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What Would Ralph Do? Faced with plummeting oil prices, as a matter of fact, he taxed and spent

What would Ralph do? In a typically lame editorial over the weekend, the Edmonton Sun asked: “If Premier Ralph Klein were facing a $7-billion drop in revenues in the coming year, how would he handle it?” Drawing inspiration from those evangelical Christians whose test for the rightness and righteousness of any action is asking, “What […]

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What Would Ralph Do? Faced with plummeting oil prices, as a matter of fact, he taxed and spent

PHOTOS: WWRD? Ralph Klein with one of his tax-and-spend megaprojects. (Photo found on the Internet without attribution. Calgary Herald?) Below: Jesus, tradesperson and practically a socialist.What would Ralph do? In a typically lame editorial over the weekend, the Edmonton Sun asked: “If Premier Ralph Klein were facing a $7-billion drop in revenues in the coming […]

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Terror as wedge issue: anticipating PM Stephen Harper’s ‘anti-terror’ legislation

PHOTOS: Prime minister Pierre Trudeau on the steps of Parliament in 1970 when the country was in a state of “apprehended insurrection.” Below: Prime Minister Stephen Harper; Japanese Canadians arrive at internment camps in British Columbia’s Interior in 1942. So, what is Mr. Harper’s Conservative government pondering in its “anti-terror” legislation? It remains to be […]

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A message from the Lone Star State to the Lone Tar Province: Assignment of blame is everything

PHOTOS: Greetings from Texas! You’re going to need a haircut, Albertans, plus a few more holes in your belt. Below: Alberta Premier Jim Prentice stops off at the State Fair of Texas. Actual visitors to the Lone Star State from the Lone Tar Province may not appear exactly as illustrated. Calgary Sun Political columnist Rick […]

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More lives than a movie zombie: ‘Canada’s Worst MP’ Rob Anders is back, eyeing Wildrose leadership

PHOTOS: Rob Anders, who once said he has taken a vow of chastity, presumably as he sees himself. Is he about to embark on a crusade to lead the Wildrose Party? Below: Derek Fildebrandt, also touted as a possible Wildrose leader, and former Alberta PC cabinet minister Ron Liepert. Mr. Anders, looking manly with one […]