True Patriot Love - February 23, 2026


"Last Platform Standing" - The NDP Game Show


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12 minutes

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2,399

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2

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2

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3

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Brady Wedham joins me to talk about the new leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, Patrick Brown, and to participate in my very first PLT game show, The NDP Debate, a game show hosted by my good friend, Mike Plante.

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00:00:00.000 hi thanks for joining us this is tpl media i'm mike tplmedia.ca for all of the shows and you
00:00:10.540 can download the app you can do that in the play store for android or if you use the other phones
00:00:16.160 i don't even know where you get those but it's the app store it's the app store on apple yeah i knew
00:00:21.500 that i am technologically advanced i don't know if you saw the ndp debate last night as they reach
00:00:28.520 out for a new leader of their party an interesting event to say the least and to talk more about it
00:00:33.940 and to participate in my very first tpl game show is brady wedham we're doing a game show
00:00:41.300 you just told me you wanted me to watch the ndp uh gimmick and then comment on it and i don't think
00:00:46.860 that they refer to it as a gimmick no it's a gimmick it's if you watch what i watched for an hour and
00:00:51.440 26 minutes you'll realize it's a gimmick well i am sorry that i subjected you to that but it is
00:00:55.740 important after all they are i guess the third party in canada and uh they needed a new leader
00:01:01.940 and so i don't think i've seen debate i have not seen a cast of characters like that outside of a
00:01:06.660 carnival uh yeah one of those ladies looks very angry very i just wanted to say and i'm not sure 1.00
00:01:12.520 about uh she's very pretty but she's very angry oh you know and she had her points or whatever but 1.00
00:01:17.580 they all they all agreed off the top to agree off the top which was an interesting way to start a
00:01:22.540 debate uh okay you want to play today's game show brady not really but here we are all right here
00:01:27.340 we are it's called the ndp debate real policy or did we just make that up that's that's the name of
00:01:34.200 the game show are you ready to play i have my uh i'm ready i have a ndp scorekeeping pen here okay
00:01:43.280 and uh we'll see how you do we start though i don't want them i don't want to make this to look
00:01:47.620 like we're just crapping all over the ndp i was a big supporter of jack i used to go out i was a
00:01:52.040 former child actor so i get invited out to ndp rallies early ones um it was a lovely lovely group of
00:01:58.560 people fast forward 25 years later i have no idea what's going on anymore well i can i can update
00:02:04.940 you they they basically wrecked governments so anyway okay uh but they did need a new leader and
00:02:09.960 and that's how the game goes and so i'm not going to play i gotta i gotta look forward here to
00:02:14.600 the audience all right any of those are you ready for this i am uh all right question number one
00:02:19.200 which of these was actually said during the debate last night a canadians deserve dental care not to
00:02:26.520 spare uh b hope is not a housing policy c we must build a future that works for everyone not just the
00:02:36.180 wealthy or d all of the above i was going to say this has got to be a trick answer because i think i
00:02:41.420 heard all of those that's true all of the above and one point for brady uh it's uh wait what do i
00:02:46.820 win if i get like oh by the way there's there's a wonderful prize let me just get it i'm so excited
00:02:53.700 to find out what i actually win
00:02:55.660 it was donated by the green party and there is your award if you win if you lose brady i should
00:03:05.480 have mentioned this off the top if you lose the game uh i'm going to need you to uh you have to pay
00:03:10.260 a penalty you're ready for this uh the loser must read this dramatically i will fight for working 0.84
00:03:16.320 families in full movie trailer voice okay damn so you might actually end up in the debate next time
00:03:21.860 around okay question number two until you win it brady i'll just keep it over here okay great uh question 0.63
00:03:27.760 number two according to the debate how many homes did one candidate propose building is it a 100 000 homes
00:03:34.200 b 500 000 homes c three million homes or d enough to house everyone still living in their parents
