Western Standard - August 23, 2022


The Newsroom： Kevin O'Leary endorses Charest...

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Jean Charest Kevin O'Leary Dave Makachuk Lila Ahir Paulia
Alberta Liberal Zak Abdi feels the party can make a comeback NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORY WEF voices support for microchip implants

Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

127.51

Word count

292

Sentence count

18

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

sentences flagged

Hate speech

1

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Summary

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Western Standard is a leading news outlet covering Canadian politics and current events. This week: Kevin O'Leary is throwing his support behind Jean Charest, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologizes topless women invited to a party at the Prime Minister's official residence, Alberta Prosperity Project fights back against UCP's Lila Ahir, and a Liberal MP reveals he has five mortgages of his own.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Here's what's happening on the website so far.
00:00:03.400 Kevin O'Leary, you'll remember him, businessman, former Conservative Party candidate for leadership,
00:00:12.280 is throwing his support behind Jean Charest this morning.
00:00:15.240 He says Jean Charest is the only one who can get the Conservatives into power.
00:00:20.820 He says Paulia is very popular amongst Conservatives, but the polls all show that he cannot win a general election.
00:00:27.980 The Finnish Prime Minister, again, getting involved in a bit of a scandal.
00:00:33.800 You'll remember last week where videos of her surfaced, partying hardy, dancing away at a friend's house.
00:00:42.400 Well, now pictures have emerged of topless women who were invited to a party at the Prime Minister's official residence. 1.00
00:00:49.760 And the Prime Minister has apologized again for her so-called indiscretions.
00:00:56.480 We've got an interesting column from our military analyst, Dave Makachuk, who talks about China and its growing military superiority.
00:01:06.560 And what would happen if push comes to shove and the West has to fight back against China? 0.82
00:01:14.400 The Alberta Prosperity Project is fighting back against UCP leadership candidate Lila Ahir.
00:01:24.880 She pulled out of the APP Rebel News debate, claiming that it was nothing but right-wing propaganda and responsible for the toxic attitude in Alberta.
00:01:38.260 Well, the APP is fired back, saying utterly ridiculous, and she has offended hundreds and thousands of Albertans with her comment.
00:01:49.120 And we've got a story on a Liberal MP who's been very concerned over house affordability lately.
00:01:56.200 Turns out he's got five mortgages of his own to worry about in Vancouver.
00:02:01.140 So, interesting anyways, to say the least.
00:02:06.580 Lots more stories coming throughout this afternoon from our reporters across Canada.
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