Premier Notley is between a rock and a hard place for the next seven days. Her decision to forego attendance at the Western Premier’s Conference this week “to focus on the pipeline” has received mixed reviews. Kenney, whose caucus has run and hid from the Legislature an incredible 12 […]
When a politician wants Albertans to light their hair on fire it is easily accomplished with two little words: “equalization payments”. It’s almost as if some politicians want us to keep our minds on Ottawa and forget about what’s going on here at home. Brian Jean, former leader […]
It’s been Christmas in May for the NDP since the UCP AGM. Every day seems to add one more feather to the government’s caps. After the membership voted in favour of reinstating parental notification for “extra-curricular activities” that involved the distribution of “resources” pertaining to religion or sexuality […]
“We must have an approach… that empowers the grassroots members to decide the policy direction of this new party.” ~ Jason Kenney, Former “Servant Leader”, August 2017 To the surprise of few, Jason Kenney’s Grassroots Guarantee is […]
There were a number of things happening at the UCP AGM but it didn’t really get interesting until Saturday afternoon. The afternoon plenary session began 25 minutes late and we were only into the 25th of 63 proposed resolutions. Other members soon began to voice concern over the […]
The political theatre playing out in politics does offer one silver lining: there’s plenty to talk about. However, there is a downside and right now, Kenney’s theatrics may end up helping John Horgan receive the provincial jurisdiction he so desperately wants to be able to limit the amount […]
Post-secondary institutions don’t receive nearly as much publicity when they do something “right” as when they do something “wrong”. Current and former Alberta MLAs of one stripe have publicly declared the University Senate’s decision to grant Dr. David Suzuki an Honorary Degree “bizarre”, “embarrassing”, “out of touch” and […]
It’s not really a shrinking caucus if people refuse to run for re-election but the number of former Wildrose MLAs on that list is rising at a steady enough rate to warrant some consideration. All Wildrose and PC MLAs became UCP MLAs when the parties merged. Prior to […]
As the deadline to buy memberships to vote on the question of conservative unity passed, it was said internal polling by both the former Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties shows a strong indication of a victory for the unity question. Of the three who have declared their candidacy […]