00:03:42.460 basement i know d can't be the answer i'm gonna say b uh no in fact that was 500 000 was your guess
00:03:50.780 yeah that seems realistic and i'm sorry it was actually three million that's basically building
00:03:55.640 a new toronto but whatever i don't know uh but faster than toronto can approve a bike lane so
00:04:02.080 they'd have to get right on that question number three brady okay how many times was tax the wealthy
00:04:07.740 mentioned or implied is it two times a b five times c 12 times or d every time someone blinked
00:04:16.840 yet again i want to pick d but i i feel like that's not the end let's go
00:04:21.520 c you know what not bad brady good for another point yes two one around 12 references or variations
00:04:28.020 they're in uh at this point in the debate billionaires are watching the ndp debates like
00:04:32.340 it's a horror movie like they just want me they will they want all the all the flesh on my bones
00:04:39.300 uh question number five which problem oh sorry we're on question number four question four okay by the
00:04:44.820 way brady i'm gonna need you to keep track of what question we're on as well all right well i can't
00:04:48.360 look at your paper i'll be cheating fair enough uh question number four the blame game who got blamed
00:04:53.320 the most a conservatives b corporations c billionaires or d all of the above oh i want to
00:05:00.660 take i'm going to take d this time yeah absolutely all of the above somewhere a billionaire corporation
00:05:05.720 run by conservatives felt personally attacked all of them actually felt personally attacked
00:05:10.080 question brady that's good for a point question number five reality versus idealism in this case
00:05:17.300 which problem did candidates say government could fix fastest a housing b inflation c health care d
00:05:25.200 everything simultaneously i want to pick d again but i'm going to say health care i feel like ndp used
00:05:32.420 to be like really concerned about health care so let's go health care rady i wish you did pick d
00:05:37.960 because the answer is everything simultaneously you see government efficiency is at its strongest during
00:05:43.700 debates i'm sure we'll be able to pull that off that's an x for brady yeah three two on my end yeah
00:05:49.800 i'm winning good score still winning i'm still winning we're on question number six the working class
00:05:54.140 how many times was working families mentioned during the debate a three times b seven times c 15
00:06:02.320 or d more times than either of us have done cardio this year
00:06:06.380 a or sorry d nc d nc okay all right yes the d nc around around 15 times is the correct answer
00:06:18.920 you know what i'll give you that one brady oh wow okay for working families got more airtime than
00:06:23.060 netflix recommendations i'll be honest with you uh okay the question number seven bonus round audience
00:06:28.680 participation is required so if you're playing along at home please uh go right ahead and play which of
00:06:34.420 these is not an ndp policy proposal from the debate a wealth tax b national rent control framework
00:06:42.720 c free post-secondary tuition or d free leafs stanley cup tickets i'm gonna have to say c again
00:06:51.360 actually sadly the answer is d even the ndp has its limits they they can't promise everything i i threw
00:06:57.980 that one just to make you know what i'll take that one i'll take that one off because it was smart
00:07:01.780 ass on my part thank you okay you want to want to do a true or false lightning round yeah yeah i'd
00:07:06.460 love to okay here we go you got to keep score i've already lost track now that we did that uh okay
00:07:10.020 we'll count it up at the end sandeep i think that you're keeping score over there you keeping score
00:07:14.560 sandy he puts his thumb up like it's not an audio medium too uh okay so here's your final lightning round
00:07:23.480 true or false here's the statement every candidate said canada is in a crisis is this true or false true
00:07:31.100 that that is true you got a point on that one canada has more crisis than tim wharton's has menu items
00:07:36.440 why do you have so many menu items coffee and donuts is enough for pete's sake espresso uh when they
00:07:43.860 added potato wedges years ago i knew it was all going to be downhill from there you when the window
00:07:48.640 opens now it's just a waft of potato wedges and goulash that's all i smell every tim wharton smells
00:07:55.320 like goulash i'm gonna keep going doesn't matter uh okay listen i got a bonus one for you want to do
00:08:00.700 a bonus question yeah please what's the ndp's favorite three-word phrase
