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

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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Western Standard - June 30, 2026