Team Alberta update
NOTICE TO PRO-ALBERTA FOLKS: Back from Calgary. Met with many smart Albertans. Got ideas for our non-partisan, citizen-led group. Next steps: a name. Membership. And a launch party at @DaisyGrp.…
Canadian Politics
What really happened to the Teck Frontier oilsands mine? It’s the market, stupid!
So what really happened to the Teck Frontier oilsands mine? Hint: It wasn’t anything Justin Trudeau did or didn’t do. That’s pure United Conservative Party gas lighting, a game a…
Knowing this is coming, what do you do?
You do cheap publicity stunts, in a transparent bid to look somehow relevant, that’s what. “Dozens of electoral district associations affiliated with the People’s Party of Canada have been deregistered…
What ever happened to dental therapy in Canada?
It might surprise many that one in three Canadians lacks dental insurance while nearly one-fifth of Canadians avoid the dentist each year due to financial constraints. Mainstream though is, if…
Is the Conservative Opposition a national government in waiting or a separatist bloc? Andrew Scheer must decide
Who said, “At time of global economic instability, Canada’s government must stand unequivocally for keeping the country together”? I won’t tease you. It was Stephen Harper, on Dec. 3, 2008.…
The state of the art of Conservative victimhood in Alberta: Cue the violins! Here comes the Buffalo Declaration!
Cue the violins! No one does victimhood like an Alberta Conservative contemplating the prospect of another term in Opposition overlooking the Ottawa River. Michelle Rempel Garner, the Blocker Queen of…
The Wet’suwet’en, Aboriginal Title, and the Rule of Law: An Explainer
Finally a clear explanation-Wet’suwet’en, Aboriginal Title, and the Rule of Law By Kate Gunn & Bruce McIvor The RCMP’s enforcement of the Coastal GasLink injunction against the Wet’suwet’en has ignited…
Never mind the gong show! The War Room will war on, vows Energy Minister Sonya Savage
Political commentators and professional gag writers breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when they learned from Energy Minister and Canadian Energy Centre Ltd. Director Sonya Savage that Alberta’s “Energy War…
JWR offers a solution
But Trudeau won’t listen. He doesn’t like strong women who talk back. Story: Wilson-Raybould, now an independent MP, called for Trudeau to fly to B.C. to get personally involved in…
A Family Day toast to Don Getty, whose record is underwhelming, but whose best-known achievement was one for the ages
The winters around here are long. Even with social media Canadians need a February holiday. Come to think of it, given what the Internet has turned into in the few…
solidarity with wet’suwet’en land defenders and their allies on the frontlines
Thank you to the Wet’suwet’en people who are courageously defending their land for the greater good of us all. Thank you to the Kahnawake people who are courageously blocking the…
solidarity with wet’suwet’en land defenders and their allies on the frontlines
Thank you to the Wet’suwet’en people who are courageously defending their land for the greater good of us all. Thank you to the Kahnawake people who are courageously blocking the…
solidarity with wet’suwet’en land defenders and their allies on the frontlines
Thank you to the Wet’suwet’en people who are courageously defending their land for the greater good of us all. Thank you to the Kahnawake people who are courageously blocking the…
Premier Horgan- I strongly suggest you go yourself to meet with Gitxsan and Wet’suet’en chiefs.
Dear Mr. Horgan, I strongly suggest you go yourself to meet with Gitxsan and Wet’suet’en chiefs. You are the premier of this province, our highest ranking leader. Sending Scott Fraser…
This just in! Stable Reliable Liberal Democracy of Alberta suddenly adopts social license strategy for fossil fuel development
We interrupt this blog with an important bulletin from the Stable Reliable Liberal Democracy of Alberta! In an unexpected move, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has announced he will seek social…
My latest: ten reasons why Peter MacKay has a shot
Peter MacKay has hit a rough patch. Weird social media. Policy incoherence. Crummy French. Interviews going awry. Sure, he’s coughed up the big entrance fee, and proffered the requisite number…
Former U.S. ambassador to Canada unaware of any conversation like the plot described by Jason Kenney
There’s a small but important update to the story about Jason Kenney’s conspiracy theorizing in Washington at the end of last week. According to the man who served as the…