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Nobody expected UCP Finance Minister Nate Horner to deliver an NDP budget, but yesterday he did!

Surely nobody expected Finance Minister Nate Horner to stand up in the Alberta Legislature yesterday and table an NDP budget. But that’s pretty much what he did. In the leadup to the 2026 Budget Speech, Mr. Horner made lots of noises about hard choices, tough times, and how Albertans don’t back down from challenges. “In…

by David Climenhaga February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

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by David Climenhaga February 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Nobody expected UCP Finance Minister Nate Horner to deliver an NDP budget, but yesterday he did!

Get ready for the ‘Blame-it-all-on Trudeau Budget’ – don’t expect many other surprises either

UCP: We’re making a historic investment in finding doctors! Physicians: Say what? First we heard about it!

Once more unto the breach with Rakhi Pancholi – the NDP’s deputy leader eviscerates Danielle Smith’s claims

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Danielle Smith announces a raft of referenda, seemingly designed to advance the UCP’s separatist agenda

Alberta Conservatives fume as Edmonton MP Matt Jeneroux jumps ship for the Liberals

Ric McIver states unequivocally he is not a supporter of Alberta separatism

Alberta Politics

The new country Alberta’s separatist minority is dreaming of would never be a real democracy

Whatever became of those ‘triage liaison’ docs who were supposed to ease the crisis in Alberta’s big-city Emergency Rooms?

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