About
What is Standing Ground?
Standing Ground is a show that offers a forum for property owner groups to air their concerns over threats to their property rights, including competing land uses, regulatory restrictions, environmental caveats and devaluation, as well as to explore improved methods to ensure fair and timely compensation for losses.Danielle Smith is the campaign director of the Alberta Property Rights Initiative. She is a columnist with the Calgary Herald newspaper, the host of Health Frontiers and the former host of Global Sunday - a #1 rated current affairs television talk show.
Standing Ground is a production of Western Standard Radio in conjunction with the Alberta Property Rights Initiative. Although Standing Ground production has now come to an end, you can listen to the many informative radio show recordings on the internet by clicking the desired links above.
2006 Audio Archives
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Show Title
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#1
Mar 10 |
APRI Launches
Website and Radio
With lawyer Richard Secord and APRI director Neil Wilson. |
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#2
Mar 17 |
Coal Bed Methane
Development Sparks Battle Over Land Stewardship
With guests Norma Lafonte, Andrew Nikiforuk and Mike Dawson. |
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#3
Mar 24 |
Courts May Not
Accept Libertarian View of Property Rights
With Prof. Glenn Fox and OPERA Secretary Bob Fowler. |
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#4
Mar 31 |
Trail Use Damaging
Private Property Without Compensation
With guests Allan Becker, Randy Gieck and Steve Upham. |
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#5
Apr 14 |
Egg Marketing Agency
Attempts to Confiscate Family Farm
With guests Randy Hillier and Dr. Al Loyns. |
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#6
Apr 21 |
CP Ruling Permits
Expropriation by Regulation
With guests Russell Brown and Garry Breitkreuz. |
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#7
Apr 28 |
Nuisance Law Can
Protect Property Owners From Polluters
With guests Prof. Danny Leroy and Elizabeth Brubaker. |
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#8
May 5 |
Trading Development
Rights a Fairer Way to Preserve Farmland
With guests Guy Greenaway and Harvey Buckley. |
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#9
May 12 |
Freehold Owners
Challenge Energy Companies Over Royalties
With guests Else Petersen and Jim Harriman. |
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#10
May 19 |
Endangered Species
Legislation Puts Landowners at Risk
With guest Robert Fowler. |
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#11
May 26 |
Urban Homeowners
Victimized by Overzealous Legislators
With guests Scott Laganga and Adam Mossoff. |
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#12
Jun 2 |
Firearms Fight Far
From Over
With guests Bruce Montague and Gary Mauser. |
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#13
Jun 9 |
Water is for
Fighting -part 1.
With guests Christine Skjerven and Jessica Ernst. |
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#14
Jun 16 |
Water is for
Fighting -part 2.
With guest Cam Cline. |
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#15
Jun 23 |
Saving Native Burial
Grounds at Private Landowners’ Expense
With guest Neil MacDonald and Don White. |
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#16
Jun 30 |
Simple Rules for a
Complex World
With guest Richard Epstein. |
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#17
Jul 21 |
Lawlessness Wins in
Caledonia Land Dispute
With guests "Kevin" and Gary McHale. |
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#18
Jul 28 |
Free Entry gives
Free Licence to Trample Private Property Rights
With guests Kurt Yakelashek and Rob Westie. |
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#19
Aug 4 |
Fighting Fisheries
Bureaucrats in B.C. and Frontier Centre Exposes Poor Governance on
Manitoba Reserves
With guests Barry Sheridan, Dennis Owens and Don Sandberg. |
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#20
Aug 11 |
Canadian
Unregistered Firearm Owners Association takes aim at Bill C-21
With guests Ed Hudson and David Tomlinson. |
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#21
Aug 18 |
From Collective
Rights to Private Rights and How to Mediate Between Competing Rights
With guests Jan Narveson and Tanis Fiss. |
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#22
Aug 25 |
Protecting Property
Rights Through the Courts
With guests John Carpay and Ed Frost. |
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#23
Sep 1 |
Zoning out: Public
backlash causes councilors to reconsider bylaw changes
With guests Dirk Cornish and Randy Hillier. |
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#24
Sep 8 |
Municipalities Push
the Limits on Taking Private Land
With guests Don Mallon and Diane Spraggs. |
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#25
Sep 22 |
Undefined Mineral
Rights Freezes Freeholder Assets
With guest David Speirs. |
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#26
Sep 29 |
The Mystery of
Capital
With guest Hernando De Soto. |