MAGA Critic Jimmy Kimmel Suspended

Popular late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel is off the air after delivering a monologue on the Charlie Kirk murder suspect and MAGA. President Donald Trump is crowing, typical "cancel culture" critics are celebrating, and free speech defenders are sounding the alarm. Where is all this headed? 

4:00 | Max Fawcett, lead columnist at Canada's National Observer, calls it how he sees it. We get into how Max thinks Canadians should respond to Charlie Kirk's assassination (42:00), and why he thinks Chrystia Freeland is the best Prime Minister Canada Never Had (45:00). 

56:20 | Both PM Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are talking "Grand Bargain". Max tells us whether or not an open letter from oil and gas CEOs to the PM will effectively influence Canada's emissions and project approval policies. We wrap with a quick chat about Alberta's plan to include citizenship data on drivers' licenses (1:01:30). 

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1:09:00 | Interest rates are down a quarter-point. What does that say about the economy? Marshall McAlister of North Road Investment Counsel gives us his informed take. Stick around for story time as Jespo shares details of his nightmare self-advised investments, and Marshall brings us up to speed on the smartest way to set yourself up for retirement. 

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1:31:45 | Here's to all the volunteers! We celebrate the heartbeat of our home province in this week's edition of Alberta Wins presented by Play Alberta. 

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1:34:30 | The 25 highest-paid TV hosts in the US are making more than a half-billion dollars this year. Jespo and Johnny see what Real Talkers have to say about the Jimmy Kimmel story, as shared in our Real Talk Live Chat powered by Park Power. 

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