Fresh from his campaign to get right-winger Bill Harvey elected as leader of the Liberal Party, ultra-conservative activist Craig Chandler and his acolytes from the Progressive Group for Independent Business have now set their sights on Danielle Smith‘s Wildrose Party. Mr. Chandler has pushed his internet campaign machine into high-gear by adding hundreds of his Facebook […]
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daveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: recommended reading: how the katz group did an end run around the best interests of edmontonians.
If you read one article today, please read Paula Simons well written column on how billionaire Daryl Katz and the Katz Group were able to score major concessions from the City of Edmonton during their campaign to secure public funds to build their new downtown arena. Simons: Katz Group power play scores major concessions from […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta candidate nomination update – october 2011 (part 2)
I have updated the list of declared and nominated candidates standing for the next Alberta provincial general election. By my count, the parties have now nominated the following number of candidates out of 87 constituencies in the next election: Alberta Party 11/87, Liberal 20/87, New Democratic Party 49/87, Progressive Conservative 39/87, Wildrose 53/87. Here are some of the recent additions to […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: cbc uncovers den of “pork-barrel politics” near canada’s ufo landing pad.
Welcome to St. Paul, Alberta, the home of Alberta’s first official UFO landing pad and now pork-barrel politics” according to an investigation by intrepid CBC reporter Charles Rusnell: A top municipal official in St. Paul, Alta., used the city’s email system to solicit votes during the Conservative leadership race in a bid to ensure […]
Continue readingBlunt Objects: NDP a Contender for Second in Alberta?
A couple of polls – one from Lethbridge College and the other from ThinkHQ – have come out in the last month or so which are starting to point towards a bit of an NDP bump in the province of Alberta.I noted a few months ago that polling in Alberta seem…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alison redford appoints gary mar’s cabinet.
Do you think Gary Mar left a draft cabinet list in the Premier’s Office when he was measuring the drapes? Because Premier Alison Redford found it. We were told to expect big changes, that many “household names” would be dropped from cabinet, but as they enter their new jobs, Premier Alison Redford‘s cabinet looks like […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alison redford’s first cabinet – who’s in? who’s out?
Premier Alison Redford will announce the appointment of her first cabinet at 10:00am this morning. I presented my list of predictions last week and since then we have some stronger indication of who will be appointed today and who will be joining the backbenchers this morning. We have been told to expect a significant shuffle […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta’s ndp prepares for high tide. will an orange wave come?
A recent poll released by Citizen Society Research Lab at Lethbridge College shows Alberta’s governing Progressive Conservatives with a huge lead over the three main opposition parties. The same poll showed the New Democratic Party and Wildrose Party tied at 16%, which reinforces the results of a controversial Evironics survey released over the summer […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: photos: alison redford sworn-in as alberta’s 14th premier.
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Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: why early opposition attacks on alison redford will backfire.
Danielle Smith‘s Wildrose Party has launched a series of negative television ads against soon-to-be Premier Alison Redford, who will be sworn-in as Premier tomorrow in Edmonton. The television ads bear an eerie resemblance to the negative ads used by Nancy MacBeth‘s Alberta Liberals in the 2001 election and the “No Plan” ads aired by the […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: cabinet building and the game of politics in alberta.
“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.” Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones With the coming of a new Premier, the great game of cabinet building is underway and the politicians are jockeying for their positions. As reported by the Edmonton Journal, the competition to woo […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta candidate nomination updates – october 2011.
I have made the following updates to the list of declared and nominated candidates preparing to stand in the next provincial general election, now expected in 2012: Airdrie: Bryan Young is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13. Calgary-Acadia: Nick Lepora is seeking the NDP nomination on October 13. Calgary-Bow: Jason Nishiyama is seeking the […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: premier alison redford’s challenge to change her party and alberta’s government.
Alberta politics became a little more exiting in the early hours of Sunday, October 2, 2011 when the sharp-minded former Justice Minister and human rights lawyer Alison Redford defied critics, but not readers of this blog, by defeating front-runner Gary Mar in the PC leadership contest. Ms. Redford will become Alberta’s first woman Premier when […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: mapping alison redford’s victory on the second-ballot of the alberta pc leadership vote.
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Continue readingBlunt Objects: Alison Redford to become Premier of Alberta
Redford has defeated Gary Mar to become the new PC Leader, and default, Alberta Premier. I knew there was some backlash after all 3 lower-placing candidates all endorsed Mar, despite having radically differing views, but this is a shocker for me! Redfo…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alison redford is alberta’s new premier.
Former Justice Minister Alison Redford won a surprise victory today to become leader of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party and Premier-designate of Alberta. Ms. Redford, first elected as the MLA for Calgary-Elbow in 2008 (a constituency previously represented by Premier Ralph Klein), defeated long-time frontrunner Gary Mar to become Alberta’s next Premier. RESULTS First Ballot Results […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: blog readers choose alison redford as pc leader.
In a online poll posted earlier this week, readers of this blog have chosen Alison Redford as their choice to win today’s Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership contest. Ms. Redford was the first choice with 44%, and first-ballot winner Gary Mar placed second with 39%. Former Deputy Premier Doug Horner placed third with 17%. PC Party […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta pc leadership debate a tame affair.
Last night’s Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership debate, broadcast live province-wide on Global Television and QR77 and 630CHED, was a tame affair. Overshadowing the evening was the recent passing of candidate Alison Redford‘s mother, who had been admitted into the hospital in High River the day before. Despite what must have been an incredibly difficult day, […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alison redford takes a break, hugh macdonald calls it quits.
Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Alison Redford, who placed second in her party’s first ballot leadership vote on September 17, announced yesterday that her campaign would be temporarily suspending its efforts so that she could spend time with her mother who had recently been admitted to the hospital in High River. 630 CHED has reported that […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta candidate nomination update – september 2011 (part 3)
I have updated the list of nominated and declared candidates standing for parties in the next provincial general election: Calgary-McCall: Liberal MLA Darshan Kang was nominated as his party’s candidate. Mr. Kang was first elected as MLA in 2008. Calgary-Mountain View: Christopher McMillan announced over Twitter that he is seeking the NDP nomination in the […]
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