Western Standard - June 01, 2022


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Amanda Brown Corey Linda Slobodian Candace Bergen Leslyn Lewis Mike Thomas Scott Moe Saskatchewan Vaccine Trudeau Melanie Reid Jane
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5 minutes

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838

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64

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Join us as we cover a variety of news items from the past week, including: The Prime Minister's plan to save the planet from climate change, Canada's first female justice minister, and more. We also have a story about how Canadian veterans are being denied access to disability benefits, and a story on the Tim Hortons app.

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00:00:00.000 Hey Mel, how's it going? Good, how are you? I'm all right. Outside of your rent?
00:00:04.960 I'm just trying to, well thankfully I'm just outside of the city, though they always find
00:00:08.360 ways to nickel and dime you on fees and I pay taxes in other ways in the city, but
00:00:12.440 I'm just trying to figure out how I'll come up with that budget to cover this plan to save the
00:00:16.280 world. Yeah, it seems strange too. Again, my whole take on it is, you know, being penalized when we,
00:00:25.160 you know, in many circumstances don't even have alternatives yet. So very strange. And in fact,
00:00:31.480 we do have that story on the website. Our reporter Amanda Brown has dug into that climate initiative
00:00:38.820 that is going to, as you mentioned, Corey, cost us up to the tune of $87 billion over the coming
00:00:47.140 decades for this municipal climate plan in Calgary. It's going to be a pricey one. We have some great
00:00:54.340 stories up. One from the World Health Organization regarding the unsuccessful bid to forward its
00:01:03.140 pandemic treaty. It's now concluded at the World Health Assembly and several politicians from around
00:01:09.780 the world have actually come forward to sort of call it a victory, including our CPC leadership
00:01:17.300 candidate and MP Leslyn Lewis. So we've got that story up on the site. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe
00:01:24.720 appoints the province's first female justice minister during Tuesday's cabinet shuffle. We've got
00:01:32.060 another story on opposition leader Candace Bergen. She's calling out the prime minister for penalizing
00:01:37.880 Canadians at the pump on purpose, just sort of continuing to fortify the fact that he is
00:01:45.300 is looking to pull investment from Canada's energy sector. Bank of Canada has raised interest rates
00:01:55.320 yet again. So if you have a mortgage coming up for renewal soon, sounds like those rates are expected
00:02:02.960 to continue to climb over the next year or so. So lock them in as soon as you can. Vaccine mandates
00:02:09.640 have led to the discharge or discipline of about 1600 soldiers within Canada. Also, speaking of soldiers
00:02:19.420 in Canada, we've got a column coming out from our Linda Slobodian with regard to how veterans or Canadian
00:02:27.200 veterans are waiting just an absolutely agonizing long period of time to access their disability benefits.
00:02:35.800 Some, in some cases, up to two years before they're able to access the benefits that they need to deal
00:02:42.840 with injuries, PTSD, things like that. So just a very sad story there for the people, for the women and men
00:02:49.960 who have served our country. We also have a story up from our BC reporter, Reid, who looked into BC being
00:02:59.040 the first province to decriminalize cocaine, meth and ecstasy. So going a little bit beyond the marijuana
00:03:08.080 drug of choice. And we've got another column coming out from our Mike Thomas, who says Trudeau is an
00:03:16.800 authoritarian creep. So you can dig into that. He's got comments from several people. And our reporter,
00:03:24.100 Amanda Brown is digging into a story on Tim Hortons app. I don't know, Corey, are you a Tim Hortons fan?
00:03:30.100 Or do you drink Tim Hortons coffee? No, their coffee is vile and overrated. But I gotta admit, Jane is an addict 1.00
00:03:36.820 to it. So I've consumed a fair amount. Well, we have to, you know, it's easier than fighting over which
00:03:40.900 drive thru we're going to go to. Right. And same with my husband, a big fan of the Tim's coffee. He has the Tim's app.
00:03:47.140 I'm not sure if your wife does. But apparently, it's come out now that the app has almost continuously
00:03:54.180 been tracking people with the app through geo locations. So we'll have that story coming up
00:04:00.180 here fairly soon. Yeah, so you can't even buy a cup of coffee without losing your rights to privacy.
00:04:06.180 Well, again, we do it willingly. We're not paying attention. We install these apps. And we'll see as
00:04:10.260 that story develops, you know, maybe somewhere in the small print when that app was installed on their
00:04:15.220 phones or whatever, there was something saying they were going to do it and people didn't pay
00:04:18.580 attention. Well, and that's a good point. It's a good point. Those all of those, those little,
00:04:25.300 you know, things that you're signing off on when you accept the app, you really might want to take
00:04:31.460 some time to read some of those. Yeah, the small print, it'll get you every time. I still remember
00:04:36.580 buying into getting I think it was, you know, like a free cassette every few months from Columbia
00:04:40.740 House or something. And I didn't read the small print and those print those guys were after me for
00:04:44.420 years afterwards. Years. Oh, I know it was hard. I had that too. It was hard to get out of that one.
00:04:49.860 Right on. Okay. Well, thanks, Melanie. Lots to cover and lots to write on as always. So I
00:04:55.780 appreciate you giving us the update and I'll talk to you later. Of course.