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Rob Breakenridge
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Host - "The Rob Breakenridge Show" - robbreakenridge.ca
Podcast host / Columnist - The Line Alberta
Columnist - Calgary Herald
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My latest at The Line Alberta: The UCP wanted recalls and referendums. Hope they enjoy them. www.alberta.readtheline.ca/p/rob-breake...
Rob Breakenridge: The UCP wanted recalls and referendums. Hope they enjoy them.
The possibility of some comeuppance now looms over the province.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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NEW PODCAST:
• Economist @aleach.ca on the obstacles and challenges for Alberta's pipeline push
• The latest on Alberta's teachers' strike
• New polling on the Canada-US relationship
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PODCAST: Obstacles to Alberta's pipeline ambitions; Preserving the Canada-US relationship
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October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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My chat with @robbreakenridge.bsky.social over at The Line Alberta about Danielle Smith, pipeline politics and the farce that is the Alberta Next panel.

Listen here: www.alberta.readtheline.ca/p/podcast-pa...
Podcast: Parsing the premier’s pipeline announcement
... and how this issue is shaping Alberta politics.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Pleased to be joined by @maxfawcett.bsky.social on the latest episode of The Line: Alberta.
We discuss the premier's recent pipeline announcement and the underlying politics around this debate
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Parsing the premier’s pipeline announcement and how this issue is shaping Alberta politics
YouTube video by The Line
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October 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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ICYMI: My conversation with @albertateachers.bsky.social president Jason Schilling:
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PODCAST: Alberta teachers are on strike - what comes next?
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October 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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🚨NEW PODCAST:

• Conversation with @markhamhislop.bsky.social on the premier's big pipeline announcement - and the big shadow cast by Imperial Oil's layoffs

• Filmmakers Barry Avrich & Mark Selby on their documentary "The Road Between Us"

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PODCAST: Premier's Pipeline Plan; Imperial Layoffs; Alberta Next Controversy; "The Road Between Us"
In this episode of the Rob Breakenridge Show, interviews with energy journalist Markham Hislop as well as the producer & director of "The Road Between Us"
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October 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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In this week's political panel, we talk about Canada Post, Mark Carney's travels and the travails of Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree.

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CBC's Natasha Fatah breaks down the week in politics with Saturday Political Panel
Get the latest on CBCNews.ca, the CBC News App, and CBC News Network for breaking news and analysis.
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September 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Alberta's book ban has school boards planning to remove hundreds of books from library shelves, including Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. To unpack this story, I spoke with @robbreakenridge.bsky.social, Host & Columnist at The Line Alberta & Calgary Herald Columnist. youtu.be/kBHm-4CMQHs?...
Alberta's Book Ban Chaos: [The AmberMac Show Ep030]
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September 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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🎙️NEW POD 🎧
The latest on Alberta's book ban fiasco, including reaction/analysis from @cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social chair Joseph Jefferey
Plus a conversation with @noahschwartzy.bsky.social about his new book "Targeted"
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PODCAST: Alberta's book ban fiasco; Understanding Canadian gun policy & gun culture
In this episode, interviews with Joseph Jeffery from Canadian School Libraries and "Targeted" author Noah Schwartz
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September 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Breakenridge: Blame for disastrous school book ban lies squarely with who issued the order
Breakenridge: Blame for disastrous school book ban lies squarely with who issued the order
If the result of marching orders given to school boards is pointless and absurd book bans, the blame lies with those who drafted them.
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September 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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NEW PODCAST:
• @petersankoff.bsky.social on Canadian self-defence law
• @pagmenzies.bsky.social on overhauling Canada's arts & media funding system
• Plus, updates on Alberta's ballooning deficit and Ottawa's newfound bullishness on Canadian LNG exports
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PODCAST: Alberta's ballooning deficit, Ottawa bullish on LNG to Europe, Clarifying self-defence law, Overhauling arts & media funding
In this episode, updates on Alberta's budget and Ottawa's interest in LNG; plus interviews with law professor Peter Sankoff and MLI's Peter Menzies
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August 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Our latest podcast features a conversation with @justinling.ca about his new book "The 51st State Votes" - a detailed look inside an historic election campaign shaped by unprecedented attacks from a US president
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August 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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New episode:
- @lukaszukab.bsky.social on the Forever Canadian referendum petition
- Jewish Federation of Edmonton on Canada's shift on Israel/Palestine
- @airpassengerrights.ca Gabor Lukacs on the huge complaint backlog at CTA, and how to fix this mess
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Rob Breakenridge Show Episode 21: First Alberta referendum petition gets the green light; Canada to recognize Palestine; CTA swamped with airline passenger complaints
In this episode, interviews with Forever Canadian's Thomas Lukaszuk, Jewish Federation of Edmonton CEO Stacey Leavitt-Wright, And Air Passenger Rights founder Gabor Lukacs
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August 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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New from me at The Line Alberta:
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Rob Breakenridge: Respect the law. Stop meddling with the referendum process.
This is all being handled as it should be. And the government isn’t happy about that.
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July 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Security By Obscurity: JR Cox talks to @robbreakenridge.bsky.social about how the feds are using a non-legal document, known as the RCMP's ‘Firearms Reference Table’ (FRT), to arbitrarily ban compliant firearms while providing no explanation or appeal process. 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli

