Western Standard - April 13, 2026


Western Standard News Update | CRA spends $202K to confirm Canadians hate filing taxes | 13 Apr 2026


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

99.71747

Word count

200

Sentence count

14


Summary

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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 talk about
00:00:15.600 the bleeding obvious the Canada Revenue Agency spent two hundred and two
00:00:19.840 thousand dollars on a poll that shows Canadians don't like filing taxes US
00:00:26.360 President Donald Trump has unloaded on Pope Leo calling him a liberal who is soft on crime and
00:00:32.120 terrible on foreign policy. Trump also released an image of himself looking like Jesus. The Canadian
00:00:39.320 Taxpayers Federation has called upon Mark Carney to implement MP recall legislation after opposition
00:00:45.720 leader Pierre Polyev supported the idea. And the Deputy Defence Minister Christiane Fox is refusing
00:00:53.400 to resign or apologize after being found guilty of an ethics violation for getting her friend from
00:00:59.460 the gym, a high-paying job in the immigration department he wasn't qualified for. And that's
00:01:07.060 it for now. Join us next time for more Western Standard news updates. You can follow us on
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00:01:19.420 westernstandard.news. Have a great day.
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