Western Standard - Western Standard News Update ｜ Liberals near majority after another Tory defection ｜ 8 Apr 2026

00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.

00:00:08.120 I'm your host, Western Standard Chief Editor Dave Naylor, and here's what you need to know.

00:00:13.900 There has been yet another defection from the federal Tories to the Liberals.

00:00:19.020 Sarnia MP Marilyn Gladue crossed the floor Wednesday morning,

00:00:23.000 leaving the Liberals one seat short of a majority with three by-elections to come.

00:00:27.780 Controversy is swirling around finance minister François-Philippe Champagne

00:00:34.100 and his role in getting approval for a $90 billion high-speed rail train in central Canada.

00:00:41.260 Champagne's wife has a high-ranking role in the company that is building the train.

00:00:46.720 An Edmonton man has been charged in a disturbing case involving human trafficking and bestiality.

00:00:52.760 Jonathan Allard faces five charges of human trafficking

00:00:55.800 and bestiality charges involving a dog.

00:00:59.740 And the University of British Columbia is looking for a new forestry professor.

00:01:04.020 But the job comes with a catch.

00:01:05.940 You have to be an Indigenous disabled woman to land the position.

00:01:10.740 And that's it for now.

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Western Standard - April 08, 2026