Episode Synopsis "2. What's a by-election again?"
In this week’s podcast, Alyssa and Ryan continue the infamous, and fairly easy, Canadian government Jeopardy game. They talk about matters closer to home and dive into the premier of Manitoba, Brian Pallister’s latest antics. The political junkie and newbie give their two cents about Jagmeet Singh's by-election run. Who will seat for their political party? How are Singh’s odds looking? What is a by-election? Time Stamps: Canadian Jeopardy: 0:40-4:36 Brian Pallister “saga”: 4:44-12:27 By-election: 12:31-21:59 Political scandals: 22:01-31:50 More by-election and “Trump-esque” in today’s politics: 31:54-41:40 Even more by-election and Albertans: 41:43-48:25 Outro: 48:26-51:20 Additional Resources: Continuation of Canadian Jeopardy game, topic Elections https://jeopardylabs.com/play/canadian-government-115 Brian Pallister https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/manitoba-premier-tweets-photos-of-winnipeg-snow-while-vacationing-in-costa-rica-1.4290424 https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/02/11/news/manitoba-premier-brian-pallister-takes-snow-day-costa-rica https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/vacationing-pallister-gives-bowman-the-cold-shoulder-505733752.html Canadian By-election http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=2019&document=index&lang=e https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/01/09/federal-byelections-2019_a_23632671/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By-elections_to_the_42nd_Canadian_Parliament Follow us on: Twitter - @2019Because Instagram - @BecauseIts2019 Facebook - @BecauseIts2019 Music and sound effects: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Deep Whoosh #1” Kinoton (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons 0 License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/