Poilievre's Plan to Keep Alberta in Canada

About this episode

The episode discusses Pierre Poilievre's plan to prevent Alberta's separation from Canada, featuring insights from Supriya Dwivedi and various political topics.

Strength in numbers. That's Pierre Poilievre's call to the provinces as a nation-wide alternative to Alberta separation. Will Quebec play along? We get into an advance copy of Poilievre's speech (14:00) with Supriya Dwivedi in our feature interview presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West. But first...what will come from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's meeting with Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette (9:00)? And later...what's the key takeaway from new Ipsos polling (17:30) showing waning support for Alberta leaving Canada? THIS EPISODE IS PRESENTED BY HANSEN DISTILLERY. LOOK FOR HANSEN'S BRAND NEW "DISTILLED BY HER" GIN, WITH A PORTION OF PROCEEDS BENEFITING WIN HOUSE. VISIT https://hansendistillery.com/. MBEW: https://www.mercedes-benz-edmontonwest.ca/ TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: talk@ryanjespersen.com IPSOS POLL: https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/limited-and-declining-support-separation-alberta 27:00 | Supriya gives us the pros and cons of Canada's AI strategy, announced last week. We get into Althia Raj's column on PM Carney "yelling" at MPs (42:15), Donald Trump abruptly ending a Meet the Press interview (56:30), and Scott Pelley spilling the tea on Bari Weiss and CBS News in an…

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Jespersen

Guest: Supriya Dwivedi

Topics covered

• Alberta politics
• Pierre Poilievre
• Quebec relations
• Ipsos polling
• Canada's AI strategy
• Canadian values
• children's performers

Keywords

• Alberta
• Canada
• Pierre Poilievre
• Ipsos polling
• Danielle Smith
• Quebec
• AI strategy
• politics
• children's performers

Sponsors

Hansen Distillery, Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West, Park Power

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ipsos, New York Times

Books & works: Meet the Press

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