Guest post by John Ashton An awful lot of New Democrats are asking if the Tory tomfoolery with Wildrose MLAs should cause the Alberta NDP faithful to be filled with horrific anxiety or gleeful, shameful, joy. The answer, as is so often the case, is neither. Click here to read more on AlbertaPolitics.ca.
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Guest post: Alberta’s NDP can make the Wildrose collapse work for them, but it’ll be hard work
PHOTO: Alberta NDP supporters. Does their party have a future? Guest poster John Ashton, a former NDP caucus staffer, says it does – if supporters are willing to work hard. Below: Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley, author John Ashton and Progressive Conservative Premier Jim Prentice. I’m not sure I’m as optimistic as former NDP caucus […]
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Notice to my loyal readers: Those problems with the new site: we’re working on them …
Typical bloggers, waiting for their web hosting service to let them be free to post. Thanks to all of you who have asked if the new site at AlbertaPolitics.ca has been hacked or wondered what is going on. It’s not a hack, it’s a fairly typical problem with a hosting service that does not adapt […]
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This is the last post on Alberta Diary, sort of: Welcome to AlbertaPolitics.ca
Your blogger with Alberta Premier Jim Prentice. Your blogger with another Alberta premier, whose name escapes him at the moment, and with a former Alberta opposition leader. Maybe it’s evidence of the “seven year itch”? Leastways, it was seven years ago on Dec. 31, 2007, that I started this blog, promising commentary on politics, baseball […]
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An important message for the readers of Alberta Diary – welcome to AlbertaPolitics.ca
PHOTOS: Your blogger with Alberta Premier Jim Prentice. Below: Your blogger with another Alberta premier, whose name escapes him at the moment, and with a former Alberta opposition leader. Maybe it’s evidence of the “seven year itch”? Leastways, it was seven years ago on Dec. 31, 2007, that I started my blog, promising commentary on politics, […]
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Alberta, I give you Alison Redford, Person of the Year for 2014!
PHOTOS: Former premier Alison Redford at the moment of her leadership campaign victory in 2011. Below: Former opposition leader Danielle Smith in a typical campaign pose last summer. Back in the mists of time, or rather, Time, there used to be a regular December feature called “Man of the Year.” That was amended to “Person […]
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The PM’s Christmas Message reimagined: What are Canadians willing to do about our most dangerous Arctic enemy?
The so-called Santa Claus, a militant socialist leader who poses a serious threat to Canada’s national security, lights up a cheap Russian cigarette and relaxes after persuading a group of Canadian children unschooled in Austrian economics to give up the benefits of the free market for socialist dependency on government handouts. Below: the sinister “Øverste […]
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Enough with the fantasy Wildrose was Alberta’s best opposition, already! It’s baloney!
And then there were five: The Wildrose caucus back before it experienced civil war, desertions and mass defections, including that of its leader, the woman in red above. Below: former NDP leader Brian Mason and current Leader Rachel Notley; effective Liberal MLAs David Swann and Hugh Macdonald. One of the more irritating byproducts of mass […]
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Jim Prentice revealed as Hayek ‘disciple’; Heather Forsyth to lead Wildrose rump; Preston Manning says he’s sorry … and more!
A crowd of typical Albertans reacts to the news Danielle Smith and most of her caucus have gone and joined Premier Jim Prentice’s PCs. Below: Mr. Prentice; neoliberal saint Friedrich Hayek; Preston Manning, who is really, really sorry he didn’t counsel a vote or something; interim Wildrose Leader Heather Forsyth; and new Tory MLA Gary […]
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Never mind the Mudville Nine: Nothing has changed, nothing ever will, that is all!
“Your health. Our promise.” It’s March 1, 2013, and then-premier Alison Redford announces plans to build a new cancer treatment facility in Calgary to replace the grubby and overcrowded Tom Baker Cancer Centre. (Photo grabbed from Metro Newspapers.) But that was then. This is now. Below: Alberta Health Minister Stephen Mandel; the Tom Baker facility […]
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Blogger Brian Mason explains why Jim Prentice, ‘Alberta’s first Wildrose premier,’ is preparing to call a snap election
Former NDP leader Brian Mason in a couple of typical poses, above and below. I’ll bet you didn’t know he was a terrific political blogger too! Jim Prentice is Alberta’s first Wildrose premier and he will soon call a snap election to ensure he can push forward a Wildrose program of using temporarily low oil […]
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A look back to 2010: Cuba loves Chevrolets and GM needs sales – what’s wrong with this picture?
An ancient Jeep, probably with a transplanted Lada engine, drops passengers at Revolution Square four years ago in Havana. With Uber starting up, we finally have the same service here in Edmonton! The sign says: “51 years of struggle and victories.” Below: an old Chevrolet still in service on a Havana street, and scenes of […]