Left East to West
Weekly check-in on top political stories across Canada, interviews for people building this country
Podcasting since 2026 • 7 episodes
Left East to West
Latest Episodes
Defeating Danielle Smith and Trump's interference in Alberta, with Shannon Phillips
Former Alberta NDP minister Shannon Phillips joins to discuss dark money and foreign interference in Alberta referendum and where the Alberta NDP needs make gains to defeat Danielle Smith. Plus, she has some advice on how the next federal NDP l...
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Episode 6
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57:13
A growth economy driven by the right public sector investment, with Iglika Ivanova
Iglika Ivanova, co-executive director of BC Policy Solutions, joins to talk about how getting the public sector right is critical to the private sector and some of the environmental causes of food price inflation.Nikki and Tom touch on a...
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Episode 5
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51:59
Rebuilding the building trades, with Brynn Bourke
Bynn Bourke, Executive Director of the BC Building Trades, talks about rebuilding the trades system after it was gutted by the BC Liberals and that challenges of the major projects agenda. Nikki and Tom talk about provinces vying to have the ne...
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Episode 4
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46:43
Trump's threat to Canada and BC's economic pivot
Aileen Machell, former Deputy Chief of Staff to BC Premier David Eby, talks about how Trump's talk of Canada as a 51st state caused a major shift to an economic focus in BC. Nikki and Tom discuss how the Ontario NDP's loss of an MPP also causes...
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Episode 3
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50:45