Ignore Albertans at Your Peril
It would appear that Albertans have finally made a decision about whether they want cuts to services or higher taxes in the pursuit of a balanced budget.
Alberta Votes 2019 Day 10 #ableg #abpoli #abvote
Thursday March 28, 2019 News The United Conservative Party issued a statement that the RCMP was investigating potential voter fraud in the 2017 leadership race. When asked whether the investigation involved him personally, Jason Kenney impatiently replied; “you’d have to ask the RCMP.” I’m most certain they will […]
Alberta Votes 2019 Day 4 #ableg #abvote #abpoli
Friday March 22, 2019 Interesting opinions: Danielle Smith tries straight talk: Albertans want the spending without the bill. While we have many choices in most ridings, she says the NDs are offering to spend like Lougheed, the UCP is willing to cut like Klein, and Albertans don’t want […]
Campaign 2019: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up?
Duane Bratt, a political science Professor and Chair in the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University, wrote a fantastic article about how political parties can, and do, capitalize on voter anger. In 2015, Alberta voters were angry. They saw the backroom politics, political […]
Politics of Party Affiliation
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 […]
Fight for the Centre
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. […]
AB Liberals: A Leadership Race Announcement
At 7:15 am on Wednesday morning, the 5th of April, I received a forwarded message inviting me to a get-together on the 6th at Aloft in Calgary where Kerry Cundal was going to make an announcement. For the past week and a half, the upcoming leadership race has […]
