CPC MP Lisa Raitt blasts Trudeau; Catherine Swift, Liberal MPs joining CPC? Jack Mintz says Albexit more relevant than Brexit; Indian Resource Council responds to the NEB on TMX
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Conservative Party of Canada Deputy Leader and Milton, Ontario MP Lisa Raitt is a member of the parliamentary Justice Committee pursuing the Trudeau/Wilson-Raybould/SNC-Lavalin case. Roy and MP Raitt discuss the case, and MP Raitt’s tweet in which she wrote “It's not solely @puglaas who need complain about attempted political interference,” referring to Jody Wilson-Raybould by her Twitter handle. MP Rait continued “When the whole story is out, others may complain that the Office of the Prime Minister was interfering with the independence of the Attorney General's office.” What does
Catherine Swift, WorkingCanadians.ca told us on air yesterday during Beauties and Beast segment that she has heard from an Ottawa source that Liberal MPs are considering crossing the floor in parliament. We pick up that story in this podcast.
Brexit is down to its final days and the U.K. and its parliament are in a state of chaos, with PM Theresa May pledging she will lead the U.K. out of the E.U. on March 29. Meanwhile, Professor Jack Mintz, writing in the Financial Post, has an alert for Canadians: Alberta has better reasons for Albexit than Britain did for Brexit.
What is the case for Albexit and are those who are saying it could never happen missing some very salient points? Roy gets more from Dr. Mintz.
On Friday the National Energy Board recommended that the Trans Mountain pipeline extension go forward has given the federal government 90 days to decide how and if the pipeline construction should happen. There will be consultations with 117 indigenous communities Stephen Buffalo of the Indian Resource Council joins the show to explain the perspective of First Nations.
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Guests:
Lisa Raitt, CPC MP, Member of the parliamentary Justice Committee pursuing the Trudeau/Wilson-Raybould/SNC-Lavalin case
Catherine Swift, WorkingCanadians.ca, former CFIB President & CEO, has been described as "Canada's most powerful woman"
Dr. Jack Mintz, President's Fellow of The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary
Stephen Buffalo, President/CEO of the Indian Resource Council
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