Earlier today a video was being passed around from YouTube. It had no picture but purported to be Wendy Adam speaking with someone from the Highwood area about Jeff Callaway’s leadership bid for the United Conservative Party. I listened to it right before dinner and then went back […]
Last Saturday, John Carpay, a United Conservative member who has been called a “close personal friend” of Jason Kenney’s, gave a speech at a Rebel Live event in Calgary. The Rebel is an independent media organization much like Alex Jones’ InfoWars in the U.S.. It speaks specifically to […]
In a recent statement disavowing a former employee’s white supremacist ties, Jason Kenney reiterated his stellar record on immigration issues which, as some pointed out, isn’t really all that stellar. Kenney, who many believe is using Alberta as a springboard back into federal politics, has much more to […]
The Alberta New Democrat convention was held in Edmonton last weekend and with it, the outline of their campaign for 2019. If I have been impressed with Conservative messaging in the past, and I have, the Alberta NDP look as though they are about to embark on a […]
A leaked document that was sent to me late last week revealed a request for an investigation into a United Conservative Party nomination candidate for Calgary-Mountainview. The document is addressed to UCP President Janice Harrington and requests an investigation into the residency history of Ms. Caylan Ford. According […]
Jason Kenney held an anti-Carbon tax rally in Calgary on Friday with his “good friend” Doug Ford. As always, I’m impressed with the narratives that politicians create and I reached out to Dr. Michael Lukas from the University of Victoria to talk about how political rhetoric is used […]
We saw it in Alberta in 2017: conservative slates for city counsel and school board trustees. Word on the street was there were offers of voter lists and campaign teams, a small stipend of a thousand dollars and all they had to do was pledge their allegiance to […]
Under the Progressive Conservative Government, a fantastic document existed on the Treasury and Finance website which detailed the socio-economic demographics for every riding in Alberta. The NDP has recently released the updated version based on the 2016 census and it is enlightening. The numbers are based on 2015 […]
Albertans were awed when the miracle on the prairies apparently followed an Alberta politician clear across the world. Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation with the Government of India announced he met with an unknown Minister who, […]