About this episode

The episode discusses issues related to immigration fraud, carbon capture protests, and political failures in BC, alongside a tragic aviation incident linked to bilingualism.

The immigration ministry lets fraud go uninvestigated, the Pathways carbon capture project is being protested, and the BC NDP fail their own targets on approving mineral claims. Also, a tragic Air Canada crash gets pivoted to bilingualism by the Liberals. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 59:41 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca .

People in this episode

Hosts: Shane, Patrick

Topics covered

• immigration
• carbon capture
• politics
• bilingualism
• mineral claims
• aviation

Keywords

• immigration
• fraud
• carbon capture
• BC NDP
• Air Canada
• bilingualism
• mineral claims

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: immigration ministry, Pathways carbon capture project, BC NDP, Air Canada

Places: Canada, BC

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