After the shitshow that UCP nomination races were last year, I wanted the NDP to hold back on the election. I was not the first. After allegations of a “kamikaze candidate” surfaced last December, more and more people are suggesting the same. Even though the Elections Commissioner has […]
It was a classic love story; the search for the soul mate played out by Alberta seeking the Trans Mountain Expansion approval. And then, against all odds, or so the story goes, a match was made. At the end of February, the National Energy Board (NEB) approved Trans […]
Former cabinet minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sheila Copps has stepped into the limelight in a big way the past week, coming out of the shadows of retirement to defend the current Prime Minister against the scandal swirling around him and his inner circle that was set off […]
Federal Court of Canada strikes down SNC-Lavalin’s request to review prosecutor’s decision to proceed with charges https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-judge-strikes-down-sncs-request-to-review-prosecutors-decision-to/
The NDP has officially adopted the UCP’s approach to balancing the budget; painful cuts. Yesterday’s 3rd Quarter update by Finance Minister Joe Ceci was likely his last, but also the document upon which the NDP government (unless they extend the election to 2020, as I’ve suggested) will run its […]
Everyone has a motivation for doing anything; she is neither the first nor last. At the end of the day, political parties have a motivation as well. The government has a responsibility to work on its own priorities.
Prime Minister Trudeau is on the ropes and it’s unlikely his leadership can survive today’s bombshell testimony by former Auditor General and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. Even worse than having a leader that is unethical, is having one that is delusional. The first five minutes of Wilson-Raybould’s testimony […]
The NDP government needs to make rapid and meaningful changes to their approach to oil curtailment and managing the oil price differential, or they run the risk of doing further damage to our energy sector. I was part of the Alberta Party team that first called for curtailment […]
There’s clearly a sense of urgency to get an election out of the way prior to the Election Commissioner and the RCMP having the chance to pull these strings fully.
