In this episode we discuss the upcoming municipal elections here in Alberta and some of the major hot button issues. We also touch on some of the topics that you should discuss with the candidates when they come to your door. We hope you'll join us as we have some spirited debate around bike lanes and discuss what municipal officials have control over.

John and I discuss the Prime Minister's first four months in office as we head into the fall sitting of parliament. There have certainly been some highlights both good and bad.

UPDATE: We recorded this just days before the official announcement on the major nation building projects was officially released. We acknowledge here that a major LNG project was on the list. However, much of our discussion on energy projects and what needs to happen to move more of them forward is still relevant.

Do you know how much Canada spent on climate change initiatives? What did we achieve with it? It could have been so much more.

Join us as we revisit a couple forms of energy that deserve a little more attention - hydrogen and coal, and then we have a more broad look at politics and policy changes that affect the effectiveness of climate policy.

We start a two part discussion around different forms of energy and the slow conversion to greener forms of energy. Why does green energy cost more? What is the hold-up if there is such urgency? As with most things, it's very political.

Join us as we start discussing the several forms of energy that we use here in Canada and the energy options moving forward. We will follow up next week with a more focused discussion around the politics of climate change and the greener energy sources of the future.

With news now coming in that MLAs Pete Guthrie and Scott Sinclair have entered into formal talks to reignite the Alberta Party, we discuss where that could go in the current political climate here in Alberta. What will they need to do, and what can they expect?

We also look at tackling some of the more popular myths regarding Alberta separating from Canada like using the Canadian passport and easier access to tidewater. What are the options?

Join us as we discuss these topics and wrap up our look at the topics of the Alberta Next Panel. Please feel free to leave comments take part in our polls on Spotify. Thanks again for joining us.

As part of our series on the Alberta Next Panel, and largely within that context, we discuss constitutional reform in Canada. Why it is so difficult for changes to be made, especially for changes that Alberta would like to see?

It is a very brief overview given it is within 30 minutes, but we hope you find it insightful.

While Alberta currently collects its own corporate income taxes, personal income tax (PIT) is collected through Revenue Canada. The Alberta Next Panel asks the question of whether Alberta should collect its own PIT. What's involved in this and how much would that cost?

Additionally, how does equalization work in Canada and what are transfer payments? Join us as we discuss these topics in this episode of Real Sensical Politics.

In continuing with our series on the Alberta Next Panel topics, we discuss the age old conversation of whether Alberta should have its own police service.

Where did this conversation start? Why are we still having the conversation if nobody seems to want it? It may surprise you what some of the facts around this conversation are, and where we are actually at with the process.

Join us as we explore this issue and separate the rhetoric from the facts.