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Vince Byfield Part 2
If Alberta became independent, who should control the government, the money and the laws? Vince Byfield returns for Part 2 of his proposed “First Principles of Alberta,” challenging the idea…
Vince Byfield Part 1
The Alberta independence debate usually focuses on whether the province should leave Canada. Vince Byfield wants to ask a different question: what would Albertans actually build afterward? In Part 1,…
John Carpay
What happens when a Canadian court strikes down a law but an elected government refuses to accept the result? John Carpay, president and founder of the Justice Centre for Constitutional…
Alissa Golob
Alissa Golob, co-founder and executive director of RightNow, went undercover while pregnant to investigate late-term abortion in Canada. She visited clinics in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary to find out…
Michael Wagner
Author and researcher Michael Wagner examines a troubling question: could traditional Christian beliefs about sexuality eventually fall outside Charter protection in Canada? Looking at a legal argument stemming from Alberta’s…
Alejandro Martinez Araiza
As North America prepares for another review of the USMCA trade agreement, Alejandro Martinez Araiza, Secretary General of Mexico's National Food and Commerce Union, explains what it could mean for…
Cory Morgan
Canada's duty-to-consult framework was created to protect treaty rights, but has it evolved into something much bigger? Western Standard senior Alberta columnist Cory Morgan discusses how court rulings have expanded…
Tanner Hnidey
Economist Tanner Hnidey discusses the growing debate over Alberta independence and whether the province would be better off inside or outside of Canada. Hnidey examines the projected costs of separation,…
Leighton Grey
Leighton Grey discusses Alberta's growing sovereignty movement, the push for a referendum, judicial interference, the Clarity Act, and why many Albertans believe their democratic voice is being ignored. The conversation…
Shawn Buckley
Shawn Buckley exposes the hidden implications of UNDRIP, Indigenous land rights, property ownership, and the future of Canadian sovereignty. The conversation explores Article 26, constitutional concerns, secretive land agreements, and…
