Feb. 17 Show Segments

8:30 – The Saskatchewan Party has taken a seat held by the NDP for more than two decades. SaskParty candidate Jim Lemaigre was the winner of the by-election held in Athabasca this week, beating out long-serving NDP politician Georgina Jolibois by a significant margin in the northern riding. Lemaigre, a member of the Clearwater River Dene Nation and former RCMP member, joins guest host Mike Couros to tell us about his big win, his priorities as MLA, and more.
LIVE: Jim Lemaigre, newly-elected SaskParty MLA for Athabasca

9:00 – Bugsday, the Hour of Rage!

10:00 – Writing in the Toronto Sun, Aaron Wudrick says Trudeau chose the “nuclear option without justification” when he invoked the Emergencies Act Monday. Wudrick says the protests are a major inconvenience and annoyance, but don’t meet the high threshold in the act to justify use of such enormous power. Wudrick joins guest host Mike Couros to explain why he says the Emergencies Act must not become a “convenient panic button for prime ministers to push when they need political cover.”
LIVE: Aaron Wudrick, columnist, lawyer, and Director of Domestic Policy at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

10:30 – Canada’s inflation rate hit 5.1% in January, the highest level since 1991. Economics Professor Jason Childs joins Mike to discuss the causes behind this spike, what he expects to see going forward, and where Canadians will be feeling the pinch as prices continue to rise.
LIVE: Dr. Jason Childs, Associate Professor of economics at the University of Regina

11:00 – Canada’s inflation rate passed 5% in January for the first time in more than 30 years, driven higher by prices for housing, groceries, and gasoline, but the story is even worse when it comes to food. Canada’s food inflation rate reached 6.5%, the biggest year-over-year jump in more than a decade. Professor Sylvain Charlebois joins Mike to tell us which products are expected to jump in prices, and why he’s warning Canadians to beware of “shrinkflation” and “shelflation.”
LIVE: Sylvain Charlebois, professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University

11:15/30: Is it better to grow up in a small town? Mike grew up in Humboldt, and he says he wouldn’t change it for the world. How did your hometown influence your childhood? What were the advantages or disadvantages? Call Mike at 1-877-332-8255 and join the conversation!