Jason Kenney and the UCP have been pushing the idea that choice in education and healthcare will lead to lower costs and better outcomes. But is it true? First up, in this piece I’m going to be taking a look at education. There are two key pieces that […]
From the day Kenney entered Alberta’s political arena in 2016 until election day in 2019, the UCP told Alberta their enemy was the NDP – in 2023, they may decide the enemy is our children.
Alberta’s United Conservatives have announced an audacious plan to address classroom crowding. (See Premier, we have thesauruses too!) The plan will see the walls removed from all classrooms in what were formerly known as public schools. “By eliminating literal barriers, we will remove the metaphorical barriers created by […]
The United Conservative government of Alberta has been following through on their promises to make Alberta a more friendly place to do business. Alberta is now the home of the lowest corporate tax rates in Canada, and the government has just announced a generous plan to allow property […]
Your Honour, I know I don’t need to tell you the important role you’ve played in our province’s governance and social richness. I’ve witnessed your passion for our community and some of its most vulnerable people through your philanthropy and time. Unfortunately our new government has passed Bill […]
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney sent out a hearty congratulations from his Village People convention appearance in Calgary to his lemmings Caucus in Edmonton on the occasion of “really, legislatively fucking up those little queers in junior high.” The trained seals Caucus were busy having what looked like a pool party […]
Mere weeks into their mandate as the Alberta Government, the UCP is showing an alarming contempt for democratic debate and the role of the opposition. Twice in the first month of the new Legislature, the government has leveraged time allocation and procedural closures to limit debate on their […]
My continual thanks to Cory Morgan for that quote; after seeing some of the cabinet picks, I truly hope it ages well. On a positive note, the bar is so low, Alberta’s new government can’t help but surpass my expectations, logically, and that makes me hopeful. Kenney announced […]
Alberta’s Official Opposition lost its collective mind on the weekend after it was announced environmentalist Tzeporah Berman will be a keynote speaker at the Alberta Teacher’s Association Conference in October. Albertans would likely remember Ms. Berman as the controversial figure brought onto the Alberta Oil Sands Advisory Group […]
