Jason Kenney has stepped into the GSA controversy in Alberta again, and is predictably facing another backlash. He just doesn’t seem to be able to restrain himself when it comes to his desire to out kids. This is a deeply personal matter for me as a member of […]
The surrogates of Jason Kenney’s leadership campaign have started to demonstrate some deeply disturbing behaviours that border on authoritarian, and should generate grave concern among Alberta’s general populace. The inability of his supporters, particularly his communications staff, to deal with any sort of criticism or dissent has lead […]
Ya know what I’d rather see than a vote on photo radar? Evidence that photo radar is being used in places where there’s high incidents of speed related accidents. 6 overpasses on the Henday aren’t the problem. Intersections on long stretches without lights are. I’d also like to […]
On Saturday July 22, 2017, some 20,000 people voted to merge the Wildrose and former Progressive Conservative parties. I’d love to believe 40,000 people voted but significant results like 95%, for both parties, is statistically improbable. Be that as it may, I doubt there will be much complaint […]
In the last week there has been a lot to talk about on the political front and very little of it provided optimism for Alberta. In BC, MLA Christy Clark, who approved the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, lost her bid to form government and the NDP’s MLA John Horgan was named Premier designate on […]
This week I was fortunate enough to attend not one but two meetings about unity. First up was Derek Fildebrandt’s Unity Town Hall on Thursday which I tweeted live as best as I was able. In a room of about 80 people, Derek’s speech fell flat on the crowd. I’ve seen him a couple […]
It feels like “hurry up and wait”. On the left we have the governing NDP making good use of their time and stature holding meet and greets. We have the Alberta Liberal Party’s new leader David Khan who has begun an “87 constituency tour“, Jason Kenney on a similar path to garner […]
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. […]
