The Conservative leadership debate: Not as funny as The Debaters! Not as informative, either
Hey! I watched The Debaters on the CBC last night! Frontrunner Pierre Poilievre at the exact moment he tried to think of the title of a book he’s read and…
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Alberta premier prematurely celebrates court’s view Ottawa’s environmental assessment law is unconstitutional
Jason Kenney and his allies in the United Conservative Party are noisily celebrating the Alberta Court of Appeal’s opinion yesterday that the federal government’s environmental assessment law is unconstitutional, and…
Possible unpopular opinion: Premier’s communications director should be paid for his COVID isolation expenses
If Premier Jason Kenney’s executive director of communications followed all the rules when he expensed his stay in an Edmonton hotel and claimed meal allowances after a positive COVID test…
4,000 UCP memberships bought with six credit cards? Dodgy practice, legal or not, likely to come back to bite Jason Kenney
It might have seemed like a good idea when the Kenney Government passed legislation last year allowing bulk purchases of party memberships, but it was probably inevitable that an idea…
Jason Kenney attempts to show he’s still relevant with risible legal intervention in Emergencies Act challenges
What’s that annoying buzz? Justice Minister Tyler Shandro, the latest occupant of Alberta’s revolving-door justice minister’s office (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). It’s too early in the reluctant Alberta springtime for it…
Will students learn ‘financial literacy’ or corporate propaganda from Alberta’s $5M curriculum ‘investment’?
There’s nothing wrong with a little financial education, but is that what Alberta students will be getting from the grade school “financial literacy” program Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange announced…
Elections Alberta contributions report shows NDP leading first-quarter fund-raising with more than $1M raised
Albertans donated just over a million dollars to the New Democratic Party Opposition in the first quarter of 2022, according to contribution records released yesterday by Elections Alberta. Contributions of…
Canadian Conservatives, heavily influenced by Republican ideology, are keen to squelch debate about U.S. Supreme Court’s planned abortion ruling
Canada’s conservative political parties are desperately trying to declare discussion of the leaked United States Supreme Court draft ruling on abortion a political no-fly zone. The young Jason Kenney, now…
Open Letter from 58 researchers and docs assails safe drug supply study prepared for Alberta Legislature committee
A damning open letter signed by 58 physicians and research scientists assails a study commissioned by an Alberta Legislature committee examining safe supply programs for users of addictive drugs as…
UCP’s instinct for making things worse turns Alberta’s ongoing hospital capacity crisis into a catastrophe
Alberta’s Kenney Government has an instinctive ability to make things worse in a crisis. Much worse. Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (Photo: Red Deer Regional Health Foundation). Consider the capacity…
Whitemud Walking, by Edmonton author Matthew James Weigel, tops Alberta Independent Bookshops’ non-fiction bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, April 24, 2022. The lists are compiled…
Sweet Home Alberda? Jason Kenney, the Rodney Dangerfield of Canada, holds forth on pipelines, petroleum, and Pawliver
Jason Kenney is the Rodney Dangerfield of Canadian politics – he don’t get no respect! Right-wing American podcaster Josh Holmes (Photo: Podchaser.com). Alberta’s premier went to Washington, D.C. He wanted…
It’s a big deal when a judge rules that if cabinet secrecy isn’t in the public interest it can be tossed aside
The British North America Act of 1867 said Canada would have “a constitution similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom,” and cabinet confidentiality is part of the bedrock…
Now for something a little different: Podcasting about Alberta politics
It was nice of the lads at the True North Eager Beaver Podcast to sit down and let me bloviate about one of my favourite topics, Alberta’s unexpected political crisis…
A party divided against itself cannot stand – especially when so many members can’t stand their leader
A house divided against itself cannot stand. That goes for political parties too, I daresay. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). And I’d say the United Conservative Party led…
UCP effort to blame NDP for electricity price spike suggests Opposition attacks are hitting the mark
The Opposition’s sustained attacks on the Kenney Government for removing the NDP’s cap on electricity price increases must be hitting the mark with voters worried about the cost of utilities…
With Jason Kenney seemingly foundering, Alberta’s No. 2 Jason, Nixon, finds himself in the spotlight
With Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s survival in the ongoing United Conservative Party leadership review vote far from assured, the spotlight was bound to shift onto some of his more obvious…
Jason Kenney tells ‘Alberta at Work’ news conference a spectre is haunting Alberta – the spectre of public auto insurance!
Did Alberta Premier Jason Kenney just win the next Alberta election for the NDP? Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). This is a serious question, people. Responding to…
Michelle Good’s perennial favourite, Five Little Indians, remains atop Alberta independent bookshops’ bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, April 10, 2022. The lists are compiled…
On the 40th anniversary of proclamation of the Constitution Act, Conservative distrust of the Charter still runs deep
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982 – including, importantly, our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The English-language version of…