The UCP may not fall as a result of its divisions. But after the result of the party’s leadership review vote is announced on May 18, it’ll have to be either all Jason Kenney or no Jason Kenney at all!
Posted inAlberta Politics
UCP effort to blame NDP for electricