Dear Dad(s)
Dear Dad, I know you’ve tried really hard since I was outed when I was 21 to be a good dad. I know you forget or don’t realize much of the trauma you caused me as a kid. I know we can’t go back and change the way […]
What a GSA would have meant for me growing up
This story is painful and difficult to write. It’s the first time most of the world will hear the words that I’m about to write, including my longest-term friends, siblings, and parents. Growing up I knew from a very young age that I was gay. It’s actually my […]
Political RnD Podcast Ep3 – Alberta Election Week 1 – Winners & Losers
Alberta’s New Carbon Tax Lie #abvote #abpoli
The Alberta government, under the NDP, brought in a carbon tax in 2017 as part of their Climate Leadership Plan. Certainly folks can hardly forget the pictures of MLAs filling up their tanks while holiday travel prices were still in effect. For the remainder of the year, gas […]
Political RnD Podcast Ep2 – Kamikaze? Kenneykaze? KamiKenney?
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Political RnD Podcast – Intro and Pre-election Rumours & Rumbles
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NDP tries to out-UCP the UCP with painful spending cuts projected
The NDP has officially adopted the UCP’s approach to balancing the budget; painful cuts. Yesterday’s 3rd Quarter update by Finance Minister Joe Ceci was likely his last, but also the document upon which the NDP government (unless they extend the election to 2020, as I’ve suggested) will run its […]
A Made in Alberta mess brewing
The NDP government needs to make rapid and meaningful changes to their approach to oil curtailment and managing the oil price differential, or they run the risk of doing further damage to our energy sector. I was part of the Alberta Party team that first called for curtailment […]
Pulling the strings on the UCP’s frantic calls for an election
There’s clearly a sense of urgency to get an election out of the way prior to the Election Commissioner and the RCMP having the chance to pull these strings fully.
