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Left East to West

Nikki Hill & Tom Parkin

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Frequency: 1 episode/5d. Total Eps: 14

Weekly check-in on top political stories across Canada, interviews for people building this country

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Data updated on 14/07/2026

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🇨🇦 Canada - Politics
02/04/2026
#86
🇨🇦 Canada - Politics
01/04/2026
#69
🇨🇦 Canada - Politics
20/03/2026
#93
🇨🇦 Canada - Politics
19/03/2026
#57
🇨🇦 Canada - Politics
18/03/2026
#44
🇨🇦 Canada - Politics
17/03/2026
#35
🇨🇦 Canada - Politics
16/03/2026
#38
🇨🇦 Canada - Politics
15/03/2026
#33
🇨🇦 Canada - News
15/03/2026
#100
🇨🇦 Canada - Politics
14/03/2026
#38

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Avi Lewis wins Federal NDP leadership

Episode 12

Monday, March 30, 2026 • Duration 01:07:40

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 challenges that lay ahead for Avi as he works to rebuild the federal NDP. Our comms pro panel is:

- Melanie RIcher, former communications director for Jagmeet Singh
- Farouk Karim, former communications director for Tom Mulcair and the Guy Caron leadership campaign, and
- Leah Ward, former communications director of Rachel Notley

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Special pre-convention interview with Heather McPherson, candidate for leader of Canada's NDP

Episode 11

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 • Duration 22:56

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 polarization and the strategic voting trap
- being a partner for provincial NDP leaders trying to defeat conservatives
- deepening the relationship with labour
- organizing stronger riding associations
- a communications focus the movement can get behind and push on

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Special pre-convention interview with Rob Ashton, candidate for leader of Canada's NDP

Episode 10

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 • Duration 17:50

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:

- how the NDP can escape polarization and the strategic voting trap
- being a partner for provincial NDP leaders trying to defeat conservatives
- deepening the relationship with labour
- organizing stronger riding associations
- a communications focus the movement can get behind and push on

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Representing workers with social democrats in power, with BC Federation of Labour President Sussanne Skidmore

Episode 9

Monday, March 23, 2026 • Duration 01:00:20

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 democratic labour movement both in BC and federally.

Nikki and Tom discuss Canada's most popular premier Wab Kinew supporting working women by requiring workplace menstrual product access and the Ontario Doug Ford government quietly setting up a $1.3 billion bail-out for some condo developers and support higher housing prices.

This week Nikki is loving "Inside the Manosphere" on Netflix and Tom is heaving the big price jump at the pump.

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Update! Here's what we have booked for you over the next few weeks

Thursday, March 19, 2026 • Duration 03:22

Mon Mar 16 - Guio Jacinto, economic and trade analyst, United Steelworkers
Mon Mar 23 - Sussanne Skidmore, President, BC Federation of Labour
Mon Mar 30 - Special federal NDP convention episode
Mon Apr 6 - taking a one-week break -- maybe?
Mon Apr 13 - Claudia Chender, Leader, Nova Scotia NDP
Mon Apr 20 - Jen Pederson, foreign policy analyst
Mon Apr 27 - Bea Bruske, President, Canadian Labour Congress
Mon May 4 - Dave McGrane, UofS professor, historian of the CCF/NDP

If there's a guest you'd like to hear, email us at lefteasttowest@gmail.com

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Creating jobs and industries to Trump-proof Canada, with USW economic and trade analyst Guio Jacinto

Episode 8

Monday, March 16, 2026 • Duration 58:04

Steelworkers union economic and trade analyst Guio Jacinto 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 and Tom talk about MP Lori Idlout's floor-crossing and the wild -- and wildly false -- accusations of drug dealing by Vancouver's mayor.

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An illegal war creates Mark Carney's first bad week, with NDP leader Don Davies

Episode 7

Monday, March 9, 2026 • Duration 58:50

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.

Nikki and Tom also talk about BC including hormone replacement therapy for menopause in national pharmacare and John Tory quitting the Toronto mayor race and what that means for incumbent Olivia Chow.

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Defeating Danielle Smith and Trump's interference, with former Alberta Cabinet Minister Shannon Phillips

Episode 6

Monday, March 2, 2026 • Duration 57:13

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 how the next federal NDP leader can help Albertans get rid of the UCP.

Also, Nikki and Tom touch on the corruption scandal roiling Toronto Police Services and a parliamentary report that's raising concerns radical anti-feminist ideology is a growing national security threat.

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A growth economy driven by the right public sector investment, with BC Policy Solutions economist Iglika Ivanova

Episode 5

Monday, February 23, 2026 • Duration 51:59

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 and Tom touch on a new Manitoba probe into predatory grocery pricing and the political aftermath of a Nova Scotia snowstorm that left thousands without power for over two days.

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Rebuilding the building trades, with BC Building Trades ED Brynn Bourke

Episode 4

Monday, February 16, 2026 • Duration 46:43

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 provinces vying to have the new Defence Industry Bank head office in their selected cities and and the Ontario Liberals' ongoing problems getting a new leader in place.

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