2 episodes
Because It's 2019 Because It's 2019
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- Government
Two questionably knowledgeable friends — a political junkie and a politics newbie — discuss the latest in Canadian politics and the 2019 federal election.
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2. What's a by-election again?
In this week’s podcast, Alyssa and Ryan continue the infamous, and fairly easy, Canadian government Jeopardy game. They talk about matters closer to home and dive into the premier of Manitoba, Brian Pallister’s latest antics.
The political junkie and newbie give their two cents about Jagmeet Singh's by-election run. Who will seat for their political party? How are Singh’s odds looking? What is a by-election?
Time Stamps:
Canadian Jeopardy: 0:40-4:36
Brian Pallister “saga”: 4:44-12:27
By-election: 12:31-21:59
Political scandals: 22:01-31:50
More by-election and “Trump-esque” in today’s politics: 31:54-41:40
Even more by-election and Albertans: 41:43-48:25
Outro: 48:26-51:20
Additional Resources:
Continuation of Canadian Jeopardy game, topic Elections
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/canadian-government-115
Brian Pallister
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/manitoba-premier-tweets-photos-of-winnipeg-snow-while-vacationing-in-costa-rica-1.4290424
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/02/11/news/manitoba-premier-brian-pallister-takes-snow-day-costa-rica
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/vacationing-pallister-gives-bowman-the-cold-shoulder-505733752.html
Canadian By-election
http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=2019&document=index&lang=e
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/01/09/federal-byelections-2019_a_23632671/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By-elections_to_the_42nd_Canadian_Parliament
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Twitter - @2019Because
Instagram - @BecauseIts2019
Facebook - @BecauseIts2019
Music and sound effects:
"Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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“Deep Whoosh #1” Kinoton (incompetech.com)
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1. Who's running in 2019? (+ Alberta separation?)
Who the heck is running in this year’s federal election? Should Alberta separate? When will Canada get another female prime minister? This and other questions answered — okay, mentioned — in this week’s podcast, featuring your loyal (and questionably knowledgeable) friends Alyssa and Ryan.
Time stamps:
Canadian government Jeopardy 0:50
Alberta separation 6:48
2019 federal election – party leaders 20:34
When will we get another female PM? 32:00
What we look for in a PM 36:11
A look back at Trudeau’s India disaster 40:05
Summary 48:37
Additional resources:
Canadian government Jeopardy
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/canadian-government-115
Calgary separation billboards
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-separatist-billboards-1.5025437
Kim Campbell
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kim-campbell
Trudeau’s India trip
https://www.google.ca/ (It’s everywhere)
Music and sound effects:
"Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
“Deep Whoosh #1” Kinoton (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons 0 License
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/