Happy Labour Day: the tide of workers who wish they had a union is growing
Happy Labour Day! Overall union membership may be shrinking, but the number of workers who wish they had a union and would vote to join one if they could appears…
Alberta Politics
Guest post by Steve Bradshaw: Is a regional transit system really a good deal for Edmonton?
By Steve Bradshaw Edmonton City Council is being asked to upload our Edmonton Transit Service into a regional system responsible for public transit throughout the entire Edmonton metropolitan area. Amalgamated…
Doug Schweitzer quits, effective midnight last night, tosses hot potato to UCP
Calgary-Elbow UCP MLA Doug Schweitzer’s resignation became official at midnight last night. Former Clerk of the Legislature Rob Reynolds (Photo: Government of Alberta). By quitting now, with no explanation, the…
Lizard brain or legacy? Why is Jason Kenney, soon to be history, announcing big plans for Alberta’s latest windfall?
Inquiring minds want to know: Why is Premier Jason Kenney announcing big plans for Alberta’s latest windfall when he won’t be premier much longer? Alberta Finance Minister Jason Nixon (Photo:…
A spectre is haunting the UCP – the spectre of Rachel Notley – and it made for a dull ‘debate’
A spectre is haunting the UCP – the spectre of Rachel Notley. The crowd at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton last night, which by the sound of it strongly favoured…
Conservative cancel culture is alive and well in the UCP’s Alberta – the War on Labour Day must end!
Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party are trying to cancel our Labour Day weekend. Labour Day in Alberta in 1904, when plumbers and pipefitters had uniforms (Photo: AlbertaHistoricPlaces.com). Surely…
The insults hurled at Chrystia Freeland Friday are nothing new: Alberta’s UCP has long encouraged such abuse
Many Canadians were shocked by the profane verbal attack on Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland in Grande Prairie Friday by a thuggish convoy goon. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who…
Minister’s demand substantially unchanged on move of Athabasca University executives, many staff, to town 145 kilometres north of Edmonton
Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides indicated yesterday he hasn’t changed his mind about requiring Athabasca University’s nine top executives to move to the town of Athabasca. The Town of Athabasca,…
One culture war, two cities, three statues, and two levels of government: a tale of two solitudes, perhaps
Throughout history public art has been controversial, and no form of art is more public than sculpture. Edmonton’s iconic Walterdale Bridge seen from the south, where artist Ken Lum’s sculptures…
Jason Kenney’s strange obsessions: Winston Churchill, John A. Macdonald, and needlessly stirring up division
There was probably a time it made sense to erect statues of Winston Churchill in Canada. Lame duck premier Jason Kenney and Mark Milke, a former political aide who is…
Splish-splash! Saskatchewan’s Scott Moe channels UCP frontrunner Danielle Smith’s cynical Sovereignty Act performance
CALGARY – Is there something in the water in Saskatchewan? Or has Premier Scott Moe’s government just been paying too much attention to the success of the separatist pish-posh served…
Alberta is calling, again: Top-notch education at the U of A! (Never mind how we’re trying to bring it down a notch or two …)
The Alberta is Calling vanity advertising campaign featuring the voice of the province’s soon-to-be-retired premier continues to tout benefits for would-be newcomers to Alberta that Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party…
When I watch the United Conservative Party (UCP) Leadership race, one question always comes to the fore: do the UCP leadership candidates realise that in five to ten year Alberta will have serious problems in retaining our economic position in this world?
In 2008, Tesla rolled out its boutique electric car. It was called the Tesla Roadster. At that time, the Roadster had a big sticker price: $109,000 USD. Based on a…
Inquiring minds want to know: What does Danielle Smith’s ‘Sovereignty Act’ actually say – or does it even exist?
Brian Jean, former Wildrose Party leader and candidate to lead the United Conservative Party, has a good question for Danielle Smith, former Wildrose Party leader and candidate to lead the…
The Alberta Advantage is back! Highest average wages in the country! (Never mind what we said last year …)
Who knew that higher salaries were part of the Alberta Advantage? Bigger paycheques! One of the ads that will be appearing at Vancouver transit stops soon (Image: Government of Alberta).…
Jason Kenney’s not wrong about Danielle Smith’s ‘Sovereignty Act’ plan – it’s nuts!
As much as one hates to agree with Jason Kenney, the man’s not wrong to call Danielle Smith’s “Sovereignty Act” proposal in her frontrunning campaign to lead the United Conservative…
Essaygate: Why has no one demanded the resignation of Culture and Status of Women Minister Ron Orr?
As what has come to be known as the Essaygate Scandal unfolded, no one in Alberta seems to have thought to demand the resignation of Ron Orr, minister of culture…
No news is probably bad news: Deadline passes, no one steps forward to lead Alberta Liberal Party
For the Alberta Liberal Party, no news is probably bad news. Yesterday afternoon at 5 p.m. nominations closed for the party that not long ago could be seriously called Alberta’s…
Advanced education minister drops demand that 500 Athabasca University employees must move to town of Athabasca
Alberta Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides seems to have dropped his threat to cut off some or all of Athabasca University’s $41.2 million annual operating funds if the distance-learning institution…
UCP leadership candidates’ cagey answers at forum sponsored by teachers’ union include promises to delay new curriculum
Hey! Never mind defunding the police. What about defunding public education? Complaining about a call by Public Interest Alberta to phase out funding for independent schools, Danielle Smith once asked:…