Do you know how much Canada spent on climate change initiatives? What did we achieve with it? It could have been so much more.

Join us as we revisit a couple forms of energy that deserve a little more attention - hydrogen and coal, and then we have a more broad look at politics and policy changes that affect the effectiveness of climate policy.

We start a two part discussion around different forms of energy and the slow conversion to greener forms of energy. Why does green energy cost more? What is the hold-up if there is such urgency? As with most things, it's very political.

Join us as we start discussing the several forms of energy that we use here in Canada and the energy options moving forward. We will follow up next week with a more focused discussion around the politics of climate change and the greener energy sources of the future.

With news now coming in that MLAs Pete Guthrie and Scott Sinclair have entered into formal talks to reignite the Alberta Party, we discuss where that could go in the current political climate here in Alberta. What will they need to do, and what can they expect?

We also look at tackling some of the more popular myths regarding Alberta separating from Canada like using the Canadian passport and easier access to tidewater. What are the options?

Join us as we discuss these topics and wrap up our look at the topics of the Alberta Next Panel. Please feel free to leave comments take part in our polls on Spotify. Thanks again for joining us.

As part of our series on the Alberta Next Panel, and largely within that context, we discuss constitutional reform in Canada. Why it is so difficult for changes to be made, especially for changes that Alberta would like to see?

It is a very brief overview given it is within 30 minutes, but we hope you find it insightful.

While Alberta currently collects its own corporate income taxes, personal income tax (PIT) is collected through Revenue Canada. The Alberta Next Panel asks the question of whether Alberta should collect its own PIT. What's involved in this and how much would that cost?

Additionally, how does equalization work in Canada and what are transfer payments? Join us as we discuss these topics in this episode of Real Sensical Politics.

In continuing with our series on the Alberta Next Panel topics, we discuss the age old conversation of whether Alberta should have its own police service.

Where did this conversation start? Why are we still having the conversation if nobody seems to want it? It may surprise you what some of the facts around this conversation are, and where we are actually at with the process.

Join us as we explore this issue and separate the rhetoric from the facts.

We return with our series on the Alberta Next Panel and lead into it with some follow-up conversation around Premier Smith and how she became the leader.

Afterwards, we discuss the Canadian Pension Plan vs an Alberta Pension Plan. We explore what the CPP is and provide a general overview of how it works, as well as what an APP would have to do in order to replace it.

In this episode we discuss the history of conservatism here in Alberta and where it comes from.

Ever wonder why talk of Alberta seperation is a thing? We dive into where it's roots come from and the Firewall Letter of 2001 that lays out a roadmap for how Alberta can take control of certain things within its constitutional autority and why it should. This topics covered in that letter have been discussed over and over since then, and is even now discussed as part of the newly created Alberta Next Panel, and lay out a roadmap for analyzing the topics covered by this panel as an Alberta Series where we will discuss them in upcoming episodes.

We also discuss the reimergence of the PC Party here in Alberta and what challenged are faced with bringing it back.

We hope you enjoy listening!