Western Standard - March 16, 2026


Western Standard News Update | Carney outspends Trudeau at the Privy Council Office | 16 Mar 2026


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

124.04288

Word count

270

Sentence count

13


Summary

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A British Columbia Aboriginal group not only is claiming ownership of the land in the area they are claiming it for air, but despite vowing to cut spending, Prime Minister Mark Carney has outspent Justin Trudeau on the Privy Council office. A net zero panel who told Canadians to start walking to cut emissions has spent $180,000 on travel to places like Brazil and Dubai. Ontario is being urged to legalize pepper spray so women can use it for self-defense. And the City of Calgary is paying $7.5 million to remove dozens of pairs of shoes from in front of city hall.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 from the Western Standard here's your news update I'm your host Western
00:00:09.600 Standard chief editor Dave Naylor and here's what you need to know one British
00:00:15.840 Columbia Aboriginal group not only is claiming ownership of the land in the
00:00:20.160 area they are they're claiming it for the air as well despite vowing to cut
00:00:26.340 spending, Prime Minister Mark Carney has outspent Justin Trudeau on the Privy Council office.
00:00:33.620 A net zero panel who told Canadians to start walking to cut emissions
00:00:38.180 has spent $180,000 on travel to places like Brazil and Dubai.
00:00:46.420 Ontario is being urged to legalize pepper spray so women can use it for self-defense.
00:00:51.780 and the city of calgary is paying 7.5 million dollars to remove dozens of pairs of shoes from
00:00:59.960 in front of city hall they were laid there after the announcement of 215 buried children
00:01:06.060 at a residential school in canloops the shoes are being taken to a new exhibit at fort calgary
00:01:12.700 to this date no bodies have been found in canloops
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