Alberta Politics

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Alberta Politics

Jul 30, 2019

The ‘Chicago Principles’ are code for the right of the powerful and privileged to shout down everyone else

The ‘Chicago Principles’ are code for the right of the powerful and privileged to shout down everyone else

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“Free speech in universities” is nowadays a rallying cry for the snowflakes of the extremist right, who can dish it out but can’t take it. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that pushing post-secondary

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Alberta Politics

Jul 28, 2019

Postmedia pours it to bring home the bacon for Calgary’s hockey billionaires

Postmedia pours it to bring home the bacon for Calgary’s hockey billionaires

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You’ve got to know that when the likes of Licia Corbella, Danielle Smith, Chris Nelson, Rick Bell, and sundry other right-wing Postmedia bloviators all want you to think that now is the perfect time for

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Bestsellers

Jul 27, 2019

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead tops Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead tops Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List

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Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton during the week ended July 21, 2019. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta.

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Alberta Politics

Jul 26, 2019

Guest Post by Olav Rokne: How Alberta missed a chance to fix the inherent problems of geographically based voting

Guest Post by Olav Rokne: How Alberta missed a chance to fix the inherent problems of geographically based voting

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The troubling rise of Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the United Kingdom and President Donald Trump in the United States can both be traced to the inherent problems of geographically based electoral districts. Before Alberta’s

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Geopolitics

Jul 25, 2019

Can Boris Johnson do what some of history’s most notorious villains failed to do – destroy the U.K.?

Can Boris Johnson do what some of history’s most notorious villains failed to do – destroy the U.K.?

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Is it likely Boris Johnson will accomplish something neither Napoleon nor Hitler could manage – to wit, destruction of the United Kingdom? Perhaps it’s not likely. States like trees, even badly broken ones, possess a

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Alberta Politics

Jul 25, 2019

Corporate Mapping Project grant was approved on Stephen Harper’s watch, OK?

Corporate Mapping Project grant was approved on Stephen Harper’s watch, OK?

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On a personal note, it was a disappointing shock to learn of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s rage tweet yesterday morning blaming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the $2.5-million Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant

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Alberta Politics

Jul 24, 2019

Jim Stanford Part II: An Australian cautionary tale for Alberta and Canada

Jim Stanford Part II: An Australian cautionary tale for Alberta and Canada

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What do Albertans imagine will happen if we manage to build more pipelines to tidewater, as the ocean is known out here on the Great Plains of North America? Going into last April’s Alberta provincial

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Alberta Politics

Jul 23, 2019

Irony is dead but doublethink thrives as Calgary opts to cut services and subsidize hockey billionaires at once

Irony is dead but doublethink thrives as Calgary opts to cut services and subsidize hockey billionaires at once

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Really, what can one say about the deal the City of Calgary struck with the Flames professional hockey club yesterday for the former Cowtown’s taxpayers to subsidize half the cost of a new arena for

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Canadian Politics

Jul 22, 2019

Why are Conservative-run Canadian provinces turning down federal cash? The answer’s in the Republican playbook

Why are Conservative-run Canadian provinces turning down federal cash? The answer’s in the Republican playbook

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When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau observed back on April 16 that the Ontario provincial government led by Premier Doug Ford was throwing roadblocks in the way of Ontario municipalities accessing federal money for needed transportation

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