Call it what you will: partisanship, identity politics, party loyalty, tribalism – it’s not new but it does seem to be exacerbated of late. While some people are fighting to get rid of “labels” others are grasping onto theirs for dear life. In a way it makes sense; […]
Dear Jason Kenney; The Premier’s conference is being held in New Brunswick this week and, like any other political gathering, some Premiers are lobbying for their interests. Currently, the Premiers of Saskatchewan and Ontario, Scott Moe and Doug Ford respectively, are trying to gather support for their case […]
After much deliberation, I have decided to post my Letter to the Editor. I sent it to the Fort McMurray Today and was denied being published. I was asked to edit it and not talk about what the UCP leader Jason Kenney and UCP candidate Laila C Goodridge have said about NDP […]
A former PC candidate once said that the most difficult thing to get from the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta was a nomination. Nominations were coveted golden tickets to a guaranteed electoral victory if only one was lucky enough to be able to put their name on a […]
On Thursday we learned an extension of the current equalization formula was passed on June 6, 2018. Why were we surprised to learn this? Because none of the Conservatives who voted against the amendment mentioned it even though they (mostly) showed up to vote on it. No, we learned this […]
Trinity Western University is a private institution in Langley, B.C. that provides a “whole person, Christ-centred approach to education”. Their mission statement clearly defines their goals as both a learning institution and the role they expect their students to fulfill in society: “As an arm of the Church, to […]
After a protest held up the 2018 Edmonton Pride Parade for a half hour last weekend, the Edmonton Pride Festival Society released a statement announcing it would not invite members of the Edmonton Police Service and Canadian Military to march in next year’s parade “until the community feels that they have taken […]
Only four months ago, partisans from all parties were hoping Derek Fildebrandt would just fade away. Many wrote off his ability to reclaim his former glory after diving headfirst into what appeared to be the largest pile of self-manufactured manure in Alberta politics. Fildebrandt, however, seems born for […]
When Trudeau announced the federal government would be purchasing Trans Mountain, few were shocked. After all, Notley had said the provincial government would consider investing after Kinder Morgan ceased non-essential spending back in April. Conservatives are saying there is no reason to celebrate because private investment was chased […]
