Western Standard News Update | Liberals bump booze taxes, give themselves raises Apr 1 | 30 Mar 2026

In this Western Standard News Update, Dave Naylor covers the latest headlines from across Canada. Air Canada’s CEO is set to retire after controversy over his lack of French while addressing last week’s LaGuardia crash. Naylor also looks at the UCP targeting Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi over his ties to new federal NDP Leader Avi Lewis and Lewis’s anti-pipeline stance, the Liberals raising taxes on alcohol while also giving themselves raises effective April 1, and a Saskatchewan national historic site shifting its focus away from European settlers to highlight what it calls inequities on the Prairies tied to Indigenous issues.