ken kowalski chooses retirement over death in office.
Retiring Speaker Ken Kowalski He once told Albertans that he would “die in office” rather than retire and collect his gold plated severance package, but this week Speaker Ken Kowalski…
Alison Redford
Premier Alison Redford enforces generational change in Alberta government
Alberta Speaker Ken Kowalski and other former PC ministers line up to wait for their transition allowances. Tory politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Mr. Kowalski, former Premier…
Bad Danielle Smith & Good Danielle Smith: the Wildrose Party campaign begins to unfold
Good Danielle, above, softens you up while Bad Danielle waits just outside the door. Bad Danielle is going to slap you around a bit now for even thinking about voting…
alberta election candidate update – december 2011.
The list of candidates nominated across the province continues to grow as we get closer to an expected Spring 2012 election. Nominated Alberta election candidates by region. December 8, 2011…
Where’s the helicopter when you need it? Tory political liability drives into sunset … unbreathalized
An Edmonton police officer pulls over a local Conservative MP. Alberta police and politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Peter Goldring. If it’s true it doesn’t matter what…
the cast of alberta politics: the motion picture.
Politics in Alberta is not always easy for outsiders to understand. Forty years of uninterrupted Progressive Conservative majority governments have given the province a reputation of being a politically homogenous…
Alberta Legislature: Scumbags, Holodomor and Property Rights
There was a debate in the Legislature today (29 Nov 2011) regarding landowner property rights. There is no doubt that at least 4 of the bills passed in the Stelmach…
Redford government’s legislative record: a broken promise a day?
Alison Redford promises there will be a health care inquiry during the Alberta Conservative leadership campaign. Or somebody promises something during some Conservative leadership campaign, anyway. Politicians pictured may not…
Fixed election periods? Take your pick: hypocritical, cynical, impractical or all of the above
An Alberta monogamist with his many wives and children. Alberta’s “fixed election dates will be flexible.” Do we speak English here any more? Almost anything in Alberta may not be…
Alberta Tories talk taxes
Very interesting debate going on in Alberta: “Alta. Tories defend talk about provincial sales tax.” The Alberta PCs are finding themselves in a budget bind, with dwindling revenues from energy…
The Wildrose Party’s Redford Files: Not nearly as funny as the first time…
The Redford Files website: evidence the Wildrose Alliance is on the ropes. Below, an image grabbed from the site. If “the Redford Files” really are “authorized by the Wildrose Party,”…
Bag ‘O Links: Alberta Edition
1. We’ve known Rob Anders has been asleep on the job for years…though this may be the first literal instance: Still, I’m sure most who have heard John Duncan speak…
Alberta Liberals hit by defection as implosion continues; new poll suggests NDP potential for growth
Bridget Pastoor, still a Liberal to the party’s missing webmaster. Below: Raj Sherman. No one can say the Alberta Liberals don’t have movement. The trouble is, it’s all down hill.…
one less lifeboat on the ship: lethbridge liberal mla bridget pastoor to join pc caucus today.
MLA Bridget Pastoor According to a tweet from Calgary Herald columnist Don Braid, Liberal MLA Bridget Pastoor will cross the floor and join the Progressive Conservative caucus today. Ms. Pastoor…
alberta’s second fall sitting starts today with redford’s tories on a high.
Premier Alison Redford Part two of the Fall sitting of Alberta’s Legislative Assembly begins today for a short two-weeks of business. Aside from the two-day speech driven sitting held last…
Never mind non-disclosure claims or Bill 24: Albertans still deserve an independent judge-run health inquiry
Zipp it! You have a non-disclosure agreement. Below: Premier Alison Redford; Dr. John Cowell of the Alberta Health Quality Council. Albertans who want to see a judicial inquiry into allegations…
Compare and contrast
One Western premier has some perspective on what a provincial leader can expect to accomplish on the global stage: She regretted, but didn’t condemn, the Obama administration’s decision to delay…
Never mind the Fight on Alberta’s Right; think about the Scramble for Position Among the Opposition!
Post No. 711Quick! What’s the name of Alberta’s No. 2 political party based on popular support?The Wildrose Party, right?That’s certainly what the headline implied in the Edmonton Journal on Friday…