”Lightning Rod” Journalist Rachel Gilmore

Nobody will blame you for being confused about voter intention across the province. Duelling polls from Abacus Data and Janet Brown have the UCP either losing big or winning big in Calgary. So, what's a voter to think? Ryan opens the show with campaign developments over the past 24 hours, including both parties' tax plans, controversial comments about transgender students from a UCP candidate in central Alberta, and a proposed plan for forced drug rehab.  10:40 | Ten years ago, Ben Perrin was Prime Minister Stephen Harper's advisor on justice and public safety. The UBC Law professor and best-selling author follows up on yesterday's interview with Adam Zivo about Canada's "safer supply" program.  CHECK OUT PROF. PERRIN'S BOOK "OVERDOSE": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/605163/overdose-by-benjamin-perrin/9780735237889 44:50 | Rachel Gilmore might be Canada's most-trolled journalist. The longtime major network correspondent on far right extremism, conspiracy theories, and misinformation was let go by Global News just two weeks after winning a national journalism award. In one of her first interviews since being laid off, Rachel talks to us about the personal toll of being threatened on an almost-daily basis, and her biggest worry re: the future of journalism, and women working in the field.  FOLLOW RACHEL ON TIK TOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@rachel_gilmore?lang=en FOLLOW RACHEL ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/atRachelGilmore?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor WEBSITE: https://ryanjespersen.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/RealTalkRJ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/RealTalkRJ/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@realtalkrj PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ryanjespersen THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS! https://ryanjespersen.com/sponsors The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Relay Communications Group Inc. or any affiliates.