Left East to West
Weekly check-in on top political stories across Canada, interviews for people building this country
Left East to West
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Extreme inequality: how we can reverse it and protect Canadian society
Jared Walker, Canadians For Tax Fairness Executive Director, joins Nikki and Tom to talk about C4TF's recent report detailing growing extreme inequality in Canada, province by province. Jared believes a wealth tax on fortunes of $100 million an...
Marit Stiles: raising expectations to break the cycle of cynicism
Marit Stiles, leader of the Ontario NDP, sits down with Nikki and Tom to discuss the scandal-plagued Doug Ford government and her drive to raise people's expectation and break out of the cycle of cynical politics and bad outcomes Ontario has se...
Bolsonaro vs Lula: a Brazilian president who’s a friend to Canada — or servant of Trump?
Sabrina Fernandes, author and well-known Brazilian political commentator, talks about this fall's pivotal elections, which pits incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — Lula — of the social democratic Workers Party against Trump-backed c...
Carney faces challenges. Can Poilievre or Lewis benefit?
Nikki and Tom celebrate six months of Left East to West with a retrospective on federal politics, federal-provincial relations and shifts in provincial politics across the country.The overriding federal story is continued Liberal strengt...
Carla Beck’s plan to defeat Scott Moe
Carla Beck, leader of the Saskatchewan NDP, sits down with Nikki and Tom to talk about her strategy to defeat Scott Moe and her economic plan to spur Saskatchewan growth.Carla launched her Grid and Growth plan more that two years before ...
