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The Breakdown With Nate Pike

Local Alberta Podcast about provincial and local politics and issues. Not journalists. #abpoli #albertapolitics Alberta Politics

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01:14:53

Episode 4.71 - Allard in, Legislature out!

The Breakdown With Nate Pike ·

2023/05/06

It’s our second last show of 2022! And while we still have one show left in the year, MLA’s and Ministers called it early this week, ending the latest legislative session early despite having limited debate and rushed through legislation! Also, Alberta has a surprise new member of cabinet with Parliamentary Secretary for Civil Liberties, Tracey Allard being appointed with literally no announcement! We try and make sense of all of this and more with the help from our chief WTAF correspondent Sarah

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02:20:12

Episode 5.01 - We're Back!

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2023/05/06

We’re back from break! We start by running through the events of the last few weeks in Alberta Politics including taking a look at new UCP nominations, the importance of one vote, Danielle Smiths walking back of pretty much all of her leadership race promises before we do a deep dive on the “Take Back Alberta” Initiative that has been buying up NHL game advertising time to see who is behind them and how they’re connected to Smith. (It’s pretty close) Then we sit down with @ZiadFazel to hear his

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01:14:13

Episode 5.02 - Dollars, Drugs and Danielle Smiths...

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2023/05/06

On this episode, we take a look at the recent provincial political party fundraising numbers, the effective of the gas tax being cut (again), we try and fill in the blanks on on a recent story about Danielle Smith’s Chief of Staff and we take yet another look at the ongoing children’s fever medicine purchase by the UCP from a company that wasn’t allowed to seek those drugs here. As always, we’re joined by Sarah Biggs to try and makes sense of it all! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content

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00:56:15

Episode 5.03 - Euan Thomson and the UCP Public Safety...

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2023/05/06

Danielle Smith and the UCP have announced to task forces to address social issues, but there are a lot of people who are raising some very serious concerns around the motivations and methods of these task forces. One of those people is Euan Thomson, founder of the harm reduction group Each & Every. We sat down with Euan to hear what his concerns are in regards to these task forces and why he’s concerned that instead of harm reduction, they might well just be causing more harm… As always, if you

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01:19:13

Episode 5.04 - Ain’t No Party Like An S Club Party…

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2023/05/06

On another one of our Alberta Politics round-ups, we take a look at the embarrassing controversy surrounding UCP Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Nick “S-CLub” Milliken and his weekend of embarrassing and brutally ignorant tweets. Plus we do a bit of a deep dive on exactly what is this “Just Transition” that has the UCP all up in arms and more! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we’re trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly

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01:33:15

Episode 5.05- A Tale Of Two Pressers…

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2023/05/06

The start of this week saw two press conferences from the UCP government that didn’t go very well at all… First we saw the “Affordability” Presser where UCP Minister Nate Glubish effectively admitted that the UCP had dropped the ball on several programs during COVID and then inexplicably couldn’t explain why the Alberta government had opted to create a costly program that delayed affordability payments instead of working with the CRA like BC. But then we saw a Danielle Smith Press Conference that

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01:04:17

Episode 5.06 - Back To The Vax with Lydia Greene!

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2023/05/06

We’re super excited to be able to share this episode! Lydia Greene is one of the founders of backtothevax.com, a grassroots organization working to dispel vaccine hesitancy and she comes to it from a place of very real personal experience! Lydia spent years immersed in the extreme anti-vax/wellness culture but has since come out the other side and is now not only working to better inform people but also pursuing a career in healthcare/public health! As always, if you appreciate the kind of

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01:27:19

Episode 5.07 - Danielle Smith's Persecution Complex

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2023/05/06

On Thursday Danielle Smith flipped the world of Alberta Politics on its head (again) by stating at a press conference that she had been directing prosecutors to look at specific cases, which would be a huge violation of the independence of Crown Prosecutors. What followed was a dizzying few days where statements were issued, Smith offered multiple clarifications and ultimately it was said on her weekly radio show that there would not be any kind of an investigation. We walk through all of the

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01:27:33

Episode 5.08 - You Can Tell An Election Is Coming

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2023/05/06

It's January 18th and we're back to talking about the "Just Transition" because that seems like it's all we talk about in Alberta these days... On Tuesday Danielle Smith falsely claimed that the "Just Transition" would eliminate up to 2.7 million jobs, and despite being corrected by, well, pretty much everyone, she has continued to double down on this ridiculous claim. Add to that the fact that Opposition leader Rachel Notley finally took the bait and also condemned the federal plan (that hasn't

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01:28:43

Episode 5.09 - Preston's Payday

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2023/05/06

Danielle Smith announced her new COVID Inquiry Chair, and it's a figure well known in Alberta Politics, Preston Manning! But there's some very important questions about Prestons payday and the kind of bias that he's potentially bringing to the inquiry. Also, on Thursday, yet another scandal broke in regards to the Smith government potentially trying to influence the independent Crown Prosecutors Office when CBC broke another story. This comes on the heels of Smith trying to walk back multiple

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01:27:33

Episode 5.10 - But The Emails!

