We saw it in Alberta in 2017: conservative slates for city counsel and school board trustees. Word on the street was there were offers of voter lists and campaign teams, a small stipend of a thousand dollars and all they had to do was pledge their allegiance to […]
Coincidence is an interesting concept. Most people are willing to consider two incidents a coincidence. Three begins to feel uncomfortable. By the time the tally reaches five no one is calling it a coincidence. So why are so many UCP nomination candidates being outed as “racists”? Other than […]
Under the Progressive Conservative Government, a fantastic document existed on the Treasury and Finance website which detailed the socio-economic demographics for every riding in Alberta. The NDP has recently released the updated version based on the 2016 census and it is enlightening. The numbers are based on 2015 […]
Albertans were awed when the miracle on the prairies apparently followed an Alberta politician clear across the world. Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation with the Government of India announced he met with an unknown Minister who, […]
Alberta’s Official Opposition lost its collective mind on the weekend after it was announced environmentalist Tzeporah Berman will be a keynote speaker at the Alberta Teacher’s Association Conference in October. Albertans would likely remember Ms. Berman as the controversial figure brought onto the Alberta Oil Sands Advisory Group […]
We have seen other parties and the media call them “bozo eruptions” but the United Conservative Party isn’t a “new” Party. They aren’t run by political novices with no funding either. And they aren’t having “bozo eruptions”. Fintan O’Toole wrote a fantastic piece for the Irish Times in […]
Calgary folk were shocked to discover an environmental organization had infiltrated its completely Conservative agricultural mecca in August. ALUS Canada, a “community-developed and farmer-delivered” program which “sustains agriculture, wildlife and natural spaces for all Canadians, one acre at a time”, claims to help “farmers produce valuable ecological services […]
As children headed back to school last week the public/separatist schooling models were being scrutinized again, or, still, in Alberta. I want my children to have an education that includes religion. Religion is an important part of human history and the effect religion has had on our laws […]
Jason Kenney said hasta la vista to August on a high note but was tripped up when a real celebratory opportunity presented itself. Riding on the coattails of Alberta’s disappointment with a court ruling that halted construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline, the stars continued to align with […]