NB Poli Podcast

This week the original 2 are back to discuss some of the polling numbers for the parties in May, fundraising numbers, as well as about candidates running for the 2024 election. We've got a Tik Tok star to talk about as well as the riding of Arcadia-Butternut Valley-Maple Hills. 

So Sorry we missed a week #NBPOLI World. We are back this week with an encore presentation of our conversation with former Alberta Cabinet Minister & best selling author Doug Griffiths to speak about Alberta politics and the cross over with New Brunswick. It's an important conversation that meant a lot to us so we are playing it one more time as we work hard to nail down interview dates with a cou...

It's feeling like an episode of Trailer Park Boys in NB with the overreaction of Premier Higgs on the recent screenshot of a conversation at NB high schools about sexual education. The boys in Fredericton were out in full force this past weekend rage-farming much to the delight of the Christian right and we are unpacking it with Shawn Rouse this week. We also cover the recent announcement from And...

This week we are  joined by Shawn Rouse once again who is bringing us an updated election map! We will be diving into the federal situation and talk about how Justin Trudeau, Susan Holt, Blaine Higgs, and Pierre Poilievre dovetail in our upcoming provincial election. After that, we will be moving into the riding of Fredericton North to speak about the David Coon effect on that riding and discuss t...

This week we welcome back Shawn Rouse to the podcast to talk about what we know about the candidates for the upcoming provincial election and fill you in on the latest municipal by elections that occurred May 6, 2024 that we bet you didn't know about! We will continue this series as more candidates emerge! 

This week we will take a look at two emerging scandals in New Brunswick politics. On the one hand we have Tammy Scott-Wallace under major fire for what appears to be overt nepotism and ritzy trips to places for "tourism" networking in Stonehenge and Versaille. At the same time we have Green MLA Kevin Arsenau saying the Liberals are engaging in unethical practices during the leadership race which f...

We are coming to you this week from Gros Morne National Park where Brent & Joanna are taking a 1-week intensive course with 3 members of their community in Saint John through the Coady Institutie at Saint Francis Xavier University & Gros Morne Institute for Sustainable Tourism (GMIST). We will give you the download on what we've been learning and some early observations in how it can relate to pol...

This week Brent hosts along with Youtube/TikTok Sensation Millennial Mornon for an update on the Canadian housing crisis & talks about how the federal government uses data analysis to show us telltale signs of what they are looking at changing. Its a numbers game this week on #nbpolipod ! 

This week on the podcast we are calling out to the void for guests from the Conservative camp here in New Brunswick. We are on a genuine quest to understand what you want and how you want to get there! There is so much we are looking to unpack so in the meantime we chat about some of the messaging around the Federal budget and dig into the economic state of NB and the entirety of Canada. 

This week on the pod we are going to get on the road and feature a guest we've had on the podcast before. Carl Killen (Former MLA) has been a returning officer in 2020 and is now once again back in the trenches of the democratic process. We are going to be talking with him about his experience as a returning officer and what that process looks like. From there we will pivot hard to the right as we...

We've had protests over the carbon tax, another incumbet PC MLA drop out of the PC Party candidate's list, and the Curse of Politics podcast is rumoured to be talking about the New Brunswick election next week. This entire podcast is devoted to goading the Curse of Politics pannel into a more fulsome conversation about our province, our issues, and politics in general. We will also spend some time...

As always there is no shortage of content to talk about after last week's New Brunswick Government. Is the PC spin machine convincing people we are heading for a transformed healthcare system? We will be spending some time talking about the carbon tax and how that works in New Brunswick and we will also be discussing how Susan Holt and the Liberals are doing with the deadweight of the Federal Libe...

This is the definitive podcast going through the 2024 New Brunswick provincial budget. We are missing Joanna this week due to illness, but we are joined by #NBPoli Politico Shawn Rouse to dive into some Angus Reid polling data and the budget propositions made by the government. We will ask the question: "Have the PCs played good defence with this budget to lead them into an election? Or have they...

This week we dive into the classic political compass and talk about how it applies to New Brunswick. We get into how easy it was for the People's Alliance to join PCNB and how the opposite is true for left leaning parties in our fair province. Join us for some political science unravelled! 

Welcome back, New Brunswickers! It's been an incredible journey over the past year, and we're thrilled to celebrate our 1 Year Anniversary and relaunch of the #NBPoli Podcast. In this special episode, we reflect on the milestones we've reached, the insightful interviews we've conducted, and the vital discussions we've had surrounding New Brunswick's political landscape. With over 8000 downloads an...

This week we are definitely a little bit cynical as we rage against the rage farming that is happening. We start with a review of the polling data that is coming out of Narrative Research, move on to a discussion on the current offerings that the Liberals, PCs, and Greens are putting toward the public, and end with a discussion on Blaine Higg's affordability measures. 

This week Brent is down and out with one of the many illnesses swirling around NB at the moment so we are lucky to have Councillor Paula Radwan joining Jo to chat about the highs and lows of being a woman in politics, the state of the province and our strong feelings on leading with empathy when it comes to our housing crisis. 

This week we sit down with 4 time guest Shawn Rouse to discuss the latest in NB Politics and what Brent dropped on Twitter in regards to a lawsuit brought against Brent and Jo for this podcast. This podcast DOES NOT represent the views of those on Saint John City Council. The opinions and discussion are the independent views of Brent Harris and Joanna Killen. Democracy is at risk and we are openin...

This week we dive into another crises affecting us all; food. We have all witnessed the price of food skyrocketing and in recent memory saw empty shelves during the pandemic as the fragility of our global supply chains became all too visible. We will dive into this mess with someone who has made it their mission to solve the lack of healthy food that people have in Canada and the United States. 

This week we have St. Thomas University Sociology Professor & NB Tenants Rights Activist Matthew Hayes where we go over some of the low-hanging fruit that needs to be accomplished to help preserve what we have left for affordable housing as well as the bigger, systemic issues at hand. As usual, no small talk here. 

This week we look at Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John and their respective applications to the Federal Government's Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation. Lots of announcments and lots to talk about this week as we learn more about what cities are undertaking across the nation to address the housing crisis. 

Happy New Year Listeners! We are back this week with a series of predictions on what to expect in 2024 in the world of NB Politics. What is next? We give our best guesses. 

Welcome to our last episode of the year where we chat about the past and take a look at what 2024 might look like in the world of New Brunswick politics. Thank you to all our listeners for joining us in 2023!

In this episode, our frequent panel member Shawn Rouse is back to help analyze, digest, and deliberate on 5 stories currently hot topics in New Brunswick politics. The emerging pension issue with CUPE and the PC Governments betrayal of the negotiated contracts, homelessness across NB and Minister Kris Austin's comments on the "leftist agenda", The Aim Recycling Report is out, new polls are out, an...

This week we do a deep dive with Better Streets founder Tony Stortz. Tony has been on a mission to support communities in developing plans and initiatives to help address the housing crises in our communities. In this episode, we will dive into the realities of the unhoused, politicians, NYMBIs, and talk about a path forward for supporting the unhoused in Canada.