The logic of capitalism is relentless: it will always choose maximum profit no matter the ultimate consequences.
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Columnist: Calgary mayor walks on water? We have proof she can’t swim!
If Calgary’s current mayor makes him so mad, columnist Rick Bell could always dust off his old campaign fedora and take another run at her job.
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Danielle Smith says she wants to skim Heritage Fund investment revenues to ‘de-risk’ fossil fuel investments lenders won’t touch
Back in February she promised to use the fund to get Alberta off the royalty rollercoaster – so much for that plan!
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So! It really was the anti-greenwashing provision in Ottawa’s Bill C-59 that pushed the UCP into shutting down the War Room
The principal business of Canadian Energy Centre Ltd. was propaganda, and propaganda about petroleum extraction inevitably tends toward greenwashing.
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The Alberta Energy War Room is no more – except for the FOIPs that are bound to follow its demise
The announcement, planned by the UCP for tomorrow, was scooped by NDP leadership candidate Kathleen Ganley.
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Shannon Phillips to quit as MLA, citing the disinformation and viciousness women are subjected to in public life
The former NDP environment minister, illegally spied upon by never-charged Lethbridge Police officers, will step down on July 1.
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Reviled no more, Alison Redford edges toward rehabilitation with appointment to Crown corporation’s board
Alison Redford was followed as Alberta’s premier in quick succession by Dave Hancock, Jim Prentice, and … Rachel Notley.
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Why settle for performative truth-in-advertising rules? UN head calls for total ban on fossil fuel industry ads
Whatever will the United Conservative Party say about that? If they’re smart, nothing at all!
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Could a federal climate change truth-in-advertising law pose a risk to the Alberta Energy War Room and its directors?
Not likely, but Canadian Energy Centre Ltd. might make a better target than almost any other company.
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Billed as a leadership debate, NDP get-together in Edmonton yesterday was more of a candidates’ mutual-admiration society
If you wanted to take bets on a more interesting question than who will win, it would be, Who will come second?
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Tyler Shandro, source of constant controversy as UCP health minister, turns up as member of Covenant Health Board
The former Calgary MLA joined the board in December but his appointment was only revealed without fanfare on Saturday.
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Truth in advertising? Forget about it, says the UCP, assailing Bill C-59 ‘gag order’ in overwrought screed
Yes, Rebecca Schulz’s claims in her ministerial statement are pretty rich – but the UCP has no shame, so it can’t be shamed.