Western Standard Shows

The Assembly of First Nations is a lobby group getting over 90% of its funding from taxpayers only to blow most of it on salary and travel. Let them fund their group themselves.

Marty breaks down Ontario’s wildfire troubles, Alberta’s low fire season, stubborn inflation, Carney’s new COO, Corus moving Alberta news production to Toronto, Trudeau’s TikTok return, Jeff Rath’s frozen assets, First Nations pushback on major projects, Alberta’s rebate flop, and Canada pausing parent and grandparent sponsorship applications.

The announcement of new data centres for Alberta is a great thing. We should embrace the opportunity.

Over the past three years, the Government of Canada has passed six new laws to restrict and diminish your freedom to say out loud what you think and believe.

This is not opinion. This is fact. Every one of these new laws promises something good. But, hidden in every bill is something you should never see in Canadian democracy. It is classic bait-and-switch.

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, Cory Morgan and Dave Naylor break down the latest pipeline push from Alberta to the West Coast and Ontario, the state of Alberta’s independence campaign, and Corb Lund’s failed anti-coal mining petition.

Premier Smith’s efforts to spin the issue are embarrassing. Nationalizing energy infrastructure will is the beginning of the end of Alberta’s economy.

Canada Day came and went, but some Albertans struggled to feel the Canada Day glee.

Not all, to be sure. But for some, it was hard to listen to Prime Minister Carney uttering patriotic banalities... “When we are Canadian, Canada grows. That’s our conviction. And it has never been stronger.”

Really? That’s it? Trust and believe?

Derek Fildebrandt and Cory Morgan, joined by David Wiechnik and Josh Andrus, break down a court win for Alberta independence supporters, whether Pierre Poilievre has lost his political mojo, and the growing backlash against politicians attending increasingly extreme Pride parades.

Whether its by design or whether its just incompetence, the Carney government is crushing Canada’s economy through terrible economic practices.

Big Brother really is watching you, and wants to see more of you.In this week’s Hannaford interview, Western Standard host Nigel Hannaford speaks with John Carpay, President of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, about the federal government’s latest attempt to control the internet: Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act.

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, Cory Morgan and Dave Naylor break down the bizarre events surrounding the Montreal shooting, Calgary’s war on Stampede fun, and the backlash over an Islamic call to prayer being blasted over loudspeakers in Regina.

Cory talks about how a woke subset in Calgary’s city hall is determined to rebrand Calgary and the Stampede is in their sights.

Premier Smith seeks clear mandate on immigration control and provincial rights – and you don't have to be independence-minded to vote for that.