John Milloy: From Ontario politics to combatting polarization in the digital age

John Milloy: From Ontario politics to combatting polarization in the digital age

In this shared episode of The Christy Clark Show and the Disagreeing Well podcast, former Ontario MPP John Milloy and Christy share their experiences watching partisan politics evolve into hostility and polarization in the digital age. John Milloy is the director of the Centre for Public Ethics at Martin Luther University College in Waterloo and a former senior cabinet minister in the Ontario government under premiers Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. He's dedicated to exploring the roots of political and social polarization and building bridges of understanding and respect so we can 'disagree well.' Polarization driven by social media, disinformation, AI slop and grievance politics has turned the partisan political arena into a harsh and unforgiving environment. John and Christy lived through this evolution while in office, and they talk openly about what it cost their careers and the toll polarization takes on democratic engagement. The topics they discuss include: * Leaving politics and becoming less partisan * The "I'm right and you're an idiot" hostility to opposing views online and on university campuses * Accommodating pro-life views in a pro-choice party & Justin Trudeau's purity test * How the media makes it hard to work with opposition parties * How partisan attacks feed broader polarization * Regrets about being overly partisan in the past * How parties juice their fundraising by exploiting polarization * Why politicians need incentives to be less partisan * The role of faith in combatting polarization Check out John Milloy's podcast Disagreeing Well and his book "Faith in Politics in a Polarized World" at centreforpublicethics.substack.com 🔔 Subscribe and like The Christy Clark Show for more thoughtful conversations with interesting people shaping our world. We read your comments and value your perspective. If you're interested in Canadian politics, democracy, digital media and polarization, this episode is for you. The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com [thechristyclarkshow.com] Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc [instagram.com/christyclarkbc] Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/] Inquiries info@thechristyclarkshow.com [info@thechristyclarkshow.com]

Scott Moe: From farmer to Saskatchewan Premier to Trudeau foe

Premier Scott Moe joins Christy Clark for an animated interview about how he has helped transform Saskatchewan into an economic powerhouse at a time when other provinces are struggling. Like his parents, Moe was a farmer but wasn’t interested in politics until he got involved with boosting businesses in his hometown. Since becoming a Saskatchewan Party MLA in 2011, Moe has always championed energy, economic growth and resource development, and he got into some big battles with former prime minister Justin Trudeau over it. Moe has been laser-focused on developing Saskatchewan’s resources and exporting them around the world but has also faced western alienation in his own province as separatism dominates the agenda in neighbouring Alberta. In this interview with Christy Clark, Moe speaks openly about: * How Saskatchewan became a global trade powerhouse * Leading in a big tent party * Challenge of saving public health care * Canada Health Act is outdated and has to change * Battling it out with Justin Trudeau * Mark Carney isn’t going fast enough! * Tackling western frustration * Taking our national energy sovereignty for granted * What the heck is a bunny hug? A Saskatchewan necessity 🔔 Subscribe and like The Christy Clark Show for more thoughtful conversations with interesting people shaping our world. We read your comments and value your perspective. If you’re interested in Canadian politics, western alienation and Saskatchewan, this episode is for you. The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com [http://thechristyclarkshow.com] Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc [http://instagram.com/christyclarkbc] LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/] Inquiries: info@thechristyclarkshow.com

Bob Lenarduzzi: Canadian soccer legend, Vancouver Whitecaps player-exec, and community giant

Bob Lenarduzzi grew up in an Italian family in East Vancouver and became one of Canada’s first soccer legends in the 1970s and 80s as a member of the OG NASL Vancouver Whitecaps and the national men’s team that played in the 1986 World Cup. His career took him to England as a teenager, but he returned to Vancouver to become the face of soccer in a soccer-mad town. In this interview with Christy, Lenarduzzi offers a ton of great stories over five decades in the game about the characters who shaped Canadian soccer history: 1. Getting tough growing up in East Vancouver 2. Going to play football in England at 14 3. Meeting his wife … and intimidating father-in-law 4. With the NASL Vancouver Whitecaps 5. Winning N. American Player of the Year 6. Whitecaps win the Soccer Bowl but… 7. ….NASL is on the decline 8. MLS Whitecaps return…with fighting teammates 9. Canadian soccer talent exploding 10. Superstar Alphonso Davies emerges on Whitecaps 11. Giving back to community with mini-pitches 12. Losing MLS Whitecaps … again The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTFON29oXzIySzFlNjM3VWdNQV9GOFVnRDlTZ3xBQ3Jtc0tra2FPNVlEaE9nSmhyeDE5ME1ySEtCeHRTOUw1SExIbFdpTjdFbGt2SnBLak0zR3lKVE9nSnBOVTlWM3VsVXVxY2tpa3JvdEFPRmMzWG5GOFN4M3FiOENnUkUzZ29zbU9vVDZuT2VZMUpfVm1RWll5UQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fthechristyclarkshow.com%2F] Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbU9aMnQzcXNDcnJ2bmJwMUk3RUtIUXpKci0tQXxBQ3Jtc0tsa2pDWGV0ZmEyenp2VFF6d0otTGduTDhobFRja2NhNmdIeE1EakZZdFpoV0JjN1ZDR092UHBnZ1owYnFIWTAtX0ZVWEc4T0l1X3M3TV9DT1pKcHd1UzFVem5oTi1yRnpIVHZYeUhpbEtsZzVpTEp0aw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fchristyclarkbc%2F] Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/] Inquiries info@thechristyclarkshow.com [info@thechristyclarkshow.com]

Frank McKenna: Premier, business titan, proud New Brunswicker … and future Prime Minister?

