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Western Standard

The official podcast for the Western Standard The Western Standard is an independent source of news and commentary fighting for a strong and free Western Canada, committed to the truth even when it hurts, and forever pledged to refuse government funding. Hosted by Cory Morgan covering news of the week along with analysis from guests.

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46:12

CORY MORGAN SHOW: Bring on right to work legislation!

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2025/10/31

Cory talks about how unions are out of control and it’s time to facilitate worker choice.

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23:15

HANNAFORD: Do Calgary's new councillors have it in...

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2025/10/26

Political advisor Patrick Poilievre tells Hannaford that Calgarians want reform – but apathy, bureaucratic bloat and city hall’s unresponsive culture stand in the way.

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48:07

THE PIPELINE: Gondek’s Gone, and the BC Conservatives...

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2025/10/25

Derek Fildebrandt and Nigel Hannaford are joined by Alise Mills, and Lindsay Wilson, filling in for Cory Morgan on this week’s episode of The Pipeline. The panel breaks down the results of Alberta’s recent municipal elections and dives into the chaos surrounding the BC Conservatives.

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47:48

CORY MORGAN SHOW: Is This Municipal Election Really...

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2025/10/24

Lindsay Wilson of Link Strategies fills in for Cory Morgan this week, unpacking the recent municipal elections and asking the big question: should Bill 20 stay or go?

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23:37

HANNAFORD: Pipelines and the Constitution: Ottawa’s...

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2025/10/21

Ottawa claims power when they want to stop projects — but none when it’s time to lead.

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53:39

THE PIPELINE: Freedom in the Crossfire: Immigration,...

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2025/10/20

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, and Cory Morgan are joined by Alise Mills to tear into Canada’s immigration chaos and the judges protecting criminals from deportation. They expose Ottawa’s new hate speech bill as another attempt to silence dissent and examine the uneasy ceasefire in Gaza as freedom comes under fire both in Canada and abroad.

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46:00

CORY MORGAN SHOW: Premier Smith must respond to the...

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2025/10/20

Cory talks about how the Alberta government must not just hold its ground against the teachers union, but must push back.

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24:11

HANNAFORD: Could the Alberta Teachers’ Association...

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2025/10/16

Ian Brodie warns that the Alberta Teachers’ Association could copy Take Back Alberta’s playbook to seize influence at the UCP’s November convention.

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47:22

THE PIPELINE: Time to SMASH the Alberta teachers’ strike

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2025/10/16

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, and Cory Morgan are joined by Alise Mills to dive into Alberta’s teacher strike and Derek’s proposal to turn union schools into charter schools. They discuss the harsh sentences handed to Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, examine Danielle Smith’s showdown with Mark Carney over new pipeline approvals, and react to the cancellation of comedian Ben Bankas’s Calgary show for being “offensive.”

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46:03

CORY MORGAN SHOW: Alberta needs less talk and more...

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2025/10/10

Cory talks about how Premier Smith has been a great Alberta advocate, but Ottawa isn’t taking her seriously.

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26:42

HANNAFORD: Canada just gave away its public health...

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2025/10/05

Tonight on Hannaford, constitutional lawyer Allison Pejovic warns about Ottawa’s quiet surrender to the World Health Organization.

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46:27

THE PIPELINE: Alberta’s push for West Coast pipelines

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2025/10/04

Cory Morgan, Nigel Hannaford, and Dave Naylor are joined by Alise Mills to talk about the Smith government’s push to develop pipelines to the West Coast, the imminent strike of Alberta teachers, to dig on the narrative shift on Truth and Reconciliation, and to examine whether new powers could let officials cut off your internet access.

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46:01

CORY MORGAN SHOW: The Sixties Scoop saved lives

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2025/10/03

Cory talks about how revisionist history is condemning the government for doing the right thing.

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27:13

HANNAFORD: Campus free speech strangled by workplace...

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2025/09/30

Safe space” rules are strangling free speech in universities, that should be bastions of open debate. Thus, constitutional lawyer Glenn Blackett, tonight’s guest on this week’s edition of Hannaford. It's an outrage that the courts won’t deal with, that university administrations use as a convenient escape hatch from academic accountability, and that leaves to take action only the governments that created these ‘safe space’ laws in the first place — ironically not to foster academic freedom, but to

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49:11

THE PIPELINE: Killing gun rights, ostriches, and the...

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2025/09/29

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, and Cory Morgan are joined by Alise Mills to break down the Liberal gun grab and its ties to Quebec politics, explore the chaos within the BC Conservative leadership, and cover the bizarre case of ostrich culling in British Columbia.

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46:12

CORY MORGAN SHOW: The Carney government floundering

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2025/09/28

Cory talks about the directionless mess the Carney government has turned into.

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23:09

HANNAFORD: Buy now while prices last

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2025/09/21

Mark Carney’s first budget, to be tabled Nov 4, will not be a happy document. In fact says economist Dr. Tim Sargent, Director of Domestic Policy at Ottawa's prestigious Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canadians should brace for the worst. Speaking on tonight's Hannaford show, he foresees inflation as policy, shrinking purchasing power, and little in the way of protection for ordinary people.

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46:45

THE PIPELINE: Parliament is back. Is Canada on the...

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2025/09/20

Cory Morgan, Nigel Hannaford, and Dave Naylor are joined by Alise Mills to break down the reopening of Parliament, the backlash and grave dancing over Charlie Kirk’s death, and the role of mainstream media in driving national polarization.

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46:06

CORY MORGAN SHOW: Canada can’t afford free housing

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2025/09/19

Cory talks about the creeping reach of big government into the housing market.

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50:38

FILDEBRANDT: The independence question: Parallels...

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2025/09/18

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the Parti Québécois, discusses Quebec’s push for independence, the failures of federalism, and the financial myths around equalization while drawing comparisons with Alberta’s own sovereignty movement in this exclusive interview with Western Standard's Derek Fildebrandt.

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