The Alberta Legislature, before the arrival of the political scientists, bloggers and journalists with Twitter accounts. Below: Political scientist Duane Bratt of Mount Royal University, Don Braid of the Calgary Herald and Marc Henry of the ThinkHQ polling company. Notwithstanding the new narrative, Big PoliSci is worried about numbers like these, finding them hard to […]
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Just who is Jim Prentice calling an extremist? … Peter Lougheed?
PHOTOS: The extremist Peter Lougheed surrounded by some of his extremist supporters on his way to nationalize an airline, impose order on an oilsands development or, quelle horreur, treat Albertans’ resources as if we owned them! Reality may not appear exactly as described by Alberta Premier Jim Prentice, shown below apparently appalled by the kind […]
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Prentice to Albertans: I’ve listened. You don’t want an election. You’re getting one anyway!
PHOTOS: A group of Albertans enjoys the ride aboard the Progressive Conservative oil price and budgeting roller coaster. Actual Alberta PC supporters may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Alberta Premier Jim Prentice, recently departed PC Party president Jim McCormick, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA Mike Allen and reputed genius Albert Einstein. “Choose Alberta’s Future?” If […]
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Alberta NDP fields full slate for the provincial election that’s expected to be called today
PHOTOS: NDP Leader Rachel Notley speaks with a throng of media yesterday in East Edmonton, telling them her party will field a full slate of 87 candidates in the next provincial election, expected to be called today. Below: NDP Edmonton-Gold Bar candidate Marlin Schmidt, Ms. Notley’s image as it was fed to CTV News, and […]
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Say what? Tony Caterina to serve as unpaid city councillor while he runs for MLA
PHOTOS: PC Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview challenger Tony Caterina, right, with NDP incumbent MLA Deron Bilous, left, in a shot grabbed from Mr. Caterina’s Facebook page. Below: My photos of Mr. Caterina, Mr. Bilous and former Tory MLA Carl Benito. Is it just me, or is there something distinctly weird about Tony Caterina’s revelation that, seeing as he’s […]
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Shelley Biermanski as Wildrose candidate in St. Albert? Not a certainty, maybe, but an intriguing possibility
PHOTOS: The apparently seldom photographed Shelley Biermanski, at left, with some of the usual suspects at a past St. Albert election forum (St. Albert Gazette photo). Below: Ms. Biermanski in her campaign photo, NDP candidate Marie Renaud and Progressive Conservative MLA Stephen Khan during a rare bearded moment. ST. ALBERT, Alberta If the Prentice Government […]
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Now two polls suggest Albertans are abandoning PCs for Wildrose 2.0 and NDP – plus many think global warming is a hoax!
PHOTOS: Who cares what Albertans think? Elvis is alive. Obviously! Below: Pollster Allan Gregg and Alberta Premier Jim Prentice. Here’s my advice to members of Wildrose 2.0, the Alberta NDP and the other opposition parties with and without seats in the Legislature: Don’t start measuring the drapes in the ministers’ offices just yet. Yes, there […]
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Well-known former Alberta political rivals set to team up in high-powered U.S. consulting firm
PHOTOS: Under the stars at Vitor & Stefan’s Bistro in Cabo San Lucas. Below: Consultancy founder Alison Redford and her new partner, Danielle Smith. Back in the day, they were two of Alberta, Canada’s highest-powered political success stories. PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (April 1, 2015) Two well known political rivals from Alberta’s recent past have teamed […]
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Now, about that Mainstreet Technologies poll … pay attention, but don’t bet the farm
PHOTOS: John G. Diefenbaker: What better way to illustrate a story about voter intentions? And we even managed to squeeze a reference to The Chief into the copy, even if it wasn’t about the same election. Below: Newly selected Wildrose 2.0 Leader Brian Jean with his old ’do, and his new one. You gotta give […]
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Get ready to welcome Danielle Smith to Alberta’s blogging elite!
PHOTOS: Danielle Smith gets to work as a member of Alberta’s blogging elite, a group of people really on the move. Actual unenthusiastic Alberta political figures with word-processing technology may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The real Ms. Smith, Global Reporter Vassy Kapelos and a portion of their shocking correspondence, grabbed from Ms. Kapelos’s […]
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Brian Who? … Albertans know precious little about the Wildrose Opposition’s new leader
PHOTOS: Is he tall or is he short? Is he a social conservative or not? What’s he really think about privatized health care? Does the Wildrose Party really have new life under Brian Jean, or what? These are questions that need answering. The photo above was grabbed from Mr. Jean’s campaign website. Below: Danielle Smith, […]
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Apprehended insurrections: Tory party slams the door shut after three horses leave the barn
PHOTOS: Jamie Lall, who until the wee hours of Sunday morning was a candidate for the Progressive Conservative nomination in the Chestermere-Rocky View riding east of Calgary (photo grabbed from Mr. Lall’s Facebook page). Below: “Winner” Bruce McAllister, the former Wildrose MLA for the riding (CBC photo). Cabinet and caucus may now be under Premier […]