Trailer: Welcome to West of Centre
West of Centre

Trailer: Welcome to West of Centre

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 3, 20262 min

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This is a CBC podcast.

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We're not racist. We don't hate Canada.

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  • 166 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
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This is a CBC podcast. There's no shortage of debate in Alberta politics these days. We're not racist. We don't hate Canada. We don't want to wreck things. We just want things better for our children and grandchildren.

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The fact that we're even having this question on a question is silly. Canada should be one of the richest countries in the world, and we are failing. government is moving full steam ahead on implementing a two-tier American style healthcare system. It's an Albertan, I know a lot of faith in the government and so

0:33

whatever they tell us about this plant, I'm skeptical. If you're wondering about separatism or the many ways Alberta marches to its own drum, join me Kathleen Petty, west of centre, pull up a chair for a no-nonsense conversation about what's going on here and why it matters to the entire country. We're asking the hard questions, but staying Alberta fair.

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