Usually the UCP and similar Conservative parties look south to the United States for their undemocratic ideas, but this one actually seems to have its inspiration in Canadian history!
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Hot take: If you were hoping for sanity in Alberta after yesterday’s election, you can forget about it
It will be very difficult for the United Conservative Party not to fracture into bitter intramural fighting. It will be almost as hard for the NDP to have the frank discussion it needs about its failed strategy.
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No predictions today, but the stakes are high, maybe existential, so just go vote!
One of the dirty little secrets of Canadian politics at the end of the beginning of the 21st Century is that a lot of political professionals have come to recognize the awesome power of fear. And nothing instills fear like a really bad example. And that is why, contrary to the unenthusiastic little lie Stephen […]
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Alberta’s economy has lagged the rest of Canada under the UCP, well-known economist’s study concludes
Alberta Conservatives don’t deserve to get a pass on their management of the economy, which hasn’t been very good. Albertans have an opportunity to do something about that tomorrow.
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Jason Kenney’s novel Hyperlink Defence in defamation suit fails to impress Court of King’s Bench judge
It’s probably not very helpful to the United Conservative Party effort to hang onto power by its fingernails that party founder and former premier Jason Kenney found himself back in the news yesterday, his effort to mount a novel Hyperlink Defence against a defamation lawsuit by five environmental organizations as much of a flop as […]
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No Revelations, just allegations, as Artur Pawlowski brings his circus to the steps of the Legislature
“Danielle Smith has given him a platform, and this is only the beginning. If Danielle Smith is elected Premier—this is what the next four years looks like.” — NDP Leader Rachel Notley
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What’s driving Brian Jean, whose enthusiasm for politics waxes and wanes? Just Monday’s election, or something more?
If by some unexpected turn of fate, the UCP happened to be looking for a new leader soon, Brian Jean would be right there, thinking, Third time’s the charm!
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Copy editors checking facts? That’s thing of the past at Postmedia, apparently, as election column illustrates
This may surprise some readers, but back in the early 1970s, when your blogger was a callow youth working as a cub reporter for the Calgary Herald, newspapers did their own fact checking! This important task was done by a special category of editorial employee known as a “copy editor.” Some younger readers of this […]
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Pensions don’t seem to be much of an issue in this election – pension governance expert says they should be
How would the CPP and an Alberta pension plan stack up?
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Notley tells throng of supporters of NDP plan to invest $1.8 billion in Edmonton over three years
The Citadel Theatre was the site of one of the NDP’s largest and most enthusiastic rallies in the lead-up to the 2015 election –so maybe the venue has a lucky vibe for Rachel Notley and her election team.
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Alberta premier’s worst moment in last night’s leaders’ debate happened before the opening bell rang
Alberta Ethics Commissioner Marguerite Trussler’s report was damning, finding Alberta Premier Danielle Smith contravened the Conflicts of Interest Act and intended to influence a decision of the Crown.
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Two new polls Wednesday say UCP and NDP are close to ‘statistical dead heat,’ province-wide and in Calgary
The UCP is counting on it that so many outrageous things have leaked out about their leader and her candidates that the party is now Lake-of-Fireproof.