Tag: United Conservative Party

When the Blue Sign Is a Golden Ticket

By Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean on July 5, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

A former PC candidate once said that the most difficult thing to get from the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta was a nomination. Nominations were coveted golden tickets to a guaranteed electoral victory if only one was lucky enough to be able to put their name on a […]

Politics of Party Affiliation

By Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean on July 3, 2017

In the last week there has been a lot to talk about on the political front and very little of it provided optimism for Alberta. In BC, MLA Christy Clark, who approved the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, lost her bid to form government and the NDP’s MLA John Horgan was named Premier designate on […]