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    March 2, 2017
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    #109 Kellie Leitch: Tracking Bullshit In From The Barn
    Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch released a video this week that was somewhere between political platform and performance play. Also, Kevin O'Leary continues to draw a paycheque from CNBC while running for the same role.
    Jesse Brown
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    Russell Gragg
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    Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch released a video this week that was somewhere between political platform and performance play. Also, Kevin O’Leary continues to draw a paycheque from CNBC while running for the same role.

    Finally, accusations of plagiarism are now dogging Joseph Boyden.

    National Observer Associate Editor Sandy Garossino joins Jesse from Vancouver.

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