Western Standard - November 20, 2025


Western Standard News Update | 20 Nov 2025


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

130.17752

Word Count

198

Sentence Count

19


Summary

The B.C. government has pivoted and is now supporting doubling the amount of oil that goes through the Trans Mountain pipeline. Canada s top bureaucrat, the Clerk of the Privy Council, says he has sold off all his Brookfield shares, but cannot explain why Mark Carney hasn t done so. And once again proving that Ottawa is where your taxpayer money goes to die, the Feds recently hosted two Montreal conferences at a cost of nearly $1 million.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.280 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:14.380 The B.C. government has pivoted and is now supporting doubling the amount of oil that goes through the Trans Mountain pipeline.
00:00:21.840 Canada's top bureaucrat, the Clerk of the Privy Council, says he has sold off all his Brookfield shares, but cannot explain why Mark Carney hasn't done so.
00:00:33.460 The Prime Minister, of course, used to be the head of Brookfield.
00:00:37.300 It's elbows down in Ontario, where the Ford government has hired U.S. lawyers to the tune of $1 million a month to help them navigate trade issues.
00:00:47.580 The Liberals are dropping mandatory medical exams for refugees.
00:00:55.340 And once again proving that Ottawa is where your taxpayer money goes to die, the Feds recently hosted two Montreal conferences at a cost of nearly $1 million.
00:01:07.380 The conferences included musical spoons, circus acts, and gourmet meals.
00:01:14.320 And that's it for now.
00:01:15.880 Join us next time for more Western Standard news updates.
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00:01:25.640 And don't forget to visit our website at westernstandard.news.
00:01:29.880 Have a great day.