velji, campaign strategist and Vice President Strategy at Northweather joins host Dave Cournoyer and producer Adam Rozenhart on this episode of the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the how COVID-19 is providing cloud cover to and accelerating Calgary’s economic problems and how the pandemic could provide an opportunity to reshape politics and policies at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.

We also discuss whether the United Conservative Party government is pushing forward with a now outdated agenda and we dive into wild speculation about how this pandemic and economic crisis could impact the 2023 election in Alberta.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. The Alberta Podcast Network includes more than 30 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.

Find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or you can email us at podcast@daveberta.ca. Thanks for listening.

Recommended reading:

Social trust is at the heart of beating this pandemic, and Canadians are showing it in spades (Jim Stanford, Toronto Star, April 25, 2020)
Can this pandemic be the crisis that finally forces us to fix long-term care? (Aaron Wheery, CBC, April 25, 2020)
Ignoring US Alarms, Alberta Meat Packers Spawned Canada’s Biggest Outbreak (Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee, April 24, 2020)
Kenney rejects idea of Alberta speaking to Green New Deal advocates after oil prices drop (Global News, April 24, 2020)
My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore? (Garbrielle Hamilton, New York Times, April 23, 2020)
Why we’re seeing negative oil prices in Alberta and across North America (The Narwhal, April 20, 2020)
The missing touch: the agony and ecstasy of endless screen time (Benjamin Leszcz, Globe & Mail, April 17, 2020)
Shell unveils plans to become net-zero carbon company by 2050 (The Guardian, April 16, 2020)
Facebook ads suggest UCP trying to build social license for pipelines through PPE donations (Daveberta.ca, April 15, 2020)
The rise of Alberta’s unapologetic petro-patriots (Jason Markusoff, June 15, 2019)

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Episode 51: A new Alberta. Responding to COVID-19 and Oil Crash with Chris Henderson.

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date March 23, 2020
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High River, Alberta, during the 1918 Spanish Flu. (source: University of Calgary Archives and Special Collections)

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Wash your hands, don’t touch your face, stay at home.

The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the plummeting price of oil has sent shockwaves through Alberta politics over the past two weeks.

Chris Henderson, Chief Strategist and Partner at Y Station Communications and Research, joins Dave Cournoyer and Adam Rozenhart on the Daveberta Podcast to try to make sense of the rapidly changing political landscape in Alberta and Canada.

Chris reflects on how political leaders Jason Kenney, Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump are responding to the crisis and shares some of the results from Y Station’s recent polling of Albertans on COVID-19 issues.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. The Alberta Podcast Network includes more than 30 great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

Find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or you can email us at podcast@daveberta.ca. Thanks for listening.

Accolades: The Daveberta Podcast is the winner in the Outstanding News & Current Affairs Series category in the 2020 Canadian Podcast Awards. Thanks to everyone who voted for and continues to listen to our made-in-Alberta politics podcast.

Recommending reading:

COVID-19 Information for Albertans (Government of Alberta)
Alberta Health Services COVID-19 resources
Prime minister appeals to Canadian children to follow social distancing rules (CBC, March 22, 2020)
Even when self-isolating after travel, Alberta’s top doctor says you should enjoy the outdoors (CTV, March 21, 2020)
Alberta doctors ‘beyond frustrated’ with virtual care app amid coronavirus crisis (Global News, March 20, 2020)
Alberta government passes budget during curtailed debate amid COVID-19 (Postmedia, March 18, 2020)
Kenney questions airport screening shortfalls as calls for border closures build (Canadian Press, March 16, 2020)
University of Alberta to eliminate up to 1,000 positions in face of funding cuts (CBC, March 13, 2020)

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Episode 50: Supervised Consumption Services in Alberta with Dr. Elaine Hyshka

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date March 8, 2020
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Dave Cournoyer and Dr. Elaine Hyshka. — Dave Cournoyer and Dr. Elaine Hyshka, associate professor at the University of Alberta School of Public Health.

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Dr. Elaine Hyshka, assistant professor at the University of Alberta School of Public Health, joins Dave Cournoyer to discuss supervised consumption clinics in Alberta and the flaws in the United Conservative Party government’s recent review of the facilities on the latest episode of the Daveberta Podcast.

Elaine shares her insights into the history of harm reduction and recovery efforts in Alberta, how these programs help Albertans, and what the future of supervised consumption clinics might be in Alberta.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. The Alberta Podcast Network includes more than 30 great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

As always, a big thank you to our producer Adam Rozenhart for all his hard work in making the show sound so great.

Find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or you can email us at podcast@daveberta.ca. Thanks for listening!

Recommended reading/listening:

A socio-economic review of supervised consumption sites in Alberta (Government of Alberta, March 2020)
Opioid Emergency Response Commission Recommendations to the Minister (Government of Alberta, July 2018)
Academics question methodology of UCP-approved supervised consumption sites report (Postmedia, March 8, 2020)
‘Finally our truth has been heard’: Edmonton’s Chinatown community welcomes consumption site review (Postmedia, March 8, 2020)
Review incorrectly implied consumption site caused neighbourhood ranking to drop, magazine says (CBC, March 7, 2020)
Coronavirus discovered in Alberta just as politics trumps science in supervised drug clinic report (AlbertaPolitics.ca, March 6, 2020)
Keith Gerein: Social disorder better solved with housing investments than discrediting consumption sites (Postmedia, March 6, 2020)
Doctors dispute claims of Alberta’s supervised consumption panel member (Postmedia, March 6, 2020)
‘A system of chaos’: Supervised Consumption Services Review Committee releases findings (CBC, March 5, 2020)
UCP government shifts focus of Alberta’s addictions treatment to recovery (Globe & Mail, March 3, 2020)
Ben Perrin: I used to believe safe drug sites were bad, but I was wrong (Postmedia, January 27, 2020)
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Episode 49: Radical Sabbatical. Climate justice and Alberta politics with Chris Gusen

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date February 23, 2020
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Dave Cournoyer and Chris Gusen on the Daveberta Podcast.

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Is Alberta ready to face the challenges of climate change?

Climate activist and communicator Chris Gusen joins Dave Cournoyer to discuss Alberta politics, climate justice, and a Green New Deal on the latest episode of the Daveberta Podcast.

Chris shares some insight into his transition from his role as the Alberta government’s Director of Identity to his current volunteer efforts with Extinction Rebellion and Climate Justice Edmonton, and what meaningful action against climate change could look like in Alberta.

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As always, a big thanks to our producer Adam Rozenhart for making the show sound so good.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. The Alberta Podcast Network includes more than 30 great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

Find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or you can email us at podcast@daveberta.ca. Thanks for listening!

Recommended reading/listening:

Edmonton City Hall School
Alberta Narratives Project
Climate Action Edmonton
Edmonton City Council declares climate emergency (Star Edmonton, Aug. 27, 2019)
Town of Canmore declares a state of climate emergency (Rocky Mountain Outlook, Oct. 2, 2019)
Three Alberta towns band together to prepare for climate change (CBC, Feb. 10, 2020)
When it comes to climate action, the public is ahead of our politics: Analysis of national climate poll (Seth Klein, behindthenumbers.ca, Aug. 12, 2019)
If you ain’t oil, you ain’t much. A deep dive into Alberta’s oil well liability crisis. (Episode 47, Daveberta Podcast, Jan. 27, 2020)
The climate strikes and Alberta’s increasing isolation on climate change urgency (Daveberta.ca, Sept. 27, 2019)
Teck withdraws application for Frontier oilsands mine, citing debate around climate policy (CBC, Feb. 23, 2020)
Preaching that fossil fuels are the enemy of humanity has no place in classrooms (David Staples, Postmedia, Jan. 29, 2020)

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Episode 48: An urban big city agenda in Alberta. Municipally Speaking with Mack Male

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date February 10, 2020
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More than half of Albertans live in Calgary and Edmonton, so why does it feel like big city issues are an afterthought for the provincial government?

Mack Male joins Dave Cournoyer on this episode of the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the state of local media in Edmonton, Municipal Affairs Minister Kaycee Madu’s paternalistic approach to municipal relations, the review of the Local Authorities Election Act and how it might change the rules of the 2021 municipal elections, and whether there is hope for ever getting a real urban agenda for Alberta (plus free transit and gondolas).

Mack is a co-founder of Taproot Edmonton and co-host of the Speaking Municipally podcast, which focuses on Edmonton City Council and municipal issues in Alberta’s capital city.

A big thanks to our producer, Adam Rozenhart, for making this episode sound so good.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. The Alberta Podcast Network includes more than 30 great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

Find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or you can email us at podcast@daveberta.ca. Thanks for listening!

Recommended:

Missing the Bus (99% Invisible Podcast interview with Steven Higashide)
Should Public Transit Be Free? More Cities Say, Why Not? (New York Times, Jan. 14, 2020)
Edmonton has declared a climate emergency, now what? (Chris Gusen, Taproot Edmonton, Sept. 20, 2019)
Whyte’s motorcycle oasis, and the ties that bind (Ryan Stephens, Taproot Edmonton Aug. 17, 2017)
City leaders ‘frustrated’ as province mulls changes to local elections (Postmedia, Jan. 23, 2020)
Let’s end the myth of partisan-free city council elections (Daveberta.ca, Feb. 10, 2016)
Once upon a time Alberta MLAs had meaningful ideas about Senate Reform (Daveberta.ca, June 27, 2019)
#YegVote and #abvote Google Hangouts: Don Iveson, Rachel Notley, Laurie Blakeman, Derek Fildebrandt, Drew Barnes, Linda Osinchuk, and Kerry Diotte.

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Episode 47: If you ain’t oil, you ain’t much. A deep dive into Alberta’s oil well liability crisis.

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date January 27, 2020
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An Alberta Oil Well (photo credit: sbamueller on Flickr, Creative Commons license)

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Oil well liability became a big issue in Alberta politics this month when rural municipal politicians raised giant red flags about the estimated $173 million in unpaid municipal taxes as a result of some oil and gas companies nearing insolvency and many more companies just believing paying taxes is voluntary.

Tina Faiz and Regan Boychuk joined Dave Cournoyer on this episode of the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the growing issue of oil well liability, and the political and policy repercussions created in its wake.

Tina Faiz is a communications consultant and political strategist based in Edmonton and Regan Boychuk is the lead researcher and oilfield liability expert with the Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. The Alberta Podcast Network includes more than 30 great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

Find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or you can email us at podcast@daveberta.ca. Thanks for listening!

Recommended Reading

Cash-strapped rural Alberta ‘can’t wring money’ from struggling oil and gas firms, premier says (CBC, Jan. 21, 2020)
Report ‘buried’ by Alberta government reveals ‘mounting evidence’ that oil and gas wells aren’t reclaimed in the long run (The Narwhal, Jan. 23, 2020)
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association wants province to make tax changes (Toronto Star, Jan. 24, 2020)
Alberta landowners urge farmers to cut power to oil and gas wells with unpaid debts (Toronto Star, Jan. 24, 2020)
Alberta’s looming multibillion-dollar orphan wells problem prompts auditor general probe (CBC, Jan. 23, 2020)
Unpaid oil taxes (CBC Radio, Calgary Eyeopener, Jan. 21, 2020)
Former MLA Swann won’t pay taxes to protest delinquent oil and gas companies (CTV, Jan. 22, 2020)
UCP set to overhaul oilpatch liability rules for oil and gas wells (Postmedia, Jan. 10, 2020)

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Episode 45: Class(room) Warfare and how the UCP Budget impacts Public Education in Alberta

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date December 2, 2019
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Public education advocate and school trustee Michael Janz joins Dave Cournoyer on this episode of the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the state of public education in Alberta and how cuts in the United Conservative Party‘s first provincial budget will impact the education system in our province. We also discuss what is behind the UCP’s drive to expand private and charter schools, and why the New Democratic Party did not cut the 70% subsidy for private schools in Alberta while they were in government.

Michael Janz Edmonton Public School Board trustee education advocate — Michael Janz (source: EPSB)

We also opened the mailbag to answer some of the great Alberta politics questions sent in by our listeners, and announce the launch of the Best of Alberta Politics 2019 survey which starts later this week.

A huge thanks to our producer, Adam Rozenhart, who tried to keep us on track during this episode.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. The Alberta Podcast Network includes more than 30 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 always love to feedback from our listeners, so let us know what you think of this episode and leave a review where you download.

Send us your feedback, or ask us any questions you have for our next episode. You contact us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or you can email us at podcast@daveberta.ca.

Thanks for listening!

Episode 44: LIVE from the Parkland Institute Conference: Truth, the First Casualty? War Rooms and Rumours of War Rooms

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date November 18, 2019
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Daveberta Podcast host Dave Cournoyer teamed up with AlbertaPolitics.ca writer David Climenhaga at the annual Parkland Institute Conference at the University of Alberta last weekend to share what we know and what we speculate might happen with the Canadian Energy Centre Ltd. (a.k.a. the War Room) and the Public Inquiry into anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns.

