Topping off a disastrous first few months in office, even a healthy does of Dani Dollars couldn't wash down the stink that was the Alberta UCP's Bill 1: the Sovereignty Act. But as the feds remain "prudently" silent, who is going to step up to the defend a now seriously threatened federation? Now that provinces are regularly experimenting with the notwithstanding clause to expand their powers, is it time to re-evaluate Canada's federal constitution before our wayward premiers unilaterally dismantle it?

This week on the pod, your hosts debate whether its time to ditch federalism altogether and move towards a unitary state. They also use the Freedom Convoy and the recently concluded inquiry into the Trudeau government's invocation of the Emergencies Act to clear it as a case study in how federalism can go horribly wrong, not just prolonging a crisis but potentially making it existential.