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 […]
The reviews became mixed on the Alberta Party’s convention after the Edmonton Journal’s Keith Gerien offered a critical, but well-founded, review of the policies brought forward for debate. He was right; there was little to get excited about in the policies. The Alberta Party supports stability in fiscal […]
It started with a message, letting me know I was missing a lot of information in Episode 3: The Way We Were in my interview with Ronda Klemmensen. I knew that, of course, it was only one person’s story, but I wanted to know more. The messenger gave […]
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 […]
Another Wildroser bit the dust on the weekend. Rick Strankman, UCP MLA for Drumheller – Stettler lost his bid for a candidate nomination in the riding he’s held since 2012. Strankman is the first sitting MLA to be defeated in a nomination contest and only the fifth legacy […]
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 […]
Coincidence is an interesting concept. Most people are willing to consider two incidents a coincidence. Three begins to feel uncomfortable. By the time the tally reaches five no one is calling it a coincidence. So why are so many UCP nomination candidates being outed as “racists”? Other than […]
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, […]