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Liberals losing control of climate change narrative
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- May 19, 2026
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Summary
Canada's oldest military partnership with the United States has been quietly suspended. The UN has walked back its worst-case climate scenario. And Alberta has a signed pipeline agreement with a construction date. Jim Csek and Iain Burns work through the latest developments in a Canada-U.S. relationship that is deteriorating in real time, from the suspension of the oldest bilateral military body on the continent to Washington's formal trade investigation into Canadian broadcasting law. They also put the Alberta-Ottawa pipeline agreement under the microscope. Is this a genuine commitment to construction, or another round of heel dragging dressed up in signed paperwork? And the question underneath all of it remains the same one Canadians have been asking for a decade. Will this country ever actually capitalize on its resources? Today on The Really Big Show: - The United States has suspended the Permanent Joint Board on Defence, an 86-year-old bilateral military cooperation body established in 1940, with no public explanation from either government - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces a signed agreement with Ottawa establishing a formal pathway to a new Pacific oil pipeline, with a project proposal due to the Major Projects Office by July 1, a national interest designation targeted by October 1, and construction as early as September 2027 - Conservative Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Chong visits Taiwan this week in direct defiance of China's ambassador, who explicitly instructed Canadian MPs to refrain from travelling to the island - The UN's climate science body has retired its worst-case warming scenario in what scientists are describing as the most significant shift in climate modelling in decadesGlenfarne Alaska LNG signs a 30-year gas supply deal…