CORRECTION: Well, I stand corrected! It turns out Nathan Cooper will be a diplomat, complete with a diplomatic plate and a nice red diplomatic passport to boot. The thing to remember, though, is that Mr. Cooper’s diplomatic credentials will be issued by the Government of Canada, which is mighty nice of them under the circumstances, […]
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Danielle Smith explains why, as a strong believer in Canada, she’ll do whatever she can to help Alberta’s separatists
RED DEER – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith called a news conference yesterday to tell the impertinent journalists who showed up why, as a strong believer in Canadian Confederation, she intends to do whatever she can to ensure her province’s loony separatists get to have a secession referendum as soon as possible. A link is provided, […]
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Danielle Smith tries in ‘Alberta Next’ video address to bluff her way out of a bad hand she dealt herself
After dealing herself a weak hand by making assumptions that turned out to be disastrously wrong, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sat down for her weirdly timed mid-afternoon video address to the province yesterday and tried to bluff her way out of a predicament of her own creation. If only Pierre Poilievre and his MAGA Conservatives […]
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Remembering the Orange Wave: Today marks the 10th anniversary of the election of the NDP in Alberta
Good morning! Today marks the 10th anniversary of the election of an NDP government in Alberta in an Orange Wave that came as a surprise to many and a shock to some – arguably including most of the leadership of the NDP. The election of a majority New Democratic Government was not expected at the […]
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Naheed Nenshi, relaxed and confident, rips into Danielle Smith’s flirtation with Alberta separatism
Looking relaxed and confident, Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi ripped into Premier Danielle Smith’s flirtation with separatism yesterday at the Opposition party’s annual convention. “Alberta’s New Democrats will always, always, always stand with the millions and millions of Canadians who believe in a stronger, more unified country,” he told the more than 1,000 party members […]
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Mark Carney shows grace and calculation with decision to call quick by-election for Pierre Poilievre
Prime Minister Mark Carney showed both grace and calculation in his decision to call a by-election as soon as possible so that Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, deprived of his seat in the House of Commons by the unexpected good sense of voters in his former Carleton riding, can remain leader of the Opposition and a […]
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Danielle Smith tries to turn up the heat on Ottawa while MAGA Canada suffers mass psychotic breakdown on X
Unsure whom to blame for Monday’s federal election loss by Pierre Poilievre and his Trumpified Conservative Party of Canada, the online Canadian MAGAsphere seemed headed for a full meltdown, klaxons blaring, for a while yesterday. A mass psychotic breakdown on the hellsite previously known Twitter saw conservatives not only screeching at their long list of […]
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Jagmeet Singh’s federal NDP has just suffered a catastrophe; let’s talk about Naheed Nenshi’s Alberta New Democrats
Happy May Day, the day of the worker just about everywhere in the world except North America. Once upon a time, Canadians used to think of the New Democratic Party as the party of the workers. Not so much anymore, though, as the results of Monday’s election powerfully illustrate. The Conservative Party of Canada has […]
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Danielle Smith: The people have spoken and I refuse to acknowledge what they said!
In a spasm of Trump-like rancour in the wake of the Liberal victory in Monday’s federal election, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith doubled down yesterday on her pre-election threats to national unity with a graceless and resentful response to the vote result. Supposedly commencing with a note of congratulation to Prime Minister Mark Carney for his […]
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Election Night 2025 hot take: There was something to disappoint almost everyone!
It’s not quite midnight here in Alberta on election night and at this hour it looks as if there’s something to disappoint almost everyone. “LIBERALS SET TO RETURN TO POWER,” The Globe and Mail proclaims, but not with a majority or all that comfortable a lead – 165 to 147 for the Conservatives with 93 […]
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Alberta Government scramble to stop leaks about dodgy health care contracts takes on a distinct Watergate vibe
The Alberta Government’s frenetic and seemingly panicky scramble to cover up leaks about the continuing dodgy health care contracts scandal is taking on a distinct Watergate vibe. Watergate, of course, is the name of the hotel and office complex in Washington D.C. where an interrupted break-in by Republican Party operatives 1972 led to the scandal […]
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Don’t talk to auditor general about dodgy contracts until you’ve talked to our lawyer: government email to AHS staff
In early February, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith publicly urged Alberta’s auditor general to get cracking with his just-started investigation into allegations of dodgy contracts being forced on Alberta Health Services by officials with connections to her government and even her office. “We need to get to the bottom of this issue quickly to identify any […]