The Breakdown With Nate Pike

It's an extended Alberta Politics Roundup because we have a lot of ground to cover! To start with, we take a look at two of the new entries into the referendum game, the first being The Rebel and their new TPA (Third Party Advertiser) and the second being the impending takeover/makeover of the Alberta Liberals by controversial strategist Stephen Carter. But what is it that makes Carter so controversial? We take a look!From there we take a look at Adriana Lagrange privatization bewildering re-announcement of privatization of diagnostic tests, the shocking turn on the electoral boundaries commission and the impending changes to AISH/ADAP! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

On March 10th, 2026 CoRE (which is a part of the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction) published a paper in the Journal “Addiction” that the UCP then used to justify shuttering Supervised Consumption Sites. But there’s some pretty big problems with the paper, and there’s some massive problems with how it has been represented! To get to the core of the problem, we sat down with 3 professors who are experts in addictions research, Dr Tara Gomes from the University of Toronto, Dr Kora DeBeck from Simon Fraser University and Dr Rebecca Saah from the University of Calgary! You’re going to want to stick around for the end of this episode as it has a surprise that you definitely won’t see coming! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

With separatism at the forefront of Alberta's political discussion right now, a lot of people are asking how they can possibly help in the fight to keep Alberta in Canada! To find an answer to that question, we sat down with Thomas Lukaszuk of Forever Canadian to find out more about how he's asking people to get involved as well as to set the record straight on what his goals are with the original Forever Canadian Petition despite what Danielle Smith has said in the press lately! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

Are Danielle Smith and the UCP about to execute their greatest subversion of democracy yet? As the boundaries of constituencies in Alberta are about to be redrawn after years of consultation, two UCP appointed members of the commission abandoned the report they signed off on and created new maps that many experts have called straight up gerrymandering. In order to try and make sense of this, we sat down with political scientist Dr Duane Bratt for a conversation on the future of democracy you don’t want to miss! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

Are the UCP fixing to fix the next election? The electoral boundaries commission has released it's report and recommendations, but it's one of the wilder reports in recent memory because of the inclusion of a mini report put together by two members who went rogue in an apparent attempt to redraw boundaries to gerrymander another election win for the UCP!Just in case that wasn't serious enough, we also include a deep dive on the history of MAID (Medical Assistance In Dying) in Canada and Danielle Smith's recent changes to MAID that seem to be based entirely on fabrications and fear to score points with the religious right! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Who would have thought that a committee meeting would bring even more scandals to the forefront of Alberta Politics? Nonetheless, here we are and we're breaking down the secret 7 star hotel stays, the golden cat and the rest! Plus, we take a look at the SCS closures and the bizarre set of coincidences that raise real questions about Alberta premier Danielle's Smith's podcasting habits with a deep dive on the attempts to smear former AHS CEO Athana Mentzelopolous! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

With both separatism and racism on the rise, particularly with First Nations leading the charge against the separatist movement including a non-confidence vote in the UCP government, we had the privilege of sitting down with MLA Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse, who is the first First Nations woman to be elected to the ALberta Legislature and who witnessed the treatment of First Nations Chiefs inside and outside of the Alberta Legislature this week. Not only that, we also get into the complexities of development and the importance of honoring the Treaties for all Albertans peace and economic security! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

It's time for a chat on Alberta Politics with NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi! And we get into a lot! Corrupt Care! The Provincial Budget! Coal Mines! Healthcare! Cost of Living! And we ask the hard question directly that has been circulating in the ether for a few weeks and get a response to the criticisms of the current Alberta NDP Leadership! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

Time for another Alberta Politics Roundup and this week we have two deep dives! To start with we take a look at Danielle Smith's war against judges, including the straight up falsehoods, misinformation and straight up propaganda that both Smith and her Justice Minister, Mickey Amery have been engaging in. From there we have a deep dives on Smith's immigration claims which are also well into the realm of propaganda before we get to the big question... With Danielle Smith taking away rights from the vulnerable and unions while deliberately spreading misinformation, disinformation and propaganda, is she using the same populist tools that dictators and oppressors have used, including tactics used by the third Reich? If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

Alberta is the land of recall petitions right now! But with most of the focus on whether or not recalls are successful, there’s a lot that’s being overlooked in the conversation. We sat down with three recall organizers to hear from them as to what made them decide to initiate recall petitions, what the experience has been like and perhaps most importantly, when the recalls are done is this the end of their activism or just the beginning? If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

