Surely even a dyed-in-the-wool republican would agree that Queen Elizabeth II deserves a better thank-you-and-so-long than a tacky honorific for a few dozen surviving Alberta cabinet ministers!
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In speech, Rachel Notley vows to put health care on ballot in 2023, reinstate harm-reduction programs, end UCP privatization plans
The UCP’s “incessantly ideological need to hollow out health care left Alberta more vulnerable to COVID-19,” says Opposition Leader and former premier Rachel Notley.
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Justice Minister Tyler Shandro gives Edmonton City Council two weeks to solve a problem decades in the making
“I have been raising these issues with the provincial government and asking them to step up to help to deal with them. So far they have neglected these asks.” – Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi
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Kenney Government’s persistent habit of advocating U.S.-style gun laws bears repeating, and remembering
Even without the possibility of a wholesale attack on Canadian gun laws by some future Conservative government, we shouldn’t be smug about being on the safe side of the 49th Parallel.
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Jobs Minister Doug Schweitzer says he won’t seek UCP leadership, and he won’t run for re-election in Calgary-Elbow
Doug Schweitzer may have looked at the state in which Mr. Kenney has left the UCP and decided, it’s not worth the effort! He may have concluded his own re-election chances are slim.
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Guest Post by Brad Lafortune: Edmonton’s proposed encampment strategy violates human rights
Housing is a human right. An encampment is a rights claim, a claim to housing, because there are no other options.
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Motion to debate mediator’s recommended contract sets stage for confrontation at Alberta Teachers Association meeting today
An open letter signed by three former ATA presidents calling for teachers to reject the mediator’s recommended contract landed like a bombshell yesterday at the first day of the ATA’s annual meeting.
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Three former Alberta Teachers Association presidents urge teachers to reject mediator’s recommended contract
The letter from Carol Henderson, Frank Bruseker, and Larry Booi may not be unprecedented in the annals of labour relations, but it is certainly unusual.
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Heeeeere’s Kenney! Alberta’s premier is back by unpopular demand!
It’s very hard to believe that most backbench UCP MLAs, even those who have some time for Jason Kenney, can be very happy about him sticking around.
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After 51% vote, Jason Kenney announces he’ll quit as UCP leader and Alberta premier – but maybe not just yet …
Despite his announcement yesterday he would step down as UCP leader and premier, reports last night indicated Jason Kenney plans to stick around as interim leader until his successor is chosen.
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Putting the performance back in petroleum politics, Mr. Kenney goes to Washington
Everybody in the room yesterday at the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing in Washington, D.C., knew perfectly well the United States is never going to stop buying Saudi Arabian “dictator oil,” and why. It’s as simple as Geopolitics 101, and even Alberta’s premier knows the score. To give the man his due, […]
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The week ahead: There will be two big stories on Wednesday, one will be about a premier, the other about a hockey game
On Wednesday, we can expect to learn whether the UCP has told Alberta Premier Jason Kenney whether he gets to stay or gets to go. Also, there’s a hockey game.