As conservative leader Pierre Poilievre prepares to face a leadership review the last week of January, we John and I talk a bit about what percentage of confidence is required to maintain effective leadership within a political party and how the conventions work.

We also digest the recent announcement by Carney to allow former levels of Chinese EVs back into Canada, and the potential impact on Alberta's oil industry as the US gains control of Venezuela.

It’s been a few weeks since we were able to launch an episode. With all of the Christmas celebrations and some illness thrown in, we just couldn’t get together and putone together.

But we are back and ready to go! So much happened politically in Alberta during the month of December that we just had to use our first episode of 2026 to cover some ofthe highlights.

As many might be aware, there are as of now (updated from the time the episode was recorded) 26 Alberta MLAs under threat of recall here in the province. 24 of those are government MLAs, and one of those is the Premier herself. What is recall legislation and how was it supposed to work? That is topic 1!

The evolving news in allegations surrounding the government and MHCare has been going for some time now. This is a multi-facetted issue and we discuss it not only because it needs to be said, but to frame our final topic.

Third, we look at the renaming of the Alberta Party to the now Progressive Torie Party of Alberta. Why that name? Stay tuned and find out.

Fourth, former Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca Shulz resigned her cabinet post shortly before the new year and announced she will be resigning as an MLA by May 2026.

Where does all of this potentially take us? Stick with us all the way through the episode as we wrap up with our fifth and final topic for the episode. It’s a jammed packed show and thank you for listening with us!!

Canada's budget passed recently, and at a much later time in the year than normal. Join us as we converse the main points of the budget.

As with everything, there was a lot of politics involved in passing the budget. We explore the floor crossing and resignation announcement and some of the other ins and outs of what happened leading up to the budget.