Never again can any Alberta government assume its election will be guaranteed simply because it has the word “conservative” in its name.
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Rachel Notley, who made history as Alberta’s first NDP premier, announces she will step down as Opposition leader
Rachel Notley, who has been NDP leader for a decade and was premier from 2015 until 2019, can be expected to maintain firm control of the party through to the end of the leadership race.
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That was the weekend that was: -38, grid on the brink, UCP flooding the zone, NDP all but struck dumb, and more
As you can see, Dear Readers, sometimes it’s hard to know where to start amidst the gong show that is Alberta political discourse these days.
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Online speculation about cold-weather electricity crunch highlights the UCP’s lack of credibility
The Alberta Electric System Operator issued an alert yesterday pleading with Albertans “to immediately limit their electricity use to essential needs only.”
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UCP minister tells Edmonton mayor he can forget about seeing anyone from the province at a summit on homelessness
Albertans are quite familiar with the concept of political stunts – and spending $80 to $100 million on substandard Turkish children’s medicine just to own the Libs fits the definition nicely.
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Edmonton mayor to ask city councillors to declare housing and homelessness emergency on Monday, ruffling UCP feathers
Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government was clearly not happy with this development and published a statement criticizing the mayor.
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A potentially deadly ‘Tylenot’ gong show: Can Alberta’s UCP government be trusted to do anything right?
Here’s a suggestion for Alberta’s government: Get rid of it all right now. Nobody wants the stuff and it’s just taking up space that could be used for something else.
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Judge upholds Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s $6,000 fine but the organization’s dubious credibility will likely survive
The CTF needn’t have worried. At this point, the possibility a mere $6,000 fine would deliver a fatal blow to its dubious credibility seems quaint.
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Expect more chaos in health care, already overwhelmed and at the brink, as AHS ‘senior leaders’ get orders to cut costs
Forget about blaming health care workers for sick time and overtime. The UCP Government, which has concentrated all control of public health care in the premier’s and health minister’s offices, own this.
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As temperatures drop, police and city crews continue rousts of homeless encampments, government pitches winter camping
More than 3,300 people and organizations have now signed a letter urging Edmonton City Council to intervene to seek a moratorium on the rousts of homeless encampments.
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Engaged citizens need to take it seriously when UCP leaders start talking about mass purges in health care and education
It seems likely that the UCP has been inspired by former U.S. president Donald Trump’s vow that if he returns to office he will quickly purge as many as 50,000 U.S. federal public employees.
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He’s baaaack! Jason Kenney on Donald Trump – and maybe Danielle Smith and Take Back Alberta, too
So, you see Dear Readers, it turns out all Alberta’s pandemic problems were the fault of the single-payer medicare system, the media, the Opposition, and two or three reckless evangelical pastors!