This is Calgary

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Calgary ahead of Monday's historic referendum. Loren walks through the significance and implications with Shannon Phillips, a former Alberta NDP cabinet minister and founding partner of Meredith, Boessenkool and Phillips Policy Advisors, and Ian Brodie, a senior advisor at New West Public Affairs who once served as chief of staff for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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The Alberta referendum is just a few days away. How did we get here? Jenny digs into the history of Alberta separatism with CBC referendum unit producer Pippa Reid.

This is Calgary is produced by CBC and hosted by Jenny Howe.

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With a little over a week until Albertans cast their ballots in the provincial referendum, hear what our political panel thinks about the first nine questions being asked. Shannon Phillips is a former Alberta NDP cabinet minister and founding partner of Meredith, Boessenkool and Phillips Policy Advisors, and Ian Brodie is a senior advisor at New West Public Affairs who once served as chief of staff for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Got questions about The Questions?!

Us too. And the Alberta referendum is less than two weeks away!

So we thought a convo about the 10 referendum questions -- including the challenges of understanding them -- was warranted. This week, Jenny sits down for a behind-the-scenes convo with Rukhsar Ali and Joel Dryden, two CBC Calgary reporters who've researched and written extensively about the Qs in the lead up to Voting Day on October 19th.

This is Calgary is produced by CBC and hosted by Jenny Howe.

Thoughts? Story ideas? thisiscalgary@cbc.ca

Canada has just designated the Pacific Link pipeline to the west coast as its first project in the national interest. This week on our political panel, Loren walks through the significance and implications with Shannon Phillips, a former Alberta NDP cabinet minister and founding partner of Meredith, Boessenkool and Phillips Policy Advisors, and Ian Brodie, a senior advisor at New West Public Affairs who once served as chief of staff for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Thoughts? Story ideas? thisiscalgary@cbc.ca