It’s shaping up to be a rather busy and eventful week. We start with the latest out of the G7 Leaders’ Summit taking place in Kananaskis Village right here in Alberta.

We’ll have some further analysis of the situation unfolding with Israel and Iran, which is casting quite a large shadow over the G7 summit. We'll get some perspective on what's happening in Iran as hear from with Kaveh Shahrooz, an Iranian-Canadian human rights lawyer and activist.

We will also have some further analysis on the other security, defense, and foreign policy issues the G7 leaders are confronting at this summit and what it all means for Canada. We'll be joined byr. Rob Huebert, political science professor at the University of Calgary and interim director of the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies

Plus, a closer look at Ottawa's Bill C-5 and in particular the One Canadian Economy Act. What's it all going to mean for Canada's and Alberta's energy developments? We'll hear from Heather Exner-Pirot, a senior fellow and director of Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

(00:13) Intro, G7 update

(08:25) Kaveh Shahrooz interview

(20:50) Rob Huebert interview

(40:32) Heather Exner-Pirot interview

(53:06) extro

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Welcome, friends, to another episode of the Rob Breakenridge Show.

On this episode:

We’ll recap the news this week regarding a possible pipeline proposal that Alberta’s premier says is very close to being able to present to the prime minister.

Meanwhile, more analysis of the energy opportunities and challenges for Alberta and Canada right now. We'll hear from Dennis McConaghy a former top executive at TC Energy. He is also the author of multiple books on Canada’s energy debate and energy future.

We’ll also have a recap of some news out of Ottawa this week - Canada’s auditor-general with some troubling news findings with regard to the ArriveCAN scandal and the awarding of government contracts.

Plus, it’s been five years now since Gabriel Wortman murdered 22 people across two days in northern Nova Scotia, the largest mass murder in Canada’s history. Still, many questions remain about how it all played out over those two days, and what police knew and did before, during, and after the bloodshed. We’ll speak with Paul Palango, author of “Anatomy of a Cover-Up: The Truth about the RCMP and the Nova Scotia Massacres.”

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(00:12) Show introduction

(01:15) New pipeline proposal?

(08:48) Dennis McConaghy interview

(38:21) ArriveCAN latest

(45:56) Paul Palango intervuew

Welcome to Episode 7 of the Rob Breakenridge Show

Plenty to get to on this episode, including a recap of a couple of big announcements from Canada's prime minister.

We’ll discuss BIll C-2, Canada’s new border security legislation, which contains provisions that would seem to go well beyond border security and into the realm of what's known as lawful access. We’ll hear from Dr. Michael Geist, who is a law professor and Canada Research Chair in Interet and E-Commerce Law at the University of Ottawa.

A fascinating new book is challenging some of myths and narratives around vaping and instead makes the case for viewing vaping as a harm reduction tool to help smokers. Dr. Mark Tyndall is a Professor of Medicine at the School of Population and Public Health at UBC, and is author of “Vaping Behind the Smoke and Fears.”

Plus, it’s municipal elections across Alberta this fall. In Calgary, Jeromy Farkas is back for a second run at mayor's chair, and what will be a rematch of four years ago. We’ll speak with Jeromy about his return to politics and his vision for the city.

0:00: Intro, welcome

1:39 Latest News from Ottawa

20:26 Michael Geist interview

35:15 Dr. Mark Tyndall interview

55:41 Jeromy Farkas interview

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Thanks for joining us here for another episode of The Rob Breakenridge Show.

It’s been a busy week, we start the episode with a recap the latest drama on the tariff front, as the US has doubled tariffs on steel and aluminum, now up to a whopping 50 per cent.

We then turn our attention to the situation in Ukraine and news of an impressive counterpunch from the Ukrainians against Russia’s strategic bomber fleet. We hear from Marcus Kolga, founder of DisinfoWatch.org

Also, a closer look at the battle over healthcare reform from the perspective of someone who’s been in the trenches for decades. Dr. Brian Day is the author of a new book, entitled- “My Fight for Canadian Healthcare - A Thirty Year Battle to put Patients First.”

Plus, we'll discuss a new study: “Sacred (cash) cows – The urgent need to eliminate supply management.” We’re joined by the report’s author - Dr. Stuart Smyth, professor in the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics at the University of Saskatchewan.

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Welcome, friends, to another episode of the Rob Breakenridge Show.

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Plenty to cover on this episode, including an overview of what was billed as a very significant and consequential First Ministers’ Meeting in Saskatoon Monday. Might there actually be some consensus on new pipelines? We’ll hear what both Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith had to say.

Also, a fair amount of focus on the issue of internal trade barriers, including a new memorandum of understanding between Alberta and Ontario. We’ll discuss a very timely new analysis from the Montreal Economic Institute, that quantifies the tremendous boost to the Canadian economy resulting from the removal of internal trade barriers. We’ll speak with the author of that report, U of C economist Trevor Tombe.

Another timely new report - this one courtesy of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and it has a closer examination of the relationship between Alberta and Ottawa and what’s led to a rise of frustration and alienation in the west. The report’s authors argue that for too long, Ottawa has trampled over provincial jurisdiction. We’ll speak with one of the report’s authors former Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage

Plus, some analysis of what’s happening with global oil prices and what it all means for Canadian energy companies, future production increases, and the need for new pipeline infrastructure in the years ahead. We’ll be joined by commodity analyst Rory Johnston. He's with . Some great insight on what's happening on oil markets. And I wanna talk about what's going on with the price of oil, what it means for Alberta's bottom line, but also what it means for just production in Alberta, investments in Alberta. So we'll talk about oil prices, oil production.

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00:00 Introduction and welcome

02:20 Housing Crisis in Canada

08:35 Interview with Mike Moffatt

27:08 Shifts in Tax Policy Under Prime Minister Mark Carney

29:52 Interview with Franco Terrazano

47:17 Alberta Measles Outbreak

48:26 Interview with Dr. Mark Joffe

59:40 Wrap up

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00:00 Introduction to Episode 2 of the Rob Breakenridge Show01:26 Interview with Richard Marceau 11:43 Re-cap of the Prime Minister's comments and a look ahead to next week's Throne Speech 20:24 Interview with Adam Legge 36:07 Interview with Naheed Nenshi 59:50 Interview with Tristin Hopper 01:20:33 Wrap Up

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