Hosted by Nikki Hill & Tom Parkin · 🇺🇸 US · EN-CA · 25 episodes
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Nikki Hill & Tom Parkin hosts Left East to West, a news show with 25 episodes published.
Carla Beck, leader of the Saskatchewan NDP, sits down with Nikki and Tom to talk about her strategy to defeat Scott Moe and her economic plan to spur Saskatchewan growth. Carla launched her Grid and Growth plan more that
Economist Jim Stanford joins Left East to West to discuss the financial impact of Trump’s Iran War and Mark Carney’s economic agenda. Jim estimates the direct economic cost of high fuel prices will reach $50 billion and
Shauna Sylvester, Founder and Lead Convenor of Urban Climate Leadership, sits down with Nikki and Tom to talk about Canada's city halls, convening nascent economic sectors, and long-term change that creates jobs, increas
Jennifer Howard, former Manitoba Minister of Labour and Finance, and 2025 NDP campaign director, joins Left East to West to talk about Mark Carney's direction for Canada, the Liberals undoing pharmacare, the NDP's unsolv
Coree Tull, chair of the the BC Watershed Security Coalition, explores the challenges facing Canadian watersheds in our Feature Interview. Canada's watersheds face intensifying demands from industry, including new data c
Josh Bizjak, Douglas Caldwell Layton Foundation executive director, talks with Left East to West about his organization’s movement-building work, the varying themes and challenges in different regions of the country -- a
Dave McGrane, University of Saskatchewan political studies professor and “Social Democrats of the North” podcast host, tells the history of Canada’s social democratic impulses, and the movements and people that have adva
Siobhan Vipond , Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress, joins Left East to West ahead of the labour federation's policy convention, which opens on May 11 in Winnipeg. Siobhan talks about the shifting d
Jen Pedersen, foreign policy expert and advisor, took her passion for international politics through a PhD, publishing analyses on regional conflicts included Yemen and Liberia, becoming a Broadbent Institute Fellow, and
Claudia Chender, Nova Scotia NDP leader, joins to talk about the PCs government's budget-backdown, rising electricity and housing costs and Premier Tim Houston's mistake of attacking support to the culture of small town
From the Winnipeg convention centre, Nikki and Tom dig into details about the Federal NDP convention and Avi Lewis' win to become party leader. Then, Nikki and Tom are joined by our NDP comm pro panel to talk about the c
Heather McPherson, candidate for leader of Canada's NDP and Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Strathcona, takes a break from her campaign to join Left East to West from Edmonton, Alberta: - how the NDP can escape polariz
Rob Ashton, candidate for the leader of Canada's NDP and President of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada takes a break from his campaign to join Left East to West from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan:
Sussanne Skidmore, President of the BC Federation of Labour, shares her thoughts about growth and austerity, labour law reform including sectoral bargaining, and trying to bring that magic alignment to the social democra
Mon Mar 16 - Guio Jacinto, economic and trade analyst, United SteelworkersMon Mar 23 - Sussanne Skidmore , President, BC Federation of LabourMon Mar 30 - Special federal NDP convention episodeMon Apr 6 - taking a one-wee
Guio Jacinto, Steelworkers union economic and trade analyst, talks about the impact of Trump's "economic force" against Canada and how adding industrial policy to existing strategies can create jobs and industries. Nikki
NDP interim leader Don Davies talks about the NDP's opposition to Mark Carney backing Trump's Iran War, the need to be clear-eyed about Modi, and how social democratic approaches can build housing where other's won't. Ni
Former Alberta NDP minister Shannon Phillips joins to discuss dark money and foreign interference in Alberta referendum and where the Alberta NDP needs make gains to defeat Danielle Smith. Plus, she has some advice on ho
Iglika Ivanova, co-executive director of BC Policy Solutions, joins to talk about how getting the public sector right is critical to the private sector and some of the environmental causes of food price inflation. Nikki
Bynn Bourke, Executive Director of the BC Building Trades, talks about rebuilding the trades system after it was gutted by the BC Liberals and that challenges of the major projects agenda. Nikki and Tom talk about provin
Heather McPherson
Member of Parliament for Edmonton Strathcona · New Democratic Party
1 appearance on this show
Rob Ashton
Director of rugby at Bedford Tigers, Head Coach of Cambridge University rugby league team, rugby development in Scotland · International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada
1 appearance on this show
Don Davies
Interim Federal NDP Leader · Federal NDP
1 appearance on this show
Danielle Smith
Premier of Alberta · Empowered Motherhood
1 appearance on this show
Donald Trump
presidential debate participant · United States
1 appearance on this show
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