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Nate Horner publishes perennial Alberta poverty plea, warns of ‘tough choices’

The poor little rich kid of Confederation is pleading poverty again. But take note, it’s not Alberta’s fault! (It’s never Alberta’s fault.) In an announcement yesterday that the next Alberta Budget will drop on Feb. 26, Finance Minister Nate Horner trotted out several traditional Alberta excuses about why we’re going to have to make some…

by David Climenhaga February 3, 2026February 4, 2026

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Nate Horner publishes perennial Alberta poverty plea, warns of ‘tough choices’

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Pierre Poilievre set out to channel Mark Carney in Calgary speech, partly succeeding

Alberta separatists’ Washington junket – some dare call it treason, including B.C. Premier David Eby

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Letting Pierre Poilievre re-up as federal leader at this fraught moment seems like a Conservative political suicide pact

Naheed Nenshi challenges UCP MLAs to sign a pledge to Canada and make their opposition to separatism clear

Timing of Trump regime’s deadly occupation of Minneapolis probably isn’t ideal for Alberta’s separatists

Alberta Politics

Naheed Nenshi’s response to Alberta separatists is still too nice, too nuanced, and too naïve

List describes two weeks of needless deaths and near misses in Alberta ER hallway and waiting room ‘death zones’

Notwithstanding the Emergencies Act ruling by the Federal Court of Appeal, the matter should still be settled before the Supreme Court

Matt Jones, one of the UCP’s Gang of Four health ministers, actually admits there’s a capacity problem in Alberta’s hospitals!

CEO of new medical bureaucracy promises ‘province-wide response’ to Alberta’s messed up ERs

Alberta has four health ministers, and there’s not been a chirp from any of them about the mess in the province’s Emergency Rooms

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