Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean Political capital is the leeway Parties or Party leaders get from voters when they do something their supporters might not agree with. If they’ve done a good job, overall, voters forgive some transgressions. Federally, we saw it when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bought a pipeline. It […]
As many have pointed out over the past week since the United Conservative Party introduced Bill 207, the Bill to strengthen conscience rights for healthcare professionals, these “rights” already exist within the oversight organizations that govern the profession. As it should. We should not, as a society, refuse […]
People who have evidence that someone has undertaken an UnAlbertan Activity are being encouraged to visit AlbertaInquiry.ca and give details of their activities.
It’s not as catchy as the “Barbaric Cultural Practices Hotline” but it’s just as edgy and the UCP wants YOU to share your personal anecdotes, conjecture and conspiracy theories; after all, what, seriously, are we paying $2 million dollars for? Bradford Stoll, spokesperson for the Diligent Use of […]
Canada has a strong, independent judiciary that is the model for many democracies around the world.
It would appear that Albertans have finally made a decision about whether they want cuts to services or higher taxes in the pursuit of a balanced budget.
In the final week before school starts, it wouldn’t be surprising to find out that few people were paying attention to Alberta’s fiscal update. Personally, I had to link up during back-to-school shopping and feverish updates of my bank account balance while standing in the check out lines. […]
Deirdre gets emotional as we talk about conversion therapy and the movement to ban it.
Conservative Billionaire and financier David Koch became the first casualty of Alberta’s Energy War Room after the two Koch brothers announced they were pulling all of their investments in Alberta’s oilpatch. “We mean business,” said Energy War Minister Sonya Savage from Edmonton, who gave the kill order after […]