It turns out the party of habitual climate change denial can read the smouldering auguries as well as anyone.
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Naheed Nenshi’s 2019 letter asking UCP to suspend unionized Calgary employees’ contract rights sparks sharp rebukes
Instead of apologizing for making a mere mistake, the former Calgary mayor’s response seemed slippery.
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Environmental action then and now in Alberta – don’t hold your breath waiting for promises to be kept
Alberta says it has struck a new committee “to help reclaim tailings ponds” in the province’s oilsands, eventually.
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Another little flaw with Bill 20: It’s not just bad law, it’ll probably make life hell for UCP backbenchers
The Pottery Barn Rule is about to come to Alberta politics – here’s how …
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May 6, 2015: Alberta awakes to the realization it’s just elected a majority NDP government, surprising everyone, including the NDP
Nine years ago on this day, Albertans realized something had changed and some things would never be the same again.
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High-speed rail in Alberta: STILL a terrible idea that won’t go away!
The distraction might work because Albertans have a romantic attachment to the rails and an enthusiasm for new-fangled technology.
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UCP executes screeching reversal of plan to stop funding low-income transit pass program
Today’s flip-flop had to be the result of thousands of Albertans picking up their phones and yelling at their UCP MLAs.
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Edmonton and Calgary mayors appear gobsmacked by unexpected UCP move to slash funds to low-income transit pass program
The Smith Government’s War on Everything appears to be shifting focus to Alberta’s big cities.
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The NDP leadership campaign so far: pretty boring, and seriously distracting when the UCP is running wild
Die-hard traditional New Democrats cannot turn back the clock to the days the NDP was a minuscule party of conscience.
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The Municipal Government Act already gives the government power to fire councillors – so why fix what ain’t broke?
Soviet-style government? Angry words about the NDP from 2016 sound like what the UCP is up to now.
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UCP’s legislation sets stage for municipal political parties, arbitrary nullification of bylaws, and firing of councillors by cabinet
Presumably the UCP hopes the threat of a cabinet-sanctioned city hall coup would be enough to get municipal councillors to knuckle under.
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Plan to have patients at Calgary clinic pony up ‘membership fees’ might have had a chance if the UCP’s War on Ottawa had heated up sooner
With a federal election looming, Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP is focused on picking fights with Ottawa, and just about any old fight will do.