It’s no surprise the Most Hated Man on Earth thinks that Canada should be busted up and sold for scrap. But it does clear the air to have it right out there, don’t you think? I speak of course of Elon Musk, although I realize that the title of Most Hated Man on Earth is […]
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Less than 2 weeks to Danielle Smith’s separation referendum and the gong show continues
We’re less than two weeks out from the Oct. 19 separation vote that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was determined to put us all through come hell or high water and the election gong show continues unabated. With the hardest part yet to come, we all have to know its only likely to get worse from […]
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Danielle Smith knows nothing about those separatist ‘negotiations’ in D.C.? So what good is her ‘Top Secret’ security clearance?
Early last May, news media reported that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had been granted “Top Secret” security clearance. Really? A report in The Globe and Mail Saturday with new details about what a group of self-appointed separatist leaders got up to in Washington D.C. in 2025 raises intriguing questions about Ms. Smith’s security clearance. According […]
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It’s time to send Danielle Smith and the UCP a resounding message they’ll never forget: Yes to Canada! No to the Nine!
Quite naturally, most of the focus by the groups hurriedly formed to support a remain-in-Canada vote in the separation referendum that has been aided, abetted and forced on Albertans by the United Conservative Party of Premier Danielle Smith has focused on getting out a strong “remain” vote on Oct. 19. While it shares other groups’ […]
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Ottawa designates Alberta’s latest bitumen pipeline to the Salish Sea a project of national interest
Hallelujah! Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Canadian government has designated Alberta’s next bitumen pipeline to the Salish Sea a project of national interest, big smiles all ’round – including, of course, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s. “In a more volatile, dangerous and divided world, speed, certainty and predictability are competitive advantages,” Mr. Carney said yesterday in […]
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Formerly confident Alberta separatists pivot to lamely pleading with voters to ‘send Ottawa a message’
Have you noticed how Alberta separatists who a few months ago were boldly predicting a massive separation victory on Oct. 19 have turned to whinging about how we need to “send Ottawa a message”? Even Keith Wilson, the St. Albert lawyer behind the Let Alberta Decide group, could recently be found pleading with voters who […]
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Everybody loves the romantic dream of high-speed rail – too bad it’s a boondoggle that’s sure to flop
It’s a three-hour drive from Edmonton to Calgary – maybe less with Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen’s new higher speed limits. So does it really make sense to spend $38 billion or more to build a high-speed passenger-only rail system between the two cities? Of course it doesn’t. But – what the hell? – Canadians […]
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Political pressure, negligence, incompetence all contributed to pandemic tragedy at High River plant, new report says
One of the most disgraceful episodes of the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta took place on April 18, 2020, when Devin Dreeshen, Jason Copping and Deena Hinshaw assured employees of Cargill Inc.’s meat packing plant in High River during a telephone town hall that their workplace was safe. At the time, Mr. Dreeshen was the minister […]
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Why are Calgary voters growing disaffected with the UCP? Is it Danielle Smith, or just her referendum?
The $64,000 Question, as they used to say, is whether urban voters in Alberta are growing disaffected with Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government because of Danielle Smith’s divisive separation referendum or with Danielle Smith herself. I say it’s the referendum and predict that if the Remain side wins decisively on Oct. 19, many of Premier […]
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Guest post by Lorne Gibson: The voters list, scrutineers and the question of trust
Lorne Gibson has served both as Alberta’s chief electoral officer and its election commissioner. The latter position was created by the NDP Government of premier Rachel Notley in the spring of 2018 to enforce election legislation. It was eliminated by Alberta’s first United Conservative Party Premier, Jason Kenney, at the end of 2019. Mr. Gibson […]
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About that 13-cent fuel tax cut: UCP brain trust decides not to repeat its midsummer rebate bungle
Say what you will about the big strategic brains behind Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government, at least they didn’t repeat their midsummer “energy rebate” bungle. Mind you, they’re bringing in so much money thanks to U.S. President Donald Trump’s war of choice on Iran, which was only supposed to last a week or two, that […]
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After the referendum, Alberta will be angrier, more divided, more radicalized, and a worse place to invest
Whatever happens on Oct. 19, the United Conservative Party of Premier Danielle Smith will have left Alberta a worse place than it was before the 10 referenda scheduled to be voted on that day. After the ballots have been counted, Alberta will be angrier, more divided, more radicalized, and not incidentally a worse place to […]