Crusty Does Alberta…
B.C. premier heads to Alberta for pipeline talks Christy Clark and Alison Redford to discuss Northern Gateway concerns CBC online, Saturday Sep
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Are storm clouds forming in Alberta Premier Alison Redford’s sunny skies?
Alberta Premier Alison Redford, left, gives a member of her caucus his marching orders. Alberta politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The real Ms. Redford, Stephen Carter. Alberta…
Renewal without reform?
A skilled and practised word hunter, Ian Reid can flush out sources from behind stone walls. Thursday, he scooped the Legislature’s press gang and published Mea culpa, mea culpa, the…
The rumour mill
Here’s a quick one that came my way today from a pretty decent source. Within the next four months, Christy Clark will decide to focus on the important duties of…
The Victoria Times Colonist Calls "Bulls__t" on Christy Clark.
You Go Girl. No, Seriously, Just Go. The untested, unproven and unbelievable premier of British Columbia is paying dearly for her cracks about her very own legislature. The centre-right Times…
Kinder Morgan Hurls Pipeline Revenue Hot Potato Back To Alberta, Federal Government
B.C. Premier Christy Clark has lain down five conditions for having any new “heavy oil” pipeline traverse provincial territory. These are: …successful completion of the environmental-review process; world-leading marine and…
Crispy Clark’s Sarah Palin Moment
British Columbia’s unelected, unelectable and outgoing premier, Christy Clark, apparently doesn’t like her job any more. She’s beginning to sound like a mid-term Sarah Palin. …Clark says she tries to…
There is no BC Liberal Party..
…there is apparently just a party pretending to be Conservative-lite using that particular name. Faced with continuing dreadful poll numbers, BC Premier Christy Clark has decided to postpone the Fall…
Province Cartoonist Dan Murphy Creates Video To Help Christy Clark Win!
BC Premier Christy Clark-’Lovely Plumage’ Dan Murphy has been harpooning politician for many years and this video showing Christy Clark how she can win the next election is no exception!…
The Great Wall of Saskatchewan: popular, yes, but a peacemaker?
Brad Wall, Christy Clark, Alison Redford and Greg Selinger discuss the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline while visiting China. Actual Canadian premiers may not appear to their Chinese hosts exactly as…
Kevin Falcon Has Had Enough-Resigns As Finance Minister
Finance Minister & Deputy Premier Kevin Falcon The BC Liberal Party has just suffered a body blow with Finance Minister Kevin Falcon bailing on what is an ever increasing meltdown.…
The ROC Stands With B.C.
Respondents were given information about BC Premier Christy Clark’s conditions for supporting the Northern Gateway Pipeline. The most contentious, that BC receives its fair share of tax revenue for the…
Twisting the Facts on the Environment
Courtesy of sumofus.org Case #1: BC Premier Christy Clark has a job creation plan. One component of said plan involves three liquefied natural gas plants in the northern part of…
Rats! Alberta has ’em … and not just the kind Ed Stelmach warned us about
Norwegian rats have their eyes on Alberta! It’s time to root them out, and their pipeline hating, royalty demanding, revolutionary pals! And where’s the AHS Plague Plan? And why does…
New column day
Here, on how the Gateway pipeline serves as a prime example as to why governments shouldn’t be too quick to minimize environmental assessment processes. For further reading…– Robyn Allan’s latest…
Northern Gateway Pot Pourri
Two new polls shows overwhelming opposition to Northern Gateway in B.C. One of them suggests that a good portion of BCers are willing to negotiate a better deal with Alberta…
Christy Clark Clobbers Adrian Dix In Latest Poll!
Georgia Straight Editor Charlie Smith comments on the surprising results . Ahem!
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Rick Salutin discusses the link between parity of wealth and democratic participation, while pointing out why there’s reason for people to engage much…
Godwin’s Law of Alberta Politics
Peter Lougheed angrily shakes his glass of champagne towards Pierre Trudeau after being forced under torture to sign the NEP If you’re reading this post, you likely spend a good…