00:08:04.440 f-u-p-ere uh close working families deserve dot dot dot it's their kind of version of once upon a time 1.00
00:08:17.440 it starts every story i thought we're in a true false lightning round now i have to provide
00:08:21.700 answers that was it you did the lightning round and actually you got a point on that one but i'm
00:08:25.100 taking it away because you're being critical of the game and that cost you a point and that means
00:08:30.220 brady you got one two it doesn't really matter brady i'm going to need you to read this statement
00:08:35.600 in the most dramatic voice you possibly can all right coming this summer i will fight for working
00:08:44.220 families congratulations brady you are our favorite ndp representative the winner and the
00:08:52.100 loser well done just like anybody who has watched this you have won and lost but uh it's friday and
00:08:59.680 this is what we do on friday i really appreciate you're in the parking lot and i'm like brady i 0.96
00:09:03.680 have a game i want to play and you're like oh for the love of god you've produced over thousands
00:09:08.300 of episodes of game shows i thought you're actually going to bring me a big wheel and all this that
00:09:12.880 no somehow i got dragged back into this but uh you got a prize i did get a prize and i also got a
00:09:18.260 peace of mind after what and i'm going to take this into a serious route real quick that was serious by
00:09:23.300 the way this was some serious stuff i don't know what you're talking about ndp needs to do better
00:09:28.320 we've known this for years um they were once looked at as a very promising party um that could
00:09:35.080 have the sky was the limit for them and i don't know what happened i do know what happened but we'll
00:09:40.980 save that for another episode if you want to get in detail but over the past five to six years i have
00:09:45.100 watched that become a completely different group of people uh than it originally used to be with the
00:09:51.140 same kind of values but a different delivery and yesterday was a perfect example of why me
00:09:57.320 personally i do not support the ndp at all anymore well you know what all jokes aside on my part
00:10:02.640 you did pretty good on the game you know i'm impressed with that uh having said that no i i do
00:10:09.660 agree with you it is not a third party in canada in my mind uh it was an amateur group of uh less
00:10:17.300 experienced people in politics it's hard to get back the uh the vibe of any party when they were just
00:10:24.320 used as a bargaining chip and uh you know weighing uh weighing in as the deciding vote on uh on issues
00:10:32.780 that were important to canadians and not really standing up as a party previously and this is what
00:10:37.560 you're left with it it crumbles to a degree where you have a panel of people all agreeing with each
00:10:43.500 other and none of them really all that desirable to vote for on a federal level no they and it almost
00:10:50.120 seems like it's a it was that was a hybrid of a ted talk and a toastmasters it felt like it did feel
00:10:56.920 like a toastmasters evening you're right it did not feel it didn't feel like i was actually watching
00:11:02.360 people have a debate yeah i guess you know uh they are a kinder gentler debating group um but having
00:11:11.080 said that it didn't feel like anybody there stood out as a representative for a large group of people
00:11:18.340 in canada uh you know in parliament it just didn't feel like it felt like a really college or high
00:11:25.120 school election debate process um however and like i said before the game i'm not here to dump on the
00:11:31.720 ndp right like uh i just want all political parties in canada to do better even if i don't agree with
00:11:37.620 a bad place to start but even if i don't agree with what their policies are i still want them to
00:11:41.680 do better because it seems like most of the political parties right now in canada are not
00:11:45.500 fighting for the people anymore oh my gosh did you hear what you just said i just finished friday
00:11:50.820 didn't i wow we ndp and brady i just didn't see it uh but we would love to see you again that's a
00:11:58.240 segue uh i'm sorry this was a fun friday afternoon uh throwaway but if you saw the debate you'll see
00:12:03.260 why we did that uh we love your comments i'm sure we're going to get a few on this one uh if you've
00:12:08.300 got other questions that we should add to the next speed round sorry there was only one question there
00:12:12.480 i'll be sure to add them thanks for joining us don't forget to subscribe tell a friend
00:12:16.620 and uh share this around maybe not this episode actually see you next time