50% of Danielle Smith’s Caucus will get a 50% pay increase as cabinet ministers. Unity is assured!
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Danielle Smith names her cabinet – not all the omens are good ones
Here are some hot takes on some of the politicians named to the United Conservative Party cabinet yesterday.
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Historical facts – so confusing! In case you missed it, World War II didn’t start 79 years ago Tuesday
People who advocate war, as our politicians so often do, would benefit from knowing a few basic facts about what has actually happened in some of them.
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Consequence culture strikes! Former health minister Tyler Shandro finds himself out of a job
Worse politicians than Tyler Shandro have enjoyed political comebacks in Alberta. Still, let us enjoy the spectacle of a deserving politician hoist with his own petard.
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Despite complaints from the left the NDP shifted too far right, it was a left policy blunder that lost the Alberta election
The Alberta NDP had a rare chance on May 29 to beat the Conservatives. With a strategic blunder, it tossed it away.
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Rachel Notley’s unforced error – that 3% corporate tax increase – probably cost the NDP the election
Will Danielle Smith moderate her most outrageous policy plans? Don’t count on it.
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Premier Danielle Smith, fresh off election victory, suggests resurrecting the Family Compact to run Edmonton!
Usually the UCP and similar Conservative parties look south to the United States for their undemocratic ideas, but this one actually seems to have its inspiration in Canadian history!
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Hot take: If you were hoping for sanity in Alberta after yesterday’s election, you can forget about it
It will be very difficult for the United Conservative Party not to fracture into bitter intramural fighting. It will be almost as hard for the NDP to have the frank discussion it needs about its failed strategy.
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No predictions today, but the stakes are high, maybe existential, so just go vote!
One of the dirty little secrets of Canadian politics at the end of the beginning of the 21st Century is that a lot of political professionals have come to recognize the awesome power of fear. And nothing instills fear like a really bad example. And that is why, contrary to the unenthusiastic little lie Stephen […]
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Alberta’s economy has lagged the rest of Canada under the UCP, well-known economist’s study concludes
Alberta Conservatives don’t deserve to get a pass on their management of the economy, which hasn’t been very good. Albertans have an opportunity to do something about that tomorrow.
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Jason Kenney’s novel Hyperlink Defence in defamation suit fails to impress Court of King’s Bench judge
It’s probably not very helpful to the United Conservative Party effort to hang onto power by its fingernails that party founder and former premier Jason Kenney found himself back in the news yesterday, his effort to mount a novel Hyperlink Defence against a defamation lawsuit by five environmental organizations as much of a flop as […]
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No Revelations, just allegations, as Artur Pawlowski brings his circus to the steps of the Legislature
“Danielle Smith has given him a platform, and this is only the beginning. If Danielle Smith is elected Premier—this is what the next four years looks like.” — NDP Leader Rachel Notley