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Video: Sterling Arms International president JR Cox on Canada's secretive and arbitrary gun bans
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July 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Rob Breakenridge Show Episode 20:
-CCF litigation director Christine Van Geyn on the Sean Feucht controversy
- @scottstinson.bsky.social on what next for Hockey Canada open.substack.com/pub/robbreak...
Rob Breakenridge Show Episode 20: Why are we censoring Sean Feucht?; What next for Hockey Canada?
In this episode, interviews with Canadian Constitution Foundation's Christine Van Geyn, and writer & journalist Scott Stinson
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July 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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New podcast episode, featuring conversations with:
- MLAs Peter Guthrie & Scott Sinclair on reviving the Alberta PC Party
- Jasper CAO Bill Given on the 1-year anniversary of the devastating wildfire
- MLI's Tim Sargent on Building Canada's Energy Future
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Rob Breakenridge Show Episode 19: Former UCP MLAs look to revive PC Party; Jasper marks fire anniversary, Building Canada's energy future
In this episode, interviews with MLAs Peter Guthrie & Scott Sinclair, Jasper CAO Bill Given, and Tim Sargent with the the Expert Group on Canada-U.S. Relations
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July 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Our latest podcast, featuring:
- Andrew Leach (@aleach.ca) on what Ottawa's Bill C-5 will look like in practice
- Columnist @maxfawcett.bsky.social on Alberta politics
- C.D. Howe Institute's Daniel Schwanen on Canada-US trade talks
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Rob Breakenridge Show Ep. 14: C-5 is law - now what?, Politics in Alberta, More drama on the trade front
In this episode, interviews with energy economist Andrew Leach, columnist Max Fawcett, and C.D. Howe Institute's Daniel Schwanen
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July 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Our latest podcast, featuring:
- @lukaszukab.bsky.social on the effort to beat the separatists to the punch on a referendum drive
- Aristotle Foundation's Mark Milke on why it would be a mistake to completely dismiss Alberta separatist sentiment
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Rob Breakenridge Show Episode 13: The fight to shape a separatist vote, and why separatist sentiment shouldn't be dismissed
Interviews in this episode with Forever Canadian spokesman Thomas Lukaszuk and Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy president Mark Milke
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July 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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New podcast: Alberta byelections breakdown, plus conversations with @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social and @michellegarner.bsky.social
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Rob Breakenridge Show Episode #11: Alberta Byelections, Supply Management Bill, Fixing immigration
In this episode, analysis of Monday's three byelections, plus interviews with Senator Paula Simons and Conservative MP Michelle Rempel-Garner
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June 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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New podcast episode now live: robbreakenridge.substack.com/p/rob-breake...
Rob Breakenridge Show Episode 10: The latest from Israel, Alberta's Coal Policy Debate Heats Up, Serving Up BBQ to G7 Leaders
On this episode, interviews with commentator Adam Zivo, singer-songwriter Corb Lund, and Tool Shed Beer's Graham Sherman
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June 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Our latest podcast, featuring conversations with
- former energy executive Dennis McConaghy on new pipelines, net zero, and Alberta's energy future
- Author Paul Palango on his new book, “Anatomy of a Cover-Up: The Truth about the RCMP"
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Rob Breakenridge Show Episode 8: The forces shaping Canada's energy future, The pursuit of truth around the Nova Scotia massacre
Interviews in this episode with energy analyst & former energy executive Dennis McConaghy and investigative journalist Paul Palango on his book “Anatomy of a Cover-Up: The Truth about the RCMP"
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June 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Our latest podcast now live:
- @mgeist.bsky.social on new attempts to sneak through new lawful access provisions
- @drmarktyndall.bsky.social on his new book "Vaping: Behind the Smoke and Fears"
- Calgary mayoral candidate @jeromyyyc.bsky.social
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Rob Breakenridge Show Episode 7: Border bill sneaks in lawful access, Vaping as harm reduction, Calgary's mayoral race
Interviews with law professor Michael Geist, harm reduction expert and author Dr. Mark Tyndall, and Calgary mayoral candidate Jeromy Farkas
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June 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Our latest podcast, featuring interviews with Marcus Kolga (@disinfowatch.bsky.social), Dr. Brian Day, and Prof. Stuart Smyth (Macdonald-Laurier Institute)
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Rob Breakenridge Show Episode 6: Ukraine's big counterpunch, Fixing Canadian Healthcare, Ending Supply Management
Conservations with DisinfoWatch.org's Marcus Kolga, Dr. Brian Day on his new book "My Fight for Canadian Healthcare," and how & why to end supply management
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June 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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New podcast out now
- Economist @trevortombe.bsky.social on the tremendous benefits of free trade within Canada
- Sonya Savage on federal overreach & western alienation
- Commodity analyst @roryjohnston.bsky.social on oil prices, production, pipelines
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Rob Breakenridge Show Episode 5: Unleashing free trade in Canada, Correcting federal-provincial imbalance, Forecasting oil prices & production
Featuring interviews with economist Trevor Tombe, former Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage, and commodity analyst Rory Johnston
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June 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM