“Big tent” conservatism is a lie
Groups like RightNow – including Real Women Canada and Campaign Life Coalition – would like the rest of us to believe that the CPC is a mainstream political organization that will represent all Canadians.
UCP plans to beg, borrow, and spend through low oil prices
At what point does an Alberta government look at the fact that “other taxes” provide higher revenues than resource royalties and say “we can’t count on this anymore”?
Teck bows out of Frontier project
While Kenney may have seen that solely as a threat to the federal government, Teck couldn’t have relished the possibility of becoming the poster company for breaking up Canada.
TAYLOR: Can Rural Alberta be Flipped?
If watching communities continue to shrink, facing increased tax bills and having less medical services available won’t change the vote of a rural Albertan, what will?
Suncor still trying to lead Alberta in uphill battle
Suncor CEO Mark Little’s vision seems to be in line with what people are saying, at least in Alberta.
Decarie’s position is strategic communications for CPC
Ideological purity is noble, in theory, but it doesn’t win elections.
Jean Charest won’t run for CPC leadership
Only a week after sources said Stephen Harper would oppose Charest’s run, the former federal Progressive Conservative MP, and Liberal Premier of Quebec has issued a public statement. Charest wrote that many had made “insistent calls” on him to put his name forward, and he spent time thinking […]
Premier’s Approval Rating Drops
Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean Kenney’s approval rating went from top three to bottom three in less than a year. The Edmonton Journal commissioned a poll of Premier approval ratings and the results show Alberta’s Premier has moved from among the top three earlier this year to leading the bottom three […]
It’s a hard knock life, Alberta, but it doesn’t have to be
Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean It’s politically advantageous to set the narrative but the reality is not so forgiving. After Moody’s Investor Services downgraded Alberta’s credit rating for the seventh time in five years, and this recent downgrade under a Conservative government no less, Premier Jason Kenney came out swinging. “The […]
