Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
On this episode of On Second Street, host Colin Craig sits down with Kris Sims and Tristin Hopper to break down the good, the bad and the ugly of Canadian politics.
The panel digs into a new report comparing Canadian provincial politician salaries to U.S. state legislators and why our representatives earn more than double. They debate whether high pay attracts talent or simply creates career politicians clinging to power, weigh in on prime ministers vacationing abroad, and tackle the controversy over refugee health-care costs and Canada's overwhelmed asylum system. Finally, they turn to the wildfire season, Donald Trump's criticism of Canada's forest management, and the billion-dollar cost of fighting fires in B.C.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 — Meet the panel: Kris Sims & Tristin Hopper
00:37 — Provincial vs. state politician salaries — the CTF report
02:54 — Do we pay politicians too much? Tristin's counterpoint
05:33 — Career politicians clinging to power
08:20 — Should politicians vacation abroad? Carney heads to Italy
11:33 — Refugee health care and the co-payment reversal
14:50 — Canada's "broken" asylum system
17:02 — Wildfires and Trump's criticism of Canada
19:12 — The billion-dollar cost of fighting B.C. fires
21:26 — Final thoughts
GUESTS
• Kris Sims - Canadian Taxpayers Federation
• Tristin Hopper - Columnist - National Post
On Second Street
Host: Colin Craig
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#OnSecondStreet #CanadianPolitics #CanadianTaxpayers #ColinCraig #KrisSims #TristinHopper #NationalPost #TaxpayerDollars #PoliticianSalaries #MarkCarney #RefugeeHealthCare #Immigration #AsylumSystem #Wildfires #CanadaWildfires #BCWildfires #Accountability #CdnPoli #Alberta #GovernmentWaste
On this episode of On Second Street, host Colin Craig sits down with Kris Sims and Tristin Hopper to break down the good, the bad and the ugly of Canadian politics.
The panel digs into a new report comparing Canadian provincial politician salaries to U.S. state legislators and why our representatives earn more than double. They debate whether high pay attracts talent or simply creates career politicians clinging to power, weigh in on prime ministers vacationing abroad, and tackle the controversy over refugee health-care costs and Canada's overwhelmed asylum system. Finally, they turn to the wildfire season, Donald Trump's criticism of Canada's forest management, and the billion-dollar cost of fighting fires in B.C.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 — Meet the panel: Kris Sims & Tristin Hopper
00:37 — Provincial vs. state politician salaries — the CTF report
02:54 — Do we pay politicians too much? Tristin's counterpoint
05:33 — Career politicians clinging to power
08:20 — Should politicians vacation abroad? Carney heads to Italy
11:33 — Refugee health care and the co-payment reversal
14:50 — Canada's "broken" asylum system
17:02 — Wildfires and Trump's criticism of Canada
19:12 — The billion-dollar cost of fighting B.C. fires
21:26 — Final thoughts
GUESTS
• Kris Sims - Canadian Taxpayers Federation
• Tristin Hopper - Columnist - National Post
On Second Street
Host: Colin Craig
FOLLOW US
• Subscribe: youtube.com/@TheNewsForum
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/thenewsforum_
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/the-news-forum
TAGS
#OnSecondStreet #CanadianPolitics #CanadianTaxpayers #ColinCraig #KrisSims #TristinHopper #NationalPost #TaxpayerDollars #PoliticianSalaries #MarkCarney #RefugeeHealthCare #Immigration #AsylumSystem #Wildfires #CanadaWildfires #BCWildfires #Accountability #CdnPoli #Alberta #GovernmentWaste
