December 9, 2025
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#160 Tabernac to the Future: Referendum Likely Coming
Legault’s government is sinking, the PQ is surging, and Secularism 2.0 just dropped. @samkonnert asks: is Quebec actually heading toward a referendum? Plus: John Rustad on being pushed out by his own MLAs.
Sam Konnert
Producer/Host
Aviva Lessard
Senior Producer
Noor Azrieh
Host/Producer
tom sayers
Audio Editor
max collins
Director of Audio
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher

As Premier François Legault plunges in the polls, he’s panic-legislating: turbo-charging secularism laws, unveiling a “made-in-Quebec” constitution, and reigniting old identity battles that haven’t burned this hot in decades.

Then we head west, where B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad resigned after a spectacular caucus revolt. Sam asks him directly: why did his own MLAs want him gone, who he blames, and whether he regrets anything.

 

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), tom sayers (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Martin Patriquin, John Rustad

 

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