Western Standard - June 30, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Pierre Poilievre shakes up Conservative shadow cabinet ｜ 30 Jun 2026

Topics
Shadow Cabinet shuffle
Mentioned
Shadow Cabinet Danielle Smith Liam Muschett Pierre Poilievre Michael Chong YouTube Music
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Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

116.69

Word count

307

Sentence count

15


Summary

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A Canadian judge criticizes the Canadian Border Service Agency, Alberta will be submitting its long-awaited new oil pipeline proposal on July 1st without a private proponent, and a Conservative front bench shuffle is the first major reset since last year s federal election.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 From the Western Standard, here's your news update.
00:00:08.000 I'm your host for today, Western Standard reporter, Liam Muschett, and here's what you need to know.
00:00:14.860 Conservative leader Pierre Polyev unveiled a revamped Shadow Cabinet Tuesday,
00:00:20.780 branding it the party's new affordability team,
00:00:23.560 and naming veteran Ontario MP Michael Chong as the Conservatives' new finance critic.
00:00:30.000 the front bench shuffle is the first major reset since last year's federal election
00:00:34.960 and comes as polyev attempts to refocus its caucus on pocketbook issues
00:00:41.120 the alberta government will be submitting its long-awaited new oil pipeline proposal
00:00:46.480 to the bc coast to the major projects office on canada day but without a private proponent
00:00:54.240 leading the project two sources close to the matter one from the government and one from
00:01:00.320 the energy sector have told the globe and mail that premier danielle smith's government will
00:01:05.680 meet the july 1st submission deadline with alberta acting as the project's initial proponent
00:01:12.640 an ontario judge has sharply criticized the canada borders service agency saying he has little faith
00:01:19.920 the agency will deport a foreign national who continued committing crimes years after receiving
00:01:26.000 a removal order according to black locks reporter justice michael wendell of hamilton issued the
00:01:33.280 remarks while sentencing a 30 year old foreign student who remained in canada despite a deportation
00:01:40.240 order issued in 2022 and a lengthy record of theft related offenses and that's it for now
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