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Cory talks about how Thomas Lukaszuk’s efforts to spread inflammatory misinformation about the Alberta independence movement is dangerous.

Is technology is turning our kids into addicts? Short answer, in some cases, ‘yes.’ More than 12 per cent of Canadian Is technology is turning our kids into addicts? Short answer, in some cases, ‘yes.’ More than 12 per cent of Canadian teenage girls – almost one in eight – now show addiction-like symptoms in their relationship to their phones and social media. That looks like withdrawal, loss of control, emotional dependency – terms once associated more with substance abuse – but now increasingly used to describe the daily digital reality of young Canadians. Boys too, although they’re likely into more v...

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, Cory Morgan, and Jarryd Jaeger break down the collapse of BC Conservative leader John Rustad, the uproar inside the UCP over Danielle Smith’s pipeline deal with Mark Carney, and the federal push behind Bill C-9 that could limit religious expression.

Cory talks about how no major projects will ever be competed if we pretend that indigenous consent is required.

Seven of nine anti-energy laws neutralized in a single day as Alberta trades carbon capture for policy concessions – leaving industry to wonder if the cost of victory is a $16-billion anchor.

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, and Cory Morgan break down Danielle Smith’s pipeline negotiations with Mark Carney, the backlash driving recall efforts against UCP MLAs, and a new documentary exposing the practice of late-term and live-birth abortions in Canada.

Cory talks about how union led efforts to flood the recall and referendum systems in Alberta may kill a good concept.

In this discussion with Nigel Hannaford, Johnston also weighs in on recent city controversies, including the raising of the Palestinian flag. While acknowledging the mayor’s discretion, he stressed fairness and transparency.

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, Cory Morgan, and Will Barclay break down Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause, a potential healthcare reform that could challenge the Canada Health Act, and how the federal budget ultimately passed in Parliament.

Cory talks about how the slow march to Marxism is speeding up as the government moves toward a UBI plan.

It’s unbelievable. Canada now runs on two energy economies — one in the West, burdened by costly “net-zero” regulations, and another in the East, fuelled by billions of dollars’ worth of imported foreign oil untouched by such rules.

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, and Cory Morgan are joined by Will Barclay to discuss the controversy at the University of Calgary over painting over the Palestinian flag, Ottawa’s plan to turn bureaucrats into part-time soldiers, and growing attacks on Pierre Poilievre’s leadership.

Cory talks about how giving unfettered authority to native reserves while not applying any responsibility to them is creating a disaster.

This latest budget risks triggering a new round of inflation through excessive borrowing and a weak follow-through on policies supposedly intended to foster growth. video Thus, economist Dr. Tim Sargent, Director of Domestic Policy at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, with extensive government experience at the deputy minister level. Appearing on Hannaford tonight, Sargent says the Carney government deserves credit for at least recognizing Canada’s core economic problems, short-term trade disruptions caused by U.S. protectionism, and a long-term productivity crisis rooted in poor private-sector investment.

erek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford and Cory Morgan are joined by Elise Mills to discuss the Liberals’ growing majority through floor crossings, the federal government’s record-breaking budget and Alberta unions launching a “total recall” campaign against UCP MLAs.

Cory talks about how the work from the Alberta Prosperity Project and Thomas Luksaszuk makes it clear Albertan’s want to put independence to a vote.

Expectations are grim for next week's budget, the Carney government’s first — and indeed, the first Canada has seen in more than 18 months: a record deficit, limited room to manoeuvre, and what the prime minister himself has warned will require “sacrifice” (from Canadians, of course...) But according to political strategist Yaroslav Baran, this week's guest on The Hannaford Show, Canadians should prepare for something stranger than mere belt-tightening.

Tony Keller, columnist for The Globe and Mail and author of Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right and Then Wrong, joins Western Standard’s Derek Fildebrandt to dissect how Canada’s once-admired immigration model went off course. Keller explains how temporary migration exploded under the Trudeau government, the economic and social fallout that followed, and why restoring border control and public confidence is key to avoiding the U.S.-style chaos now reshaping Western politics.

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, and Cory Morgan are joined by Alise Mills to dissect Ford’s costly U.S. ad blunder, the Alberta teachers' strike, and how a group of die-hard federalists may have accidentally sparked an independence vote.

Cory talks about how unions are out of control and it’s time to facilitate worker choice.