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The Erika Barootes Show: How The West Is Run

The Erika Barootes Show: How The West Is Run

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Welcome to the show where the gloves come off and the spin stops. Erika Barootes has spent twenty years right in the thick of the action, and she is tired of the talking points. If you are looking for a conservative echo chamber, you are in the wrong place. Despite her deep roots in Western movements, Erika holds every single politician to the same relentless standard. She isn't here to make friends in high places; she is here to make sense of what they are doing with your tax dollars.


From the desks of punditry to the halls of Parliament, people pay attention when she speaks because she knows exactly how the system of power is built. In partnership with the rapidly growing TrendingPolitics.ca, she breaks down the data and busts the bullshit every single week. Tune in for the context you won't get anywhere else and the raw truth about how the West is really run.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 10: Battle of the Bike Lanes

    Ep. 10: Battle of the Bike Lanes
    Jul 20 2026

    It's supposed to be summer. Instead, Alberta is in the middle of a bike lane battle.


    Alberta Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen joins Erika Barootes to break down why the province is stepping in for Albertans, how conversations with Calgary and Edmonton's mayors are going, and what's coming this fall.


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    36 mins
  • Ep. 9: Breaking Down the West Coast Pipe Dream

    Ep. 9: Breaking Down the West Coast Pipe Dream
    Jul 7 2026

    Gitane De Silva, former CEO of the Canada Energy Regulator and former Deputy Minister of Alberta, joins Erika Barootes to break down the West Coast pipeline announcement, what Smith and Carney standing together at Stampede actually signals, and what all of it means before Alberta's October separation referendum.


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    38 mins
  • Ep. 8: Does the Senate Matter?

    Ep. 8: Does the Senate Matter?
    Jun 25 2026

    Senator Scott Tannas, one of only five senators in Canadian history appointed after winning a public election, joins Erika Barootes to talk Senate reform, why he left the Conservative caucus, and what it'll actually take to get Indigenous economic reconciliation moving.


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    34 mins
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