Alberta Conservatives are holding strong – sort of
“I think there’s a death of conservative parties because the parties just aren’t principled anymore,” Nicholas said.
Was Callaway the Only Kamikaze Candidate in UCP Leadership Race? #ableg #abpoli
As we have seen this weekend, Jeff Callaway was not only a kamikaze candidate (a person who had was not campaigning to win), but whose campaign was directed by staff from Jason Kenney’s leadership campaign. Email documentation and testimony from former co-campaign manager Cameron Davies showed there was […]
Strankman Down, Johnson Out in Weekend Fury of Wild UCP #ableg #abpoli
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 […]
Politics of Party Affiliation
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 […]
Alberta Together: The Beginning
This week I was fortunate enough to attend not one but two meetings about unity. First up was Derek Fildebrandt’s Unity Town Hall on Thursday which I tweeted live as best as I was able. In a room of about 80 people, Derek’s speech fell flat on the crowd. I’ve seen him a couple […]
Fight for the Centre
In the past week some Alberta Liberal Party members were able to vote for their choice of Liberal Party leader. I say “some” because there were a number of disqualified voters. In the end, 77% of registered party members (Almost 1700) voted. It was probably a tough choice. […]
UCP: A Golden Opportunity
The backroom deal-making that wasn’t supposed to happen with a Wildrose PC merger seems to be exactly what was needed to bring the parties into agreement. Kenney had been persona non grata after the Gay-Straight Alliance media backlash in March but resurfaced in BC stumping for the Liberal party in April. […]
Wildrose: Whose Side are they Really On?
On March 29, 2017, someone from Whitecap Resources in Calgary provided a letter they’d received from Brad Wall to the Canadian Press. That letter was an advertisement of what benefits would be awaiting Whitecap Resources should they decide to pack up their Calgary operations and relocate to Saskatchewan. While some […]
Sewer Rats. Really.
Monday’s Question Period in the Legislature yielded a surprising statement from the Deputy Premier, Sarah Hoffman, that sparked an immediate backlash and gave rise to a number of interpretations from across the political spectrum. I had some initial misgivings about searching both “youtube” and “sewer rats” but I […]
