Western Standard - March 23, 2026


Western Standard News Update | CTF seeks the full cost of Ottawa gun grab in court | 23 Mar 2026


Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

125.83715

Word count

238

Sentence count

16


Summary

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Two Air Canada pilots are dead after their jet hits a fire truck while landing at New York s LaGuardia Airport. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is going to federal court to try and get the Liberal government to release the full cost of its gun grab program. Liberal Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the government has cut $60 billion from its budget but no documents have been tabled to prove that. And a new report by the Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says the CRTC has grown too powerful and should be abolished.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.140 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:15.320 Two Air Canada pilots are dead after their jet hit a fire truck while landing at New York City's LaGuardia Airport.
00:00:22.880 Quote, I messed up, one air traffic controller is heard saying moments after the crash.
00:00:27.680 The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is going to federal court
00:00:32.300 to try and get the Liberal government to release the full cost of its gun grab program
00:00:37.080 Liberal Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne
00:00:42.660 says the government has cut $60 billion from its budget
00:00:46.200 but no documents have been tabled to prove that
00:00:49.380 And a new report by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
00:00:54.640 says the CRTC has grown too powerful and should be abolished.
00:01:00.900 And that's it for now.
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