Call it what you will: partisanship, identity politics, party loyalty, tribalism – it’s not new but it does seem to be exacerbated of late. While some people are fighting to get rid of “labels” others are grasping onto theirs for dear life. In a way it makes sense; […]
This week in Alberta politics was an eyeopener; for all the wrong reasons. The topic of “differing viewpoints” began earlier this week when LGBTory Alberta director Harrison Fleming defended the United Conservative Party’s willingness to make room in their party for those who believe LGBT+ humans will be […]
“UCP Pride”. It’s kind of like LGBTQ2 Pride except for Conservatives who don’t want to actually attend Pride. The safe space for Calgary area Conservatives will likely be set up a few blocks away from Pride festivities, similar to the event held during Pride in Edmonton in June. And […]
In 2015 Alberta voters rejected the PC Party under the late Premier Jim Prentice. After a campaign that saw a number of missteps including saying Albertans might want to look in the mirror, Albertans turned to the NDP. Albertans are proud, hard-working, innovative, and entrepreneurial. But when times are […]
United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney took Monday off after a United Conservative public relations disaster on the weekend. First, Prab Gill, MLA for Calgary-Greenway, announced he would step down as the caucus whip pending the investigation into ballot stuffing on Thursday. Then he resigned from the caucus on […]
Another addition to the seemingly never-ending saga of the UCP nomination races came on Saturday when apparent front-runner S. Todd Beasley in Brooks-Medicine Hat either was asked to withdraw or resigned over “inappropriate posts” he “makes no apologies for“. According to a recent Facebook post by Darryl Kropielnicki, […]
The UCP candidate for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake assisted Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016 but apparently is not willing to comment on it now. Whether it is due to Trump’s attack on free trade, his disdain for Canada’s supply management policies that are overprotective of Canada’s dairy industry, or perhaps […]
A former PC candidate once said that the most difficult thing to get from the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta was a nomination. Nominations were coveted golden tickets to employment if one was lucky enough to be able to put their name on a blue sign. The shade […]