The Evan Bray Show

Blue-green algae is out for the summer in Saskatchewan and the Water Security Agency in the province is reminding people to be careful around it. Shawn Jaques, president of the Water Security Agency, joins Brent Loucks to share the concerns with these blooms.

The Saskatchewan NDP is asserting that mandatory inspections for out-of-province used vehicle purchases are costly and unnecessary. Brent Loucks speaks with Matt Britton, senior director of driver development and vehicle programs, to find out if that is true.

Western separatism isn't something to be ignored, and if anything, it's being underestimated. That's according to a new report out of the Aristotle Foundation, which is seeing separatist numbers similar to those of Quebec's sovereignty movement in the 1970s and 1990s. Mark Milke, president of the Aristotle Foundation and co-author of the report Separatist Sentiment: Polling Comparisons in the West and Quebec, joins Brent Loucks to discuss his findings and what this could mean for the federal government.

The Government of Saskatchewan is standing beside Alberta as the two provinces take on the federal Impact Assessment Act, which regulates the approval of oil and gas projects, mines, power plants and more. Dwight Newman, constitutional law professor at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Law and Canada research chair in rights, communities and constitutional law, joins Brent Loucks to unpack the legal and constitutional side of things.

Guest host, Brent Loucks, revisits his earlier conversation with Paul Martin, Saskatchewan business commentator and expert.