Welcome, friends, to another episode of the Rob Breakenridge Show.

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Plenty to cover on this episode, including an overview of what was billed as a very significant and consequential First Ministers’ Meeting in Saskatoon Monday. Might there actually be some consensus on new pipelines? We’ll hear what both Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith had to say.

Also, a fair amount of focus on the issue of internal trade barriers, including a new memorandum of understanding between Alberta and Ontario. We’ll discuss a very timely new analysis from the Montreal Economic Institute, that quantifies the tremendous boost to the Canadian economy resulting from the removal of internal trade barriers. We’ll speak with the author of that report, U of C economist Trevor Tombe.

Another timely new report - this one courtesy of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and it has a closer examination of the relationship between Alberta and Ottawa and what’s led to a rise of frustration and alienation in the west. The report’s authors argue that for too long, Ottawa has trampled over provincial jurisdiction. We’ll speak with one of the report’s authors former Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage

Plus, some analysis of what’s happening with global oil prices and what it all means for Canadian energy companies, future production increases, and the need for new pipeline infrastructure in the years ahead. We’ll be joined by commodity analyst Rory Johnston. He's with . Some great insight on what's happening on oil markets. And I wanna talk about what's going on with the price of oil, what it means for Alberta's bottom line, but also what it means for just production in Alberta, investments in Alberta. So we'll talk about oil prices, oil production.

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