Alberta Politics: Danielle Smith and Tucker Carlson: Four reasons the Alberta premier will join the far-right American bloviator on stage

Danielle Smith’s plan to meet on a Calgary stage with far-right American bloviator Tucker Carlson on Jan. 24 has generated a surprising amount of what passes for serious commentary in Canadian media lately.  Tucker Carlson on stage at a 2018 right-wing conference in Florida (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons). Much of

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Alberta Politics: Back to the future: UCP set to announce plan to bust up AHS, add reams of red tape, and politicize health care decisions

Health care in Alberta is moving confidently into the 1990s! Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). The United Conservative Party Government led by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is about to bring the province’s health care system back to the future with a massive infusion of new red tape, just

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Northern Reflections: Carlson On Canada

Recently, Tucker Carlson suggested that the United States should “liberate” Canada. Max Fawcett writes: Carlson may have been joking about the idea of “liberating” Canada, but he’s probably dead serious about the notion that Canada’s current government is actively infringing on the freedoms and liberties of its citizens. It was

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