Having bought Canada a pipeline it may or may not want at considerable expense, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to spend political capital on Alberta
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Montreal Simon: Alberta the Ugly and the Toxic Trudeau Haters
I don't know when Alberta first became the vile hate mongering place it is today. Maybe it was before my time.Or maybe ten years of the
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Brexit Redux: Looking back at Jason Kenney’s strange comments when the U.K. shot itself in both feet
Back in June 2016, hours after Britons had narrowly voted to leave the European Union, a lot of Albertans scratched their heads at Jason Kenney’s
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump, Stephen Harper, and the Canadian Trumplings
It was quite the scene the other day. Emmanuel Macron at the Arc de Triomphe warning about the dangers of the new far-right nationalism, and
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Big Oil wants a milk break … and supply management’s foes are all over the media – except when they’re not
On Tuesday, the president of Cenovus Energy Inc., one of the Big Five players in the Alberta oilsands, called for temporary production cuts across the Canadian
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is Maxime Bernier Hurting Andrew Scheer’s Cons Already?
Ever since Maxime Bernier left the Cons to form his own party, the People's Party or Max Party, Andrew Scheer has been desperately trying to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Michael Harris: Why Justin Trudeau Should Win The Election
It's been three tough years. Demolishing Stephen Harper's grim legacy took longer, and was probably harder than Justin Trudeau had imagined.And no prime minister has
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Want to know how to deal with Steve Bannon? Oddly enough, Jason Kenney has the answer!
Want to know how to deal with the irresponsible refusal by the organizers of the so-called Munk Debate to cancel their invitation to former Trump
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer’s Pathetic Reefer Madness
Chris Young/Associated PressIt was one of the biggest parties this country has seen for a long time. The one that began when the bud came
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Unfazed by Donald Trump, what will Stephen Harper make of far-right revival in Bavaria?
I wonder what former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper will make of the success of the scary far-right Alternative für Deutschland party in Sunday’s elections
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer’s Farcical and Humiliating Visit To India
Justin Trudeau's visit to India last April was the best thing that ever happened, to Andrew Scheer.For the Cons with the help of our shabby
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The Bromantics on stage: Jason Kenney and Doug Ford mount the rostrum in Calgary to attack Justin Trudeau and carbon tax
Give Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party their due: They got a large and enthusiastic crowd out last night to their rally in Calgary
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Justin Trudeau Struck Back At The Pervert Cons
For weeks the Andrew Scheer has been using a dead child to try to smear Justin Trudeau, as only a political pervert could.Claiming that the
Continue readingAlberta Politics: As Edmonton and Ottawa awake to Jason Kenney’s (un)diplomatic funny business, stuff starts hitting the fan
Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney and two of his MLAs are running around India again today acting as if they are representatives of the governments
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Jason Kenney’s Passage to India is nothing more than a nice fall holiday with two friends
United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney and UCP MLAs Prasad Panda and Devin Dreeshen took off for India yesterday. The main problem with the UCP
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Doug Ford Will Be A One-Term Premier
I'd hate to meet Doug Ford after midnight, because as I'm sure you know, he's bestial enough in the daytime. Crude, ignorant, demagogic, drunk with power,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Doug Ford and the Harperite Conspiracy
It was a scene I never thought I would see in Canada. It could only happen in Doug Ford's Ontario.And it can only be called
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Notwithstanding common sense, no one should be surprised by Doug Ford’s use of Section 33 to shore up his lousy law
No one should be astonished Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to use the Canadian Constitution’s Notwithstanding Clause to wiggle out of a judge’s scathing ruling
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Irreconcilable differences? Gulf between the Alberta and federal NDP is wide, and could grow wider
The rift between Premier Rachel Notley’s Alberta New Democrats and the federal NDP led by Jagmeet Singh over the Trans Mountain Pipeline is wide and
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Advice on dealing with the Trump Administration for Chrystia Freeland: don’t give away the store
WASHINGTON, D.C. – I see Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s foreign affairs minister, is also in town tonight, so if I happen to see meet her strolling
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