It's time for another Alberta Politics Roundup!There's a grab bag of things going on with Alberta Politics and we try to cover a bunch of them! What does the new Legislative calendar have to say? Are overdoses being underreported? What's going on with the Tory Party? AND! We have a double deep dive on both Danielle SMith's attempts to consolidate power by demonizing the courts as well as a deep dive on the conspiracy theories behind some of the separatist movement leaders and why they shouldn't be dismissed! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads! If you're looking for the link to the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Gofundme me, you can find that at https://www.gofundme.com/f/sturgeon-lake-cree-nation-lawsuit-injunction?attribution_id=sl:5ac02c23-41da-48f4-84d6-7317b6d73517&ts=1769452718&utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

We're recovering from an absolutely bonkers week in legal land, so instead of a live show, we're excited to bring you a special interview! Recently, we got to sit down with Geoff Dembicki from "Desmog" to talk about their recent story on Danielle Smith's bizarre ties to the US governor who was tasked by Trump to oversee the takeover of Greenland. No, really. It's a legit thing. Geoff explains it all and we get into the bigger security implications Alberta and Canada should be thinking about right now! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

With separatism on the rise and healthcare in crisis we are super excited to welcome back to the program NDP MLA Rakhi Pancholi! Not only do we get into both of these topics, but we also get into her best and worst of the last legislative session! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

Last weekend we leaked a document that detailed dozens of examples of patients who were unable to get the care they needed in the time they needed it with at least six of those cases tragically resulting in preventable deaths. The compiler of those real cases was ER physician Dr Paul Parks, and he sat down with us to discuss those cases, the realities of emergency medicine in Alberta right now, why the government proposed solutions just aren’t good enough and a whole lot more! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

On this Alberta Politics Roundup... The Law Foundation is under attack by the UCP and their staff all resigned but... What is the Law Foundation anyways? And what do they do? Plus! Desmog ran on story on Danielle Smith's ties to the man in charge of conquering Greenland, we do a deep dive on the latest court filings fighting back against the separatists and go down a few rabbit holes AND we take a look at the provinces latest response (?) to the health care crisis and how is doesn't match up with a leaked document that shows that Albertans are suffering and dying preventably in Emergency Rooms while the UCP rearranges deck chairs! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

Healthcare is in Crisis. Reports of patients dying in waiting rooms and hallways while waiting for care are becoming more frequent, and dangerously, more normalized. On of the physicians who has been raising the alarm is ER physician Dr. Raj Sherman, and he's no stranger to medicine or the politics holding Alberta healthcare back. After a long and diverse career in politics and medicine, Dr. Sherman was most recently appointed as the chair of the Health Quality Council in 2024, but resigned after a year with a letter that called attention to multiple areas of healthcare he strongly believed needed to be addressed but weren't. We sit down with Dr. Sherman for an extended interview to discuss the healthcare crisis, what's actually causing it (and what's not) and perhaps most importantly, what can be done! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

There’s been a lot of questions about what’s going on with the recall that isn’t in Lethbridge East, and in order to try and make sense of yet another shockingly complex scandal in Alberta Politics, we sat down with the Lethbridge Reporter who has been doing all of the work to try and sort it out! The Substack we refer to can also be found at https://open.substack.com/pub/recallfan44/p/867-53oh-my?r=1y52sv&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

It's our first episode of 2026! From Danielle Smith's year end chat with long time bestie Bruce "Spanky" McAllister to the resignation of Rebecca Schulz to the very uncomfortable press conference that followed to a deep dive on the two Eastern Canada podcasters who allegedly were paid to try and discredit a witness in the "CorruptCare" Scandal, we're starting the new year off with some fireworks! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

It's our last show of 2025! We're ending the year with a bit of a deep dive on Danielle Smith's advice to herself via the "Alberta Next" recommendations, the ongoing healthcare crisis and then... Nate takes the Alberta Party out to the woodshed one last time! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!

We're back with another roundup of Alberta politics and it's more dense than a holiday fruitcake! We start with a look at the recent news that Jordan Peterson was in the process of having his online video courses accredited by the province of Alberta before we take a look at the new law that Smith named after him, including a deep dive on what it was that got him into hot water in the first place! From there we look at Smith's "vision" for healthcare and her prescription of a poisin pill or privatization before we then get into Mickey Amery's radical changes to referendums and the rule of law! If you're able to support our legal defense fund to fight back against the $6 Million lawsuit against us by Sam Mraiche, the man who imported Vanch masks and the Turkish Tylenot as well as who hosted MLA's and Ministers in his skybox as he had business with the government... You can do that at www.savethebreakdownab.ca! As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we're trying to produce here at The Breakdown, please consider signing up as a monthly supporter at our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/thebreakdownab and we can now accept e-transfers at info@thebreakdownab.ca! If you’re looking for our new merch lineup, you can find that at www.thebreakdownabmerch.com If you're listening to the audio version of our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a rating, and don't forget to like and follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads!