A Week In Alberta Politics
Alberta’s politics are an awful mess right now, and this past week has been quite a spectacle even for Alberta. Devin Dreeshen kicked things off by making a fuss over…
Alberta Politics
A Week In Alberta Politics
Alberta’s politics are an awful mess right now, and this past week has been quite a spectacle even for Alberta. Devin Dreeshen kicked things off by making a fuss over…
Will Anne of Green Gables soon be banned in Alberta schools?
Will the beloved Canadian classic Anne of Green Gables be banned in Alberta schools? The answer would be yes if Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party Government actually intends to…
Still reeling from ‘stolen’ Canada Disability Benefit, disabled Albertans hit by de facto rent hike
It’s hard to comprehend the cruelty of the United Conservative Party’s surreptitious implementation of a rent hike for Albertans who receive Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped and live in…
If unicorn farts smelled like perfume, the Republic of Alberta would be the sweetest place on earth!
If unicorn farts smelled like expensive French perfume, the Alberta Republic as imagined by the so-called “Alberta Prosperity Project” would be the sweetest smelling place on earth! Alas, there are…
A plan to revive Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives has created plenty of buzz … but does it mean anything?
The plan to resurrect the Progressive Conservative Party by former UCP MLAs Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair has the potential to have a dramatic impact on Alberta politics. The key…
Happy Independence Day! Brace yourselves for Conservative cowboy cop cosplay whether you like it or not!
Happy Independence Day. May Canada long remain independent of the United States, the wishes of the United Conservative Party, its MAGA supporters, and the current president of the United States…
Independent MLAs Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair announce plan to bring Progressive Conservatives back to life
Ever since the current leadership of the United Conservative Party opted to lend its credibility to Alberta’s hitherto marginalized separatist movement, the creation of a pro-Canadian conservative party in this…
PM expeditiously calls by-election to get Pierre Poilievre back into the House of Commons
Prime Minister Mark Carney kept his promise yesterday and expeditiously called a by-election in Alberta’s Battle River-Crowfoot riding so that seatless Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre can return…
OK’d but not expected, website aims to boost support for federal NDP leadership bid by Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson
If you’ve seen the website saying Edmonton Strathcona Member of Parliament Heather McPherson is considering running to lead the federal NDP and thought the wording seemed oddly ambivalent, there’s an…
Despite bad reviews for its sovereignty panel, UCP sails into Canada Day weekend with the wind in its sails
Even considering the bad reviews the ridiculous Alberta Next Panel has been getting since Premier Danielle Smith announced it on Tuesday, her United Conservative Party is sailing into the Canada…
NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi wins convincingly in Edmonton-Strathcona; NDP’s Gurtej Singh Brar posts victory in Edmonton-Ellerslie
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi mopped the floor with his opponents in the Edmonton-Strathcona by-election yesterday. Mr. Nenshi can now join his caucus in the Legislature with his head held…
Today is by-election day in three Alberta ridings
Vote suppression is a venerable part of any conservative party’s election-day strategy, but you have to admit that adding biological warfare to the mix puts a creative new spin on…
As it was, is now, and ever shall be: Alberta Government communications return to the Premier’s Office
Before we all get our knickers in a twist, let us remember that once upon a time all Alberta Government communications and public engagement operations came under the Executive Council,…
Guest post by Bradley Lafortune: I went to Danielle Smith’s Coal Town Hall in Fort Macleod and here’s why it went off the rails
On June 11, more than 500 people showed up in Fort Macleod, near the site of the historic North West Mounted Police post about 170 kilometres south of Calgary, for…
Danielle Smith doesn’t have a plan yet for running public health care, but just like Donald Trump she’s got a concept of a plan
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith doesn’t have a coherent plan for running public health care yet, but yesterday she revealed that, just like her hero Donald J. Trump, she has a…
Naheed Nenshi may face a bigger test in next Monday’s by-election in Edmonton-Ellerslie than where he’s running
With recent polling results giving many MLAs in the Alberta NDP’s substantial Opposition caucus the jitters, the by-election next Monday in Edmonton-Ellerslie is shaping up to be a significant test…
Despite what Danielle Smith says, Alberta’s new COVID vaccine policy is not about saving money or cost recovery
Everybody who’s been paying attention to what Alberta Danielle Smith has been saying and doing for years understands that her government’s new policy of forcing Albertans to pay for COVID-19…