If you weren't listening to Gormley this morning at 8.30am, you missed a hell of a good debate.  (Catch it at your convenience by clicking on the onDemand link above.)

Liberal leader Stephane Dion joined the show to go head to head with John over his controversial new "Green Shift" plan to tax carbon emissions.  Dion admitted yesterday to the fact that Alberta and Saskatchewan are the two provinces that would be impacted the most under his plan, given that they account for about 40 percent of Canada's greenhouse-gas emissions. 

Oh, and only one Liberal-held riding...but that's just a minor detail.  Totally irrelevant. 

On the show he argued passionately that his plan would generate 'Green' jobs in Saskatchewan, with the production of world-leading technology.  But when it came down to justifying the buckets of our cash that would flow directly into Eastern Canada's coffers...well, let's just say I think Dion struggled just a bit (ahem) to answer Gormley's questions.

At the end of the day Dion doesn't want anyone to worry, cause it'll "be good" for us. So don't ask so many questions okay?

I think the best part of the interview was when Dion's voice dropped to a horrified, oh-so-melodramatic whisper after Gormley said the word "screw", repeating Prime Minister Harper's recent statement about he saw the plan impacting the West.

Saskatchewan Energy & Resources Minister Bill Boyd and Federal Tory MP Jason Kenney came up after Dion, and it goes without saying that neither was real supportive.  Then we opened the phones, and it was over two hours of calls from listeners, the majority of whom seemed to have to restrain themselves from using words a little more "vulgar", as Dion put it, than "screw".

As for me, I'm hardpressed to believe that the fact that Dion is taking dollars from provinces where he has virtually no support whatsoever and pouring it into the voter-rich East, is just a coincidence - especially with an election looming in the fall. 

What I do know for sure is that it's just started to get interesting (Western separatism anyone?), and I'm looking forward to hearing it play out on JGL.

Tammy Robert is the Executive Producer of 'The John Gormley Live Show' - listen live every weekday morning from 8.30am - 12.30pm on NewsTalk 650 or NewsTalk 980.