Journalists Missing The Picture
I woke up this morning to CBC's Jason Markusoff and The Toronto Star's Richard Warnica talking about Alberta separatism on the Front Burner podcast. As I listened to the discussion,…
Danielle Smith
Let’s go back to the future Danielle Smith promised us: ‘No one should ever have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor’
“Hi, I’m Danielle Smith, and I believe no one should ever have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor.” So said Alberta’s premier in a 30-second pre-election…
UCP apologists clutch their pearls about premier’s ‘fascist pancakes’
As was totally predictable, apologists for Alberta’s United Conservative Party are now clutching their pearls about Danielle Smith’s pancakes being labeled fascist. “Berta Proud Dad” himself – the pro-separation “independent…
$&#% your fascist pancakes! An Alberta moment
Like her hero Donald Trump, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has always understood that populist movements like her United Conservative Party are based more on tribal identity than serious policy. Indeed,…
Danielle Smith to Calgary-Shaw voters: Forget about a by-election any time soon
Alberta premier explains it’s the middle of summer and you don’t have time for politics … seriously! Danielle Smith says there will be no by-election just yet to replace Rebecca…
UCP referendum questions on immigration are illogical, deceptively worded and tainted by racism
The ballot questions on immigration aim to create conditions that would allow human rights violations and intrusions into federal jurisdiction Let’s take a look today at some of the “referendum…
There’s no need to worry about plans to build a huge electricity plant and AI data centre near Edmonton, Danielle Smith insists
Alberta’s premier claims it’ll probably reduce electricity costs; don’t count on that, though, says the Pembina Institute But what about that other Alberta Government announcement on Thursday? Thursday afternoon at…
Alberta, BC, and Ottawa All Walk Into A Bar …
This is mostly going to be me processing yesterday's announcements in Alberta and BC. I haven't quite worked out what I think of it all yet, and maybe by the…
Channelling Mackenzie King, Mark Carney strikes a pipeline deal with Alberta and British Columbia
Saving Canada and saving the planet? Not necessarily a pipeline, but a pipeline if necessary! Prime Minister Mark Carney appeared last night to have threaded the needle between Alberta and…
Finance Minister Jason Nixon admits Alberta just missed its annual fiscal report deadline, offers two lame excuses
Government news release fails to mention the omission actually breaks the law, but there’s no penalty, so why worry? Happy Canada Day! The summer solstice has already come and gone.…
Smith-Farkas fracas: Calgary mayor spells out the B.S. in stinging riposte to Alberta premier’s pressure campaign
Many have tried to pierce Danielle Smith’s political armour but few have succeeded; Jeromy Farkas may have just put a dent in it Late Monday night, Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas…
Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas wins Round One of bitter Twitter window-rattle battle
But Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sends letter telling Calgary City Council to roll over or the province will step in It’s not over, but Round One of last weekend’s intergovernmental…
Alberta’s role in Canada – why we need to tell better stories
Federalists need emotional arguments about improving Canada and Alberta Alberta’s separation referendum is only four months away, so longtime Daveberta Podcast contributor Adam Rozenhart joins Dave Cournoyer for part 2…
Podcast: Why Canada needs Alberta and Alberta needs Canada
Part 1 in a Daveberta Podcast series about Alberta, Canada, and the stories we do and don’t tell each other Longtime Daveberta Podcast contributor Adam Rozenhart joins Dave Cournoyer for…
UCP’s ‘independent advisory panel’ on Alberta secession costs is likely to defend Canada on separatist terms
The “independent advisory panel” named yesterday by Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government to look into the “potential economic impacts of secession” illustrates an observation the day before by a prominent…
Voters risk whiplash watching Danielle Smith switch sides back and forth in Alberta separation fight
Watching Danielle Smith switch back and forth from striving to get her party’s large contingent of separatists to settle down to trying to keep to severely normal Albertans who want…
The Smith Referenda In October
Albertans face a daunting prospect on October 19 - not one, but 10 referendum questions that they will vote on. On the agenda are a passel of manufactured issues ranging…
UCP re-announces its ‘patient-focused’ hospital funding scheme – it’s still a bad policy
Nothing much has changed since the last time Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government trotted out its “patient-focused funding” scheme for hospitals. It’s still a bad policy that will force hospitals…
Water Not Coal with Corb Lund
As the Water Not Coal citizen initiative enters its final week, country music singer-songwriter and rancher Corb Lund joined the Daveberta Podcast to explain why it’s important for Albertans to…