“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 […]
What an interesting week for Alberta politics (let’s be real, every week in Alberta politics is interesting.) And an awful week for the United Conservative Party. First the excitement started when unsurprisingly the UCP was declined the ability to participate in the Edmonton Pride Parade. To anyone with […]
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 […]
An ongoing concern in Alberta for some time, particularly since the economic crash of 2014, has been rural crime. Those who live outside urban areas are faced with little options when rural police forces are overstretched and slow to respond, and with property crimes on the rise, the […]
For the past two and a half years I have dedicated myself to serving my province and my political party, with an eventual goal of running for election as an MLA. During this time, I have had the great pleasure of connecting with various members of our party […]
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 […]