The UCP wasn’t “taken over” — it was born this way
It shouldn’t be a surprise to political observers that the UCP served as a trojan horse for the politically shunned because it’s precisely what happened with the federal CPC…
Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean
So many leadership races, so little time
I’ve been a proponent for public participation in the democratic process ever since I first discovered what that looked like; and, friends, I am more resolute than ever. I walked a fine line when I first became a member of political parties — I was a member to […]
Alberta may not be conservative but it is beholden to a conservative identity
Alberta’s PC party was a remarkably successful “big tent” party; not just because of that ideological leeway, but also because it served as a home for those who were not ideologically conservative but were beholden to a conservative identity.
UCP MLAs aren’t stuck with UCP
If the UCP can call themselves “united”, the Buffalo Party can get away with a bison logo. When the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties voted to merge in 2017, there was an understanding on behalf of some voters that the merger would be a partnership of equals. That […]
Ft McMurray-Lac La Biche by-election could erase Jason Kenney from Alberta history
With “super incumbent” Brian Jean easily winning a seat that was previously held by both himself and the UCP, it sets Alberta onto a path that wasn’t part of Jason Kenney’s plans. It’s not often that a person who has won five previous elections shows up as a […]
Governing gets in the way as Kenney’s leadership review creeps closer
The problem for Kenney is that – in his position as leader of the UCP, and therefore as Premier – Covid restrictions are political, rather than public health, issues.
For Kenney’s leadership review, Red Deer is ground zero
Jason Kenney will face the leadership review he agreed to let the UCP members hold in April, and he’ll do it amongst friends. For $10, you can become a member of a private club (if they permit) and for an additional $100 (plus expenses), you too can have […]
Resource royalties are back; millions of Albertans exhale “Amen”
In the fairy tale that is Alberta, this major miscalculation is deemed a gift from the Gods, or God, or whomever grants Alberta free money under a conservative government.
Democratic ideals have no place here
But if Kenney doesn’t get an actual win soon, it’ll be “shunned and stunned” for the province’s natural governing party – again.