Find out more about the Parkland Institute and their research and reports, and follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

Thank you to our producer Adam Rozenhart for doing a great job improving the audio quality of this episode (it was recorded on Dave’s iPhone).

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. The Alberta Podcast Network includes more than 30 great made-in-Alberta podcasts.

Send us your feedback, or ask us any questions you have for our next episode. You contact us on Twitter, Instagram, the Daveberta Facebook page, or you can email us at podcast@daveberta.ca.

Thanks for listening!

(Photo: David Climenhaga and Dave Cournoyer, source: Dave Cournoyer)

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Episode 43: The UCP’s pick-a-fight budget

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date November 4, 2019
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David Climenhaga from AlbertaPolitics.ca joins Dave and Adam on this episode of the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the cuts in Alberta’s provincial budget and the United Conservative Party’s growing list of public enemies, the federal election fallout in Alberta, and how the mainstream media is reporting on the Wexit group and Alberta separatism.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. The Alberta Podcast Network includes more than 30 great made-in-Alberta podcasts,

Send us your feedback, or ask us any questions you have for our next episode. You contact us on Twitter, Instagram, the Daveberta Facebook page, or you can email us at podcast@daveberta.ca.

Thanks for listening!

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Episode 41: The federal election and Jason Kenney’s Ontario whistle-stop tour

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date October 7, 2019
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What is missing from the federal election debate, Premier Jason Kenney’s whistle-stop tour through Ontario, and the fall session of the Alberta Legislature are some of the hot topics Dave tackles with this week’s guest co-hosts – Natalie Pon and Justin Archer.

Natalie Pon is a chartered professional accountant and a conservative activist in Edmonton. Most recently she was on the interim board of the United Conservative Party.

Justin Archer is a partner at Berlin Communications in Edmonton and a professional communications strategist. Justin and Dave worked together in their first political jobs with the Alberta Liberal Party back in the mid-2000s.

Thanks to our producer, Adam Rozenhart, for helping us put the show together, and a huge thanks to the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB, for supporting the show. The Alberta Podcast Network includes more than 30 great made-in-Alberta podcasts, including The Common Ground Podcast.

Send us your feedback, or ask us any questions you have for our next episode. You can get us on Twitter, Instagram, the Daveberta Facebook page, or you can email us at podcast@daveberta.ca.

We will be back again in two weeks! Enjoy!

Episode 40: Alberta Politics and Federal Election Q&A

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date September 23, 2019
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We are back from our summer break with a special Question and Answer edition of the Daveberta Podcast. Dave dives deep into our mailbag to answer some of the great Alberta politics and federal election questions our listeners have sent in over the past few weeks.

Thanks to our producer, Adam Rozenhart, for helping us put the show together, and a huge thanks to the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB, for supporting the show.

Send us your feedback, or ask us any questions you have for our next episode. You can get us on Twitter, Instagram, the Daveberta Facebook page, or you can email us at podcast@daveberta.ca.

We will be back again in a few weeks! Enjoy!

Recommended reading/listening/events:

Green Drinks: Climate Politics, October 9, 2019 at the Yellowhead Brewery in Edmonton
LitFest Presents: Election Night – Can’t We Get Along?, October 21, 2019 at Metro Cinema
The Heard Podcast, a new podcast by Edmonton-City Centre MLA David Shepherd
Jia Tolentino on what happens when life is an endless performance (Ezra Klein Show, August 26, 2019)
Scientists sound alarm over Alberta’s new approach to tracking oilsands pollution (CBC, September 18, 2019)
I’m Calgary’s Muslim mayor. We can learn from Trudeau’s ‘brownface’ moment, by Naheed Nenshi (Washington Post, September 21, 2019)
Why does any Canadian need a handgun? What the gun control debate is missing, by Patrick White and Tom Cardoso (Globe and Mail, September 20, 2019)

Note: In this episode we referred to the investigation into sexual harrassment allegations against MP Kent Hehr’s as being inconclusive. This is incorrect. The third-party report found the claims against Hehr were legitimate, but details of the independent investigation were not publicly released. We apologize for this mistake.