Frank McKenna was a rural New Brunswick lawyer who rose to become one of Canada’s most successful politicians in the 1980s and 90s. As NB Premier, he turned around that province’s economy through modernization and created thousands of jobs. He has been touted as a possible Liberal leader and future prime minister for decades, but instead emerged as one of Canada’s top business leaders. McKenna is very passionate and direct about how Canada should invest in energy and infrastructure, and has a lot of advice for current Prime Minister Mark Carney in dealing with the “betrayal” of the US administration and separatist threats. In this interview with Christy Clark, McKenna speaks openly about: * Growing up poor in rural NB * Winning every seat in 1987 to become Premier * Becoming the “Job Hustler” turning around NB economy * Mark Carney needing to show results now * Why Carney should rely more on his ministers * Europe struggling and UK circling the drain * US “betrayal” of Canada as a friend and trading partner * How Alberta separatism referendum could be as corrosive as Brexit * How referendums are like cockroaches (there’s never just one) * How Ottawa needs to play more hardball to get things built * Giving back with scholarships to St. Francis Xavier University (St. FX) The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTFON29oXzIySzFlNjM3VWdNQV9GOFVnRDlTZ3xBQ3Jtc0tra2FPNVlEaE9nSmhyeDE5ME1ySEtCeHRTOUw1SExIbFdpTjdFbGt2SnBLak0zR3lKVE9nSnBOVTlWM3VsVXVxY2tpa3JvdEFPRmMzWG5GOFN4M3FiOENnUkUzZ29zbU9vVDZuT2VZMUpfVm1RWll5UQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fthechristyclarkshow.com%2F] Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbU9aMnQzcXNDcnJ2bmJwMUk3RUtIUXpKci0tQXxBQ3Jtc0tsa2pDWGV0ZmEyenp2VFF6d0otTGduTDhobFRja2NhNmdIeE1EakZZdFpoV0JjN1ZDR092UHBnZ1owYnFIWTAtX0ZVWEc4T0l1X3M3TV9DT1pKcHd1UzFVem5oTi1yRnpIVHZYeUhpbEtsZzVpTEp0aw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fchristyclarkbc%2F] Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/] Inquiries info@thechristyclarkshow.com [info@thechristyclarkshow.com]

Jason Kenney: former Alberta premier, conservative firebrand, and lifelong political animal

Jason Kenney has been a political animal since he was a teenager growing up in Saskatchewan. He was first elected to the House of Commons while still in his 20s, and over the next 18 years rose to become a trusted cabinet minister under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He returned to Alberta to unify a splintered conservative movement under one banner and become Premier in 2019, only to be dramatically deposed from within in a right-wing revolt over his handling of the pandemic. Today, Kenney has settled into life out of elected politics but still very much engaged in public debate over Alberta separatism, energy development and keeping the Conservative brand fresh and loud. In this interview with Christy, Jason recaps a 30-plus-year career in the public eye and reveals some surprising details about his political journey and its high and low points, such as: * He became politically active in his teens as a young Liberal * His conservative awakening at a U.S. college * BC Premier David Eby makes Justin Trudeau seem humble * The economic dangers of even just flirting with separatism * The radical right takeover of Alberta’s United Conservative Party * Albertans need to take ‘yes’ for an answer * Finding his family roots in Ireland after he was ousted as Premier * Pierre Poilievre deserves another shot as CPC leader The Christy Clark Show thechristyclarkshow.com [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTFON29oXzIySzFlNjM3VWdNQV9GOFVnRDlTZ3xBQ3Jtc0tra2FPNVlEaE9nSmhyeDE5ME1ySEtCeHRTOUw1SExIbFdpTjdFbGt2SnBLak0zR3lKVE9nSnBOVTlWM3VsVXVxY2tpa3JvdEFPRmMzWG5GOFN4M3FiOENnUkUzZ29zbU9vVDZuT2VZMUpfVm1RWll5UQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fthechristyclarkshow.com%2F] Instagram instagram.com/christyclarkbc [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbU9aMnQzcXNDcnJ2bmJwMUk3RUtIUXpKci0tQXxBQ3Jtc0tsa2pDWGV0ZmEyenp2VFF6d0otTGduTDhobFRja2NhNmdIeE1EakZZdFpoV0JjN1ZDR092UHBnZ1owYnFIWTAtX0ZVWEc4T0l1X3M3TV9DT1pKcHd1UzFVem5oTi1yRnpIVHZYeUhpbEtsZzVpTEp0aw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fchristyclarkbc%2F] Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-christy-clark-show/] Inquiries info@thechristyclarkshow.com [info@thechristyclarkshow.com]