About this episode
The hosts discuss Alberta's new energy agreement and the cultural issues surrounding it, as well as the CBC's controversial funding of a comedy group targeting right-wing figures.
In the latest episode of The Line Podcast , recorded on May 15, 2026, your hosts Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson start with Alberta. The new energy agreement has been signed. They think it’ll help, but only to an extent, because what’s happening in Jen’s province isn’t primarily economic. It’s cultural. And a pipeline can’t fix that. This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Electro-Federation Canada. Canada’s clean electricity grid gives us a competitive edge in attracting global investment — but to maintain that advantage our system needs to break down barriers and unlock the grid. Aging infrastructure, supply chain constraints, and outdated regulations threaten our ability to expand and modernize the grid — essential components of meeting future capacity needs. Electro-Federation Canada has developed a research-backed roadmap for grid readiness focused on smart policy and regulatory alignment. To learn more, visit MakeTheSwitch.ElectroFed.com . Next, they talk a bizarre story where the CBC (and APTN) chose to bankroll a so-called comedy group that was trying to “satirize” prominent people from Canada’s heterodox right-wing, such as Frances Widdowson and Lindsay…
People in this episode
Hosts: Matt Gurney, Jen Gerson
Topics covered
- energy agreement
- cultural issues
- public broadcasting
- satire
- right-wing politics
Keywords
- Alberta
- energy agreement
- CBC
- satire
- right-wing
- Electro-Federation Canada
- cultural issues
Sponsors
Electro-Federation Canada
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CBC, APTN
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