Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s personal online troll is moving on. It can’t be because he was an embarrassment. Matt Wolf’s been an embarrassment as long as he’s worked in Alberta. Matt Wolf’s most famous tweet, published just before the fourth wave of COVID-19 hit Alberta (Photo: Screenshot of Twitter). It
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Alberta Politics: Teachers are bound to be furious about UCP’s Christmas coup to consolidate control over their pensions
If the Kenney Government’s Christmas Eve coup to consolidate control over $18 billion in Alberta Teachers Retirement Fund assets shows anything, it’s that the United Conservative Party’s investment strategy is as good as its political strategy! Or maybe we should put that the other way: that the government’s political strategy
Continue readingAlberta Politics: No one should fault Jason Kenney for his Hope Mission photo op — but that N95 mask is another matter
No one should fault Premier Jason Kenney too much for visiting Edmonton’s Hope Mission, having a few photos taken and posting them on social media with an uplifting message about pitching in to fight COVID-19. It’s what politicians of all stripes do, and arguably it’s not a terrible use of
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Rodent Intercourse #nlpoli
If you want to see a fine example of the political management of a potentially devastating scandal, take a close look at how Justin Trudeau and the Liberals handled the accusations against two caucus members. One news conference stripped the New Democrats of a political issue they could have –
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Darin King and the Tory Charm Offensive #nlpoli
A couple of the exceedingly small changes in the recent cabinet shuffle came out of the Bill 29 fiasco. Felix Collins went from the relatively low profile job of justice minister to the complete obscurity of intergovernmental affairs. Everyone saw that. And over in another corner, there was a switcheroo
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Nanny State 2: Yes, Kathy. You are in a hole. #nlpoli
When you are in a whole, the old political saying goes, you should stop digging. That is wonderful advice. Many the politician could have saved himself political grief by following it. The only problem with such good advice is that it is not as easy to take as it seems.
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Premier Kathy Dunderdale refused to meet with Burton Winters’ family to talk about the boy’s tragic death last winter. The explanation offered by both the Winters family and the Premier herself is that the family wanted to talk about details of the search effort. As such, the Premier would not
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