Left East to West
Weekly check-in on top political stories across Canada, interviews for people building this country
Podcasting since 2026 • 15 episodes
Left East to West
Latest Episodes
Claudia Chender, Nova Scotia NDP leader: focused on affordability, health and culture
Nova Scotia NDP leader Claudia Chender joins to talk about the PCs government's budget-backdown, rising electricity and housing costs and Premier Tim Houston's mistake of attacking support to the culture of small town and rural Nova Scotia....
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Episode 13
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Avi Lewis wins Federal NDP leadership, with our Comms Pro Panel
From the Winnipeg convention centre, Nikki and Tom dig into details about the Federal NDP convention and Avi Lewis' win to become party leader.Then, Nikki and Tom are joined by our NDP comm pro panel to talk about the challenges that la...
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Episode 12
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Special pre-convention interview with Heather McPherson, candidate for leader of Canada's NDP
Heather McPherson, candidate for leader of Canada's NDP and Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Strathcona, takes a break from her campaign to join Left East to West from Edmonton, Alberta:- how the NDP can escape polarization and the str...
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Episode 11
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22:56
Special pre-convention interview with Rob Ashton, candidate for leader of Canada's NDP
Rob Ashton, candidate for the leader of Canada's NDP and President of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada takes a break from his campaign to join Left East to West from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan:- how the NDP can...
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Episode 10
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17:50
Representing workers with social democrats in power, with BC Federation of Labour President Sussanne Skidmore
Sussanne Skidmore, President of the BC Federation of Labour, shares her thoughts about growth and austerity, labour law reform including sectoral bargaining, and trying to bring that magic alignment to the social democratic labour movement both...
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Episode 9
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