“Guilbeault will be gone by Christmas” + absurd media coverage of Premier Smith’s Alberta Next townhalls

Dragon’s Den star Brett Wilson bets Prime Minister Mark Carney will fire the radical Trudeau-era minister Steven Guilbeault

On today’s episode of The Candice Malcolm Show, Dragon’s Den star and investor Brett Wilson makes a bold prediction: former Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault won’t survive the year. Brett joins Candice to talk about how the Liberals are trying to reinvent themselves under Mark Carney — but can’t seem to shake the Trudeau-era dogma that made them unappealing to Canadians in the first place.

Also, Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next town halls are officially underway. Her panel is touring the province over the next two months, asking Albertans six big questions — including whether Alberta should withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan, take over immigration, or even lead a push to amend the Constitution.

Candice and Brett break down the first two stops in Red Deer and Sherwood Park, where hundreds of attendees showed up to demand more autonomy — and in some cases, outright separation. One Red Deer resident told the panel: “There is one question, and one question only, that needs to be on a referendum: ‘Do you support Alberta exiting Canadian confederation?’”

Candice and Brett discuss the questions being tackled, which are:

• Should Alberta push to reform federal equalization and transfer payments?

• Should Alberta withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan and create its own pension plan with equal or better benefits?

• Should Alberta replace the RCMP with a provincial police service?

• Should Alberta lead efforts with other provinces to amend the Constitution and strengthen provincial rights?

• Should Alberta take greater control over immigration to counter Ottawa’s open-border approach?

• Should Alberta collect all personal income taxes directly, rather than through the federal government?

They discuss these town hall events, and the distorted – and deranged – media response that highlights the small handful of people who oppose Premier Smith.

Next, they discuss the Premiers meetings in Muskoka, Ontario, and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s emergency meetings to discuss President Trump’s tariffs.

Finally, they discuss the longest ballot initiative and how nearly 200 candidates will be running in the upcoming by-election where Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre will run to regain a seat in the House of Commons after losing his Ottawa-area riding in the recent general election.