# THE PIPELINE: David Eby’s cluster muck, Doug Ford’s gravy plane and Canada’s new foreign legion

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Podcast: [Western Standard Shows](https://stenobird.com/podcast/western-standard-shows-1311157)
Published: 2026-04-27T20:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://westernstandardpod.podbean.com/e/the-pipeline-david-eby-s-cluster-muck-doug-ford-s-gravy-plane-and-canada-s-new-foreign-legion/
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Duration seconds: 2845

## Resource

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, Cory Morgan and Dave Naylor, joined by B.C. reporter Alex Zoltan, break down David Eby’s deepening DRIPA crisis in British Columbia, Doug Ford’s botched gravy plane fiasco in Ontario, and the growing debate over Ottawa leaning on permanent residents to fill the ranks of Canada’s Armed Forces.

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