In the past week some Alberta Liberal Party members were able to vote for their choice of Liberal Party leader. I say “some” because there were a number of disqualified voters. In the end, 77% of registered party members (Almost 1700) voted. It was probably a tough choice. […]
The backroom deal-making that wasn’t supposed to happen with a Wildrose PC merger seems to be exactly what was needed to bring the parties into agreement. Kenney had been persona non grata after the Gay-Straight Alliance media backlash in March but resurfaced in BC stumping for the Liberal party in April. […]
BC Premier Christy Clark May 9th is a day of reckoning for Alberta pipelines as we await the results of the BC election. It’s been a difficult few months trying to balance between what may be best for the province (not Christy Clark) and what will be best […]
After three long weeks of local, national and even international speculation over Jason Kenney’s comments about notifying parents should their children join GSAs, he has reemerged as only an unelected provincial representative can; on social media. Tuesday, Jason Kenney released a video weighing in on the all-encompassing topic of photo […]
At 7:15 am on Wednesday morning, the 5th of April, I received a forwarded message inviting me to a get-together on the 6th at Aloft in Calgary where Kerry Cundal was going to make an announcement. For the past week and a half, the upcoming leadership race has […]
On March 29, 2017, someone from Whitecap Resources in Calgary provided a letter they’d received from Brad Wall to the Canadian Press. That letter was an advertisement of what benefits would be awaiting Whitecap Resources should they decide to pack up their Calgary operations and relocate to Saskatchewan. While some […]
I collected every button I could find because I felt this would be the last time they would be made. In retrospect, I should have taken extras. I went into the convention without a horse in the race; here to observe and maybe learn something new. I also […]
We are officially less than 12 hours away from the launch of the PC Leadership Convention and excitement is in the air! To be clear, there’s no sense of anticipation regarding the actual leadership vote as there’s very little probability that Jason Kenney will not win. If he’s […]
Monday’s Question Period in the Legislature yielded a surprising statement from the Deputy Premier, Sarah Hoffman, that sparked an immediate backlash and gave rise to a number of interpretations from across the political spectrum. I had some initial misgivings about searching both “youtube” and “sewer rats” but I […]