We have seen other parties and the media call them “bozo eruptions” but the United Conservative Party isn’t a “new” Party. They aren’t run by political novices with no funding either. And they aren’t having “bozo eruptions”. Fintan O’Toole wrote a fantastic piece for the Irish Times in […]
Calgary folk were shocked to discover an environmental organization had infiltrated its completely Conservative agricultural mecca in August. ALUS Canada, a “community-developed and farmer-delivered” program which “sustains agriculture, wildlife and natural spaces for all Canadians, one acre at a time”, claims to help “farmers produce valuable ecological services […]
Jason Kenney said hasta la vista to August on a high note but was tripped up when a real celebratory opportunity presented itself. Riding on the coattails of Alberta’s disappointment with a court ruling that halted construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline, the stars continued to align with […]
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but not their own facts. ~ Daniel Patrick Moynihan It would be nice to say this is just a weekly theme but it’s become increasingly important. Quotes about lying politicians are centuries old but in the age of social media, those […]
A near plethora a of bad news was oozing from the Postmedia network this week. The “job killing minimum wage increase” displayed decreasing job numbers that were similar to those in Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg where minimum wage is not increasing (but not Ontario where minimum wage increased). That […]
Maxime Bernier, Conservative Member of Parliament for Beauce – Quebec, sparked a conversation that is having an interesting effect on Conservatives and non-Conservatives alike. Some were quick to denounce his Twitter thread as racist, intolerant and divisive. Others found the topic worth exploring. 1/ Trudeau keeps pushing his […]
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; […]
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 […]
Recent outrage over the extension of the federal equalization formula through 2024 is a bit disingenuous. Without getting too technical, here’s a brief primer on equalization; Basically, the federal government collects payroll and business taxes from everyone across Canada, at the same rates. This largely funds the operations […]