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Never mind the Kenney Government’s ‘Blueprint for Jobs’ — 26,000 jobs gone with the wind in a day

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So, make that 26,000 Alberta jobs, gone with the wind! Now that some of the smoke is starting to clear from Premier Jason Kenney’s Saturday Afternoon Massacre of school board jobs, it’s apparent initial estimates

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 28, 2020

No warning, no consultation, UCP yanks school funding using COVID-19 pandemic as excuse, costing 20,000 jobs

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Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m., Alberta school trustees learned funding was about to be yanked by the provincial government with no notice or discussion with boards. Massive layoffs are expected to result — up to

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 28, 2020

Tyler Shandro’s epic meltdown reopens the debate about his Venetian blind trust

8 mins

Health Minister Tyler Shandro’s epic meltdown in front of his neighbour’s home last weekend allows an important debate to be reopened about the appearance of conflict of interest in political families and the weakness of

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David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Mar 26, 2020

Think what we could have accomplished if we’d concentrated on climate change like we’re focusing on COVID-19!

7 mins

“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully,” observed Samuel Johnson, a great wit of the 18th Century. If you doubt the

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 25, 2020

No one should fault Jason Kenney for his Hope Mission photo op — but that N95 mask is another matter

10 mins

No one should fault Premier Jason Kenney too much for visiting Edmonton’s Hope Mission, having a few photos taken and posting them on social media with an uplifting message about pitching in to fight COVID-19.

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 24, 2020

Alberta Health gives way on docs’ billing for virtual services, but plunges ahead with controversial Babylon app

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Bowing to pressure from the Alberta Medical Association and critics of the controversial Babylon “virtual care” app that’s created significant disruption to public health care in the United Kingdom, the United Conservative Party Government agreed

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 23, 2020

Running a War Room in the age of coronavirus: Nothing much happening right now

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For those of you worried about the prolonged silence from Alberta’s Energy War Room, it turns out the nine-member staff of Canadian Energy Centre Ltd. are just taking a little breather while they figure out

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 22, 2020

If Health Minister Tyler Shandro were smart, he’d walk back that Babylon by Telus deal pronto

10 mins

This whole Babylon smartphone app partnership between the Alberta government and Telus Corp. is starting to look like a major blunder. If he’s smart, Health Minister Tyler Shandro will recognize he needs to walk back

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 21, 2020

The new two-tier medicine: real physicians for the rich, an Internet app for the rest of us?

11 mins

Get ready for the new two-tier medicine! Real doctors for the rich; Internet apps of the rest of us. You think I’m kidding? Wednesday night, I found an email in my inbox from Telus Corp.,

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 30, 2020

Never mind the Kenney Government’s ‘Blueprint for Jobs’ — 26,000 jobs gone with the wind in a day

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 28, 2020

No warning, no consultation, UCP yanks school funding using COVID-19 pandemic as excuse, costing 20,000 jobs

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 28, 2020

Tyler Shandro’s epic meltdown reopens the debate about his Venetian blind trust

David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Mar 26, 2020

Think what we could have accomplished if we’d concentrated on climate change like we’re focusing on COVID-19!

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 25, 2020

No one should fault Jason Kenney for his Hope Mission photo op — but that N95 mask is another matter

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 24, 2020

Alberta Health gives way on docs’ billing for virtual services, but plunges ahead with controversial Babylon app

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 23, 2020

Running a War Room in the age of coronavirus: Nothing much happening right now

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 22, 2020

If Health Minister Tyler Shandro were smart, he’d walk back that Babylon by Telus deal pronto

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 21, 2020

The new two-tier medicine: real physicians for the rich, an Internet app for the rest of us?

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