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Episode 38: Students get a pay cut and big corporations get a tax cut

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date June 3, 2019
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The cut to minimum wage for Alberta students under the age of 18 and cuts to corporate income taxes are the big topics discussed by Dave Cournoyer and guest co-host Brad Lafortune on this episode of the Daveberta Podcast.

We also discuss Attorney General Doug Schweitzer’s decision to appoint a special prosecutor to advise police investigating allegations of voter fraud in the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership race. And we answer some great questions shared by our listeners.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB Financial. The APN is asking podcast listeners to participate in their annual listener survey, so please do so if you are so inclined.

You can also comment on the blog, Facebook or Twitter or send us an email at podcast@daveberta.ca.

Thanks again to our talented producer, Adam Rozenhart, for making us sound so great.

Thanks for listening!

Note: The Daveberta Podcast will be taking a break for the next few weeks as Dave and Adam go on vacation with their families. We will be back on July 15!

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Episode 37: Return of the Leg and in the Federal Election Red Zone

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date May 20, 2019
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Daveberta Podcast guest co-hosts Lianne Bell and Chris Henderson

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Along with guest co-hosts Lianne Bell and Chris Henderson, Dave discusses what to expect from the United Conservative Party and New Democratic Party when the Legislature reconvenes on May 21 and how the cabinet and opposition critics will match-up this session. We also talk about how federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and Conservative leader Andrew Scheer could fare in the October 2019 federal election.

And we answer some great questions from our listeners, ranging from what implications will the immanent federal election campaign have for Alberta politics to how to encourage your MLA to focus on issues that were not brought up during the election campaign?

You can also comment on the blog, Facebook or Twitter or send us an email at podcast@daveberta.ca.

Thanks again to our talented producer, Adam Rozenhart, for making us sound so great.

Thanks for listening!

Photo: Lianne Bell and Chris Henderson as we recorded this episode of the Daveberta Podcast.

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Episode 36: Jason Kenney’s first week and what’s next for Rachel Notley

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date May 6, 2019
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In this episode of the Daveberta Podcast we discuss the election results, Jason Kenney’s first week as Premier of Alberta and who he appointed to the United Conservative government cabinet, and Rachel Notley and what’s next for the Alberta NDP.

We also dive into the mailbag to answer the great questions sent in by listeners ranging from what to make of Adriana LaGrange’s appointment as Education Minister to whether a sitting MLA has ever been convicted of a crime (which gives Dave a chance to talk about the Bankers’ Toadies scandal of 1937).

It is also with mixed emotions that we bid co-host Ryan Hastman farewell from the Daveberta Podcast as he starts his new job as Chief of Staff to Minister of Community & Social Services Rajan Sawhney. Dave and Adam thank Ryan for his thoughtful and insightful contributions to the podcast over the past 18 months and wish him luck in his new role. Godspeed, Ryan!

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB Financial. You can listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you find podcasts online.

We always love to feedback from our listeners, so let us know what you think of this episode and leave a review where you download. You can also comment on the blog, Facebook or Twitter or send us an email at podcast@daveberta.ca.

And thanks again to our producer, Adam Rozenhart, for making us sound so good.

Thanks for listening!

Photo: Dave Cournoyer, Adam Rozenhart, and Ryan Hastman of the Daveberta Podcast.

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Episode 32: GSAs, GSAs, GSAs. Week 2 of Alberta’s Election.

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date March 31, 2019
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Alberta’s provincial election is 16 days away and for the duration of the campaign, we are going to be recording a new episode of the Daveberta Podcast each week.

In this episode Dave and Ryan talk about the United Conservative Party reopening the Gay-Straight Alliance debate, the transphobic comments that led to the departure of Calgary-South East UCP candidate Eva Kiryakos, Rachel Notley’s plan to expand Alberta’s $25/day childcare program and the Liberal Party‘s proposal to introduce a Harmonized Sales Tax and reform the electoral system. We also look ahead to this week’s televised leaders’ debate and whether Freedom Conservative Party leader Derek Fildebrandt should be allowed to join in the fun.

We also spend some time focusing on a few races we are watching. This week we look at Lethbridge-East and Lethbridge-West.

The Daveberta Podcast is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB Financial. The Network includes more than 30 made-in-Alberta podcasts, including the excellent Modern Manhood Podcast and Overdue Finds.

You can listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you find podcasts online.

And a big thanks to our excellent guest producer, Chris Chang-Yen Phillips, who kept us on track and made this episode sound so great.

Thank you for listening!

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