Shutting down the blog.
Turns out a job doesn’t leave much time for blogging. And a 65-75 hour a week job makes it even tougher to fit in the time to write. Also, I…
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The Alberta Liberals’ Biggest Gamble Yet
In life, and in politics, risk normally matches reward. And the Alberta Liberals are throwing a die so far, so long, that it overshadows any risk the party has ever…
Comparing PIA’s “Alberta Could” Campaign to the Alberta Liberal’s 2012 Platform
Over the last couple of months Public Interest Alberta has been championing a change to Alberta’s tax code to bring it in line with the rest of Canada and fund…
Laurie Blakeman was right. (Again.)
Last year I wrote a blog post about the immense privacy breach by Education Minister Jeff Johnson — a concerned first broken to the province by Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman.…
The West’s Alternative
The two byelections tonight in Alberta — one in southern Alberta and the other in northern Alberta — have made it clear just who is the alternative to the Conservatives…
Why I’ve Chosen the Alberta Liberals
When I look to the legislature I see policies being put in place that run counter to how I see a modern, 21st century government would run the province. We…
Five Years of Blogging.
I have had the pleasure of blogging for five years here at calgaryliberal.com. It has been a unique journey for this blogger. I have met new friends, won national blogging…
The Trials of Don Braid
Don Braid is looking for something. Anything. As a political pundit and editorial writer he is knee deep in politics. His proximity to Edmonton’s machinations of party politics and politics…
Let it die, Jim.
Jim Prentice has intimated to multiple individuals that he is considering a run for the leadership of Alberta’s 44-year-old governing party, the Conservatives. If you’ve read this blog you know…
#Motion503: The Problem with Cusanelli
Allow me, for a moment, to rant. If you’ve been watching this blog, or twitter, or any major newspaper or television broadcast, you may have heard of Motion 503, a…
Gay Straight Alliances.
What if I told you there was a tool to use in our schools that could drop heterosexual male suicide rates by 50%? And that can reduce by more than…
Time to fold the Progressive Conservatives of Alberta.
It’s over. When a party is on its third leader in three years, offends both conservative and liberal wings of its party, and its message offends Albertans so much that…
Alberta Politics: Which of these leaders is best suited to deal with health care?
"Which of these leaders is best suited to deal with #abhealth?" #pcaa #ablib #abndp #wrp #ableg #abgov #abpoli pic.twitter.com/KvzRy61Eke — Vincent St Pierre (@vsp) March 20, 2014
The angst of a progressive.
Over the last week we have seen someone who had tried pull in progressives into a very un-progressive party be raked over the coals. For issues of arrogance and otherwise,…
“Miss Me Yet?” #yyccc #yyc #bikeyyc
"Miss me yet?" #yyccc #yyc #ward4 cc: @yycGael pic.twitter.com/7sqHedQY4l — Vincent St Pierre (@vsp) March 12, 2014
No, the budget is not balanced.
I just had the pleasure of receiving an email from Allison Redford, premier of Alberta. In it she claimed that the budget was balanced for the first time in 6…
Liberals triple support in Lethbridge: Liberals at 24%, NDP at 14%, Conservatives at 38%
Something is happening in Lethbridge. According to a group out of Lethbridge College the Liberals under Trudeau have jumped from 8.38% (2011) to 24% for the area of Lethbridge. Provincially,…
Montreal 2014
Let’s talk about what’s really happening at Montreal 2014. It’s not about a race between Liberals jockeying for positions in the party. That’s essentially sewn up, except for membership chair…
I’ve been nominated! And I need your vote.
Vote today here.
1 out of 100 Calgary Co-op members vote.
It’s election season for Calgary Co-op. For the month of February if you’re a member-owner of Calgary Co-op you can select three of their nine-member board. Most people don’t know…