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About the show

Canada is complicated. Alberta has opinions. Ride shotgun with host Kathleen Petty on West of Centre for conversations about the state of politics in Canada, as power and influence shifts West. Whether you live here or just can't look away, you’ll get the no-nonsense analysis you need to make sense of it all.

Latest episodes

  • Pacific Link: A pipeline in whose interest?

    October 2, 2026 · 32 min

    The Carney government says a West Coast pipeline — now called Pacific Link — is a key nation-building project and essential to the country’s economic future. It's a hard-won victory for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. But what’s in it for…

  • Alberta’s data centre push is trouble for Danielle Smith

    September 25, 2026 · 30 min

    New polling shows AI data centres in Alberta are a political problem for the UCP government. We hear from voters in the heart of conservative country who are saying “no” to these mega-projects near their farmland. As Technology Minister…

  • How Alberta’s federalist push is lagging

    September 18, 2026 · 30 min

    It’s crunch time to sway conservative voters ahead of Alberta’s referendum. But are federalist leaders doing enough? So far, separatists have reported raising nearly three times as much money as federalists and Conservative Leader Pierre…

  • Alberta separatists think they’ll win. Polls project a loss

    September 11, 2026 · 31 min

    Separatists think they’ll win a vote they’re poised to lose by a wide margin, according to an exclusive new poll. With a little more than five weeks to go before Alberta’s fall referendum, host Kathleen Petty explains how the heck we got…

  • Too friendly to resist: Danielle Smith’s U.S. diplomacy

    September 4, 2026 · 31 min

    Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are using very different tactics in the ongoing Canada-U.S. trade war. As Smith travels to Nashville, we ask whether her kill them with kindness approach is working. And…

  • Trailer: Welcome to West of Centre

    September 3, 2026 · 2 min

    New to West of Centre? Start here to hear what we're all about.

  • West of Centre on CBC Radio

    September 2, 2026 · 1 min

    An exciting announcement about a new way to listen to West of Centre, starting this fall.

  • Is a trade war good for separatists?

    August 28, 2026 · 29 min

    Putting oil and gas on the bargaining table as the U.S.-Canada trade war heats up would pour gasoline on Alberta’s fall referendum. At least that’s what one separatist leader, Keith Wilson, is arguing. This week we ask Wilson why he thinks…