Oilsands Rewrite, Free Speech, CF-18 Replacements, and Drug Testing

This month's edition of National Geographic magazine has an article about the Alberta Oilsands, published April 11th. Guest: Deborah Jaremko, Oilsands editor with the Daily Oil Bulletin and editor of jwnenergy.com The UCP government will require Alberta post-secondary institutions to adopt controversial free speech policies based on U.S. principles that allow speakers, no matter how “unwelcome, disagreeable, or even deeply offensive,” say what they like on campuses. Guest: Sigal Ben-Porath, Professor OF EDUCATION, PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE University of Pennsylvania In a hard-hitting new Macdonald-Laurier Institute report, MLI Senior Fellow Richard Shimooka takes a critical look at the government’s approach to replacing Canada’s aging fleet of CF-18 fighters. Guest: Richard Shimooka, Senior Fellow - Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Police are continuing to remind people not to get high before driving. But what about the dangers of eating poppy seed cake? Guest: Kyla Lee, Vancouver criminal defence attorney (Acumen Law) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices