Alberta Votes 2019 Day 4 #ableg #abvote #abpoli
Friday March 22, 2019 Interesting opinions: Danielle Smith tries straight talk: Albertans want the spending without the bill. While we have many choices in most ridings, she says the NDs are offering to spend like Lougheed, the UCP is willing to cut like Klein, and Albertans don’t want […]
Campaign Season (Officially) Opens #ableg #abpoli #abvote2019 #abvote
28 days. That’s how long the election campaign is in Alberta and we will go to the polls on April 16, 2019. Rachel Notley gave a speech in Calgary on Tuesday morning and Jason Kenney headed to Leduc to give his speech in the early afternoon. After scandalous […]
Political RnD Podcast Ep2 – Kamikaze? Kenneykaze? KamiKenney?
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Political RnD Podcast – Intro and Pre-election Rumours & Rumbles
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Why Accusations of Voter Fraud in the UCP Leadership Race are a Really Big Deal #ableg #abpoli
After the shitshow that UCP nomination races were last year, I wanted the NDP to hold back on the election. I was not the first. After allegations of a “kamikaze candidate” surfaced last December, more and more people are suggesting the same. Even though the Elections Commissioner has […]
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.