Because It's 2019

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 Follow us on: Twitter - @2019Because Instagram - @BecauseIts2019 Facebook - @BecauseIts2019 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/

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/