Savvy business genius tanks the world's economy, news at 11. Luke and the Panel (Clare Blackwood, Megan MacKay and Andrew Ivimey) talk about Trump's plan to destroy the stock market in order to bring manufacturing jobs back to America (where American robots will do them), brainstorm some ideas for Canada's Conservatives to turn this election around, and wonder why Mark Carney is even bothering to campaign at this point. Then the Approximately 10 Minute Long Quiz discovers the least sexy, least edible thing you can do with a carrot. If you'd like an extended cut version of this episode check us out on Patreon
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We're all stuck in Tariff Groundhog Day
Donald Trump's Liberation Day Tariffs are here, and this time he won't back down for at least two days! Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre, Clare Blackwood and Megan MacKay) talk about the Conservatives' lack of election strategy, Pierre Poilievre's not at all creepy biological clock comments and how Canada's retaliatory tariffs are getting real weird, real fast. Then the Approximately 10 Minute Long Quiz discovers the worst way to find out you're keeping your home too hot. If you'd like an extended cut version of this episode check us out on Patreon
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Mrs. Smith Goes To Washington, Tanks Conservative Election Hopes
The writ has dropped, and it hit Pierre Poilievre directly on the head. Luke and the Panel (Megan MacKay, Clare Blackwood and Nile Seguin) talk Danielle Smith's disastrous Breitbart interview, Pierre Poilievre getting by with a little help from his friends in the Indian government, Mark Carney's brillant strategy of being a sane Conservative in Liberal clothes, and the Green Party's hydra-esque Leadership structure. Also we spend 3 minutes discussing the television series Reacher for some reason. Then the Approximately 10 Minute Long Quiz discovers what item has been seized at the U.S. border way more often than fentanyl. If you'd like an extended cut version of this episode check us out on Patreon
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Manifesting a Poilievre Concession Speech
We're back baby! After a brief 6.5 year absence The Beaverton Weekly Report returns to make fun of the news. Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre, Clare Blackwood and Nile Seguin) talk Mark Carney's first few days in office, the Conservatives struggles to find attack ads that work on a PM who looks like he came out of a bottle labelled 'generic politician' and Donald Trump's latest rational for annexing Canada. Then the Approximately 10 Minute Long Quiz discovers the most cartoonish way to crash a Tesla. If you'd like an extended cut version of this episode check us out on Patreon
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Trailer
Welcome (back) to The Beaverton Weekly Report, a satirical panel show where Beaverton editor-in-chief Luke Gordon Field assembes Canada's funniest comedians to riff on the news of the week. From the silly to the serious, the tragic to the tumultuous, we'll be there to make fun of it all. But don't worry. We don't want to be too much of a bummer, so we promise to talk about New Brunswick as little as possible. Follow us: Instagram, facebook, Patreon, Sign up for the newsletter: https://www.thebeaverton.com/newsletter/ Â
Every week Beaverton editor-in-chief Luke Gordon Field assembles an all-star Panel of comedians to talk, mock and riff their way through the news of the week. Then he puts their knowledge of the news to the test in a very important quiz where the stakes couldn't be lower. The Beaverton Weekly Report is a hilarious look at what's going on in the world around us. It's just like watching CNN, only funnier and with fewer erectile dysfunction ads.
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