The Breakdown With Nate Pike ·

2023/05/06

Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro finally has his hearing with the law society and for inexplicable reasons, his defense has spent a surprising amount of time debating whether or not Tyler actually cried on the day he showed up to confront a physician in their driveway. Plus! The privatization of Alberta Health care continues and we recap the ongoing scandal and new revelations from the last days about Danielle Smith and the premiers office allegedly trying to influence prosecutors,

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01:30:45

Episode 5.11 - I'm Sorry Dave

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2023/05/06

What was the Alberta Party thinking? That's the question that we kick off this episode with after they deployed a clunky AI Avatar in a new video this week. From there we move into the ongoing developments in Justice Minister Tyler Shandros hearing with the Law Society, skyrocketing insurance rates and why the UCP's measures won't make the impact people need, the ongoing health care crisis and Smith's bizarre pivot on Justin Trudeaus "Just Transition". As always, if you appreciate the kind of

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00:30:32

Episode 5.12 - True North - "Really?"

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2023/05/06

Many people know "True North" as a fairly far right conservative media platform, but as we started to try and pull back the curtains on their story, we were shocked to find out just how intertwined they are with a number of other organizations, most shocking of all that they share a "Corporate Headquarters" address with none other than Danielle Smiths "Free Alberta Strategy" PAC! Strap in, because this is one wild ride! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we’re trying to produce

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01:46:08

Episode 5.13 - The Battle Of Athabasca

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2023/05/06

On this episode, we take a look at the latest events in Alberta Politics, including the walk back of Smith's COVID advisory council, Danielle Smith's drug deal that just keeps getting worse, Take Back Alberta's headfirst run into a brick wall on nominations being reopened, and we try and make a bit of sense of the story so far with the UCP 'S takeover (?) of Athabasca University! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we’re trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider

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01:09:56

Episode 5.14 - Shake Hands With The Devil

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2023/05/06

What was up with that handshake? As groundhogs across the continent were just tucking themselves back in, Danielle Smith finally appeared in public again, which can only mean at least another 6 weeks before the next provincial election! At this weeks First Ministers health meeting, Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exchanged what could only be called a handshake using the lowest definition of the word, but what was the deal that potentially came out of that meeting? Plus we catch

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00:43:59

Episode 5.15 - Royalties, R Star and Regan Boychuk

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2023/05/06

On this episode of The Breakdown, we're excited to welcome back Regan Boychuk to the show for a conversation on the irresponsible R Star program and on why he believes that Albertans need to demand a fresh look at how oil and gas royalties are handled! As always, thank you so much for your support! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we’re trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at

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01:39:16

Episode - 5.16 - Hey Now, You're An R Star...

The Breakdown With Nate Pike ·

2023/05/06

Danielle Smith came back from her sunny vacation this week and blew in with all the fury of a tropical storm! At her press conference on Thursday, not only did she reveal that she's recently been talking to an anti-vax protestor who claims she promised him a free pass on charges for his involvement in the Coutts border blockade, but also that she never knew that it wasn't;t a power available to a premier to even do that! But then on Friday she released one of the most whitewashed revisionist

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01:41:51

Episode 5.17 - Polls, Politics and Populism!

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2023/05/06

After a brief break we're back! And what a week it's been! The NDP's downward polling numbers in Calgary are rapidly becoming a bit of a trend, the Western Standard lowers the standard with a bigoted attack against Janis Irwin, The Emergencies Act was justified and Alberta's Justice Minister Tyler Shandro sure isn't happy about that despite the fact the UCP had asked the feds for help, Sheriffs in Calgary, Take Back Alberta continues their takeover of the UCP, and Preston Mannings panel is up and

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01:20:27

Episode 5.18 - 15 Minute Cities, Episode 5.18 -...

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2023/05/06

On this episode of the Breakdown we unpack the conspiracy theory around "15 minute cities" and as well take a look at the recent uproar around Trans people in bathrooms before we get into a discussion and Q&A on how everyday Albertans can be prepared for and get involved in the upcoming provincial election with Politico and Strategist Sarah Biggs! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we’re trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at

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01:46:00

Episode 5.19 - It's Who You Know

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2023/05/06

If there was a theme to the last week in Alberta Politics, it was that who you know determines how much you're getting paid. There were multiple stories breaking about the UCP using sole source contracts to make sure their friends are making bank at the taxpayers expense. Plus, Danielle Smith continues to muse about how to introduce more private health care delivery in Alberta and an ex-PC minister is doing reputational rehab for for the leader of the Freedom Convoy and alleged architect of the

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