West of Centre
Hosted by Kathleen Petty · CBC
4.6from 140 ratings
- 251
- Episodes
- 143
- Transcribed
- 140
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About West of Centre
Canada is complicated. Alberta has opinions. Ride shotgun with host Kathleen Petty on West of Centre for conversations about the state of politics in Canada, as power and influence shifts West. Whether you live here or just can't look away, you’ll get the no-nonsense analysis you need to make sense of it all.
- Publisher
- CBC
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Apr 2021
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
143 of 251 episodes have a transcript.
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Alberta’s federalist push is lagging
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Alberta separatists think they’ll win. Polls project a loss
4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Too friendly to resist: Danielle Smith’s U.S. diplomacy
Inside a recent episode
How Alberta’s federalist push is lagging
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Well, I'm curious about the messaging from the federal Conservative Party, because I was struck by the statement that from the point person on this, which is MP Dane Lloyd. And he posted a quote saying, All of which you've just said. But he goes on to say, The answer is not for Alberta to leave Canada. The answer is change in Ottawa, end quote. And I have to say, that reads more as an argument for a federal conservative government rather than an argument for Canada. So that's like, yeah, Canada's great with caveats. Is that the right argument to be making? Well, look, I think that if you look back a decade ago, there was not this level of discontentedment when it comes to Alberta's place in the Federation. […]
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- Damien Kurek
- Alex Boyd
- Matthew Scace
- David Coletto
- Lisa Young
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 3 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 137 ratings
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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Kathleen Petty host the show. Published by CBC.
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