An Exhausting Week In Alberta Politics
This week has been a whirlwind in politics, especially in Alberta. On Thursday, the Premier of Alberta announced what I can only call a farce of a referendum on separating…
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Danielle Smith vows to do everything humanly possible to keep Alberta in Canada – over and over and over again
The lady doth protest too much, methinks. In addition to blaming everyone but herself for the national unity crisis she’s been trying for months to foment, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith…
Danielle Smith promotes delusional history of U.S. and Canadian constitutions to promote separation referendum
In Danielle Smith’s Alberta, if the facts don’t support your argument, you can make up new facts. Alberta’s premier demonstrated this capacity yesterday evening in her delusional 15-minute televised address…
UCP plan to railroad a separation referendum onto this fall’s ballot goes off the rails
The United Conservative Party’s effort to railroad a separation referendum onto a ballot this fall and blame it on the people who signed the pro-Canada Forever Canadian petition was unfolding…
Danielle Smith expected to try to force Albertans to endure a separation referendum – and blame someone else for it
Thanks to her sneaky separatist manoeuvring, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith seems to have wedged herself between the proverbial rock and metaphorical hard place. If she doesn’t do what the Alberta…
The Wrath of Jeff: Prominent Alberta separatist advocates internal UCP coup to oust Danielle Smith
Happy Victoria Day! Over the weekend leading up to our national celebration of Victorian rectitude, imperialism and class inequality, prominent Alberta separatist Jeffrey Rath took to the Internet appearing to…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Michael Mechanic examines the new depths of corruption being reached by the Trump regime in using public money to reward his violent supporters.…
Separatists Lose In Court
Alberta's rump of separatists suffered a major setback last week, when a judge overturned the Chief Electoral Officer of Alberta (CEO-A) decision that set the signature gathering process for the…
Despite political differences, Mark Carney and Danielle Smith have more objectives in common than they don’t
There’s no need to make the explanation of the carbon pricing, carbon capture and bitumen pipeline deal announced Friday in Calgary by the federal and Alberta governments too complicated. It’s…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Carl Meyer explains how the Carney Libs are looking to push resource extraction at the expense of social and environmental realities to an…
If Danielle Smith were smart, she’d treat court ruling quashing separatist petition as a political get-out-of-jail-free card
If Alberta Premier Danielle Smith were smart, she’d treat yesterday’s Court of King’s Bench ruling quashing Elections Alberta’s approval of the Stay Free Alberta/Alberta Prosperity Project petition for a separation…
Danielle Smith – the public face of foreign interference in Canada – gets Canadian security clearance
Danielle Smith, who is basically the public face of foreign interference in Canada, has been given a Canadian “Top Secret” security clearance, her press secretary said on Thursday. According to…
Queen Danielle knows what is best for us
Cast your mind back, dear readers, to a simpler time. And by that I mean 2021. The UCP government of Jason Kenney (who would have thought then that we’d look…
Danielle Smith launches tax-funded propaganda blitz to pump fall referendum drive
What we do know is that the United Conservative Party Government led by Premier Danielle Smith yesterday launched a propaganda blitz that will use all Albertans’ tax contributions to persuade…
UCP bulls ahead with scheme to dump bi-partisan electoral boundaries report and cook up a friendlier riding map
Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government isn’t even trying to fake it any more. They bulled ahead in the Legislature yesterday with a scheme to dump the report of the Electoral…
Dani the Decider has decided and you’re getting permanent daylight savings time whether you like it or not!
“Albertans have very strong opinions about daylight saving time and the results of the referendum show that, right now, Albertans prefer to continue changing their clocks,” Nate Glubish, then the…
So long Viktor Orbán! The times, they are a changin’ … but can Wild Rose MAGA buck the trend?
So long, Viktor Orbán! Looks like almost nobody was sorry to see Mr. Orbán sent packing by voters yesterday, least of all in Hungary where he spent the previous 16…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Zohra Ahmed warns that the Trump regime is now looking to impose guilt by solidarity on anybody with the slightest connection to social justice…
Your Easter read: Danielle Smith is set to head to Red Deer-a-Lago for ‘Premier’s Annual Christian Summit’
Perhaps you’ve seen advertisements on social media for “The Premier’s Annual Christian Summit” on May 4 in Red Deer and wondered, What the Hell? If so, you’re not alone. Alberta…