PHOTOS: One moment, please. One of our technicians is calculating your Alberta provincial sales tax and will be with you in a moment. Below: Alberta Progressive Conservative Premier Jim Prentice; former PC finance minister Ted Morton; Alberta NDP Treasury Board Critic Brian Mason. Give Premier Jim Prentice his due, by floating his balloon about a […]
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As Albertans debate tax increases, why are we giving away our resources?
PHOTOS: Beach metaphors, Alberta style. What happens when the tide goes out may not be pretty! Below: PC Premiers Jim Prentice and Peter Lougheed. At this rare moment in history when Alberta’s provincial government actually seems prepared to concede for the first time in memory there is a revenue side as well as a spending […]
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More lives than a movie zombie: ‘Canada’s Worst MP’ Rob Anders is back, eyeing Wildrose leadership
Just when we’d despaired of ever hearing again from Rob Anders, the man who will be Canada’s worst Member of Parliament only a little longer, he announced “a sense of mission and duty” has made him contemplate a run at the leadership of Alberta’s foundering Wildrose Party. To read more, visit AlbertaPolitics.ca.
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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 […]
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It’s not spring in Alberta yet, but there are hints of a spring election in the air
There were two hints yesterday that Alberta Premier Jim Prentice is edging closer to calling an early election this spring, maybe three if you’re of a particularly conspiratorial turn of mind. To read more, go to AlbertaPolitics.ca.
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It’s not spring in Alberta yet, but there are hints of a spring election in the air
PHOTOS: It may not be spring yet, as in this photo, but the clock is ticking down on a spring 2015 election. Below: Bridget Pastoor, the former Liberal floor-crosser who served a term as a Progressive Conservative MLA before announcing she’s retiring, and former Tory finance minister Ted Morton, who’s now calling for a sales […]
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Cheap oil’s the disaster it is for Alberta because our province is so badly run
The decline in oil prices to the sub-$50-per-barrel level may not be a pleasant experience for those of us here in Alberta, especially the Progressive Conservative rulers of our province, but it does offer the potential for what might be called a useful teaching and learning moment for other Canadians. Read more at AlbertaPolitics.ca.
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Peace, order and good government: Pondering John A. Macdonald’s legacy on his 200th birthday
Today, or possibly yesterday, is the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada, arguably the person most responsible for the creation of our country and surely the one who deserves the most credit for it surviving as long as it has. Read more at AlbertaPolitics.ca.
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Cheap oil’s the disaster it is for Alberta because our province is so badly run
PHOTOS: Sunset for Alberta’s oil industry? Probably not. But will Albertans learn anything and stop scolding other Canadians? Probably not. Below: The future of Alberta if oil prices don’t bounce back? Who’s freezing in the dark now? The decline in oil prices to the sub-$50-per-barrel level may not be a pleasant experience for those of […]
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Peace, order and good government: Pondering John A. Macdonald’s legacy on his 200th birthday
PHOTOS: John A. Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada, in his prime. Below: A younger Macdonald and the man in his later years. Today, or possibly yesterday, is the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada, arguably the person most responsible for the creation of our country and surely […]
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Premier Jim Prentice is optimistic and pessimistic at the same time: don’t worry your pretty little heads about it
How does Alberta Premier Jim Prentice get to be optimistic and pessimistic about the same thing at the same time in order to reach contradictory conclusions? Can someone explain to me how this is supposed to work? Read more at AlbertaPolitics.ca.
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Keeping up with the floor crossers: Wildrose defection continues to generate plenty of heat, less light
The intense furor over the defection of majority of Alberta Wildrose Opposition to the Progressive Conservative government seems to have prompted new clarifying statements from two of the MLAs widely reported to have played key roles in the negotiations between the two parties. Read more at AlbertaPolitics.ca.