Alberta Politics1d
At the risk of sounding like Jason Kenney, where’s John A. Macdonald when we need him?
At the risk of sounding like Jason Kenney, where’s John A. Macdonald when we need him? I speak, of course, not of the ...
Alberta Politics3d
Danielle Smith has a sovereignty moment, claiming she can make it illegal for fossil fuel companies to comply with federal laws
Was Premier Danielle Smith’s Sovereignty Act moment yesterday formal notice she intends to unilaterally declare Alberta ...
Alberta Politics4d
Alberta pulls plug (again) on regional planning – a big win for the ‘Sprawl Cabal,’ not so much for city taxpayers
The United Conservative Party is pulling the plug on regional planning in Alberta in a move that will be a big win for the ...
Alberta Politics11d
UCP switches health care zones for ‘corridors’ – making ‘hallway medicine’ the new normal everywhere in Alberta!
It turns out not everything about yesterday’s announcement that the United Conservative Government is “making progress ...
Alberta Politics10d
The judgment of history confirmed: Jason Kenney’s equalization motion in the Legislature is deader than the proverbial mackerel
Busted in June 2021 by a mystery photographer as he boozed it up with a group of cronies in defiance of COVID-19 restrictions ...
Alberta Politics8d
Guest post: Science versus the Alberta Minister of Hunting and Fishing
As Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government continues to flood the zone with daily news releases announcing dubious and dangerous policy changes, it’s very hard to keep up and provide measured ...
Alberta Politics7d
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A Canadian Lynx (Photo: Michael Zahra, Creative Commons).
Alberta Politics9d
Stephen Harper’s appointment today as chair of AIMCo board ends pension management company’s ‘arm’s length’ status
Make no mistake, with the appointment this morning of Stephen Harper as chair of the governing board of the Alberta Investment Management Corp. we can forget about the notion the provincial pension ...
Alberta Politics8d
Wildlife Management
As Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government continues to flood the zone with daily news releases announcing dubious and dangerous policy changes, it’s very hard to keep up and provide measured ...
Alberta Politics14d
Let’s face it, ‘Ms. Smith Goes to Washington’ for Donald Trump’s inauguration isn’t likely to be a critical success
Donald Trump at his first inauguration in 2017 – it’s astonishing that neither of the two Bibles on which he swore to uphold the U.S. Constitution burst into flames (Photo: The White House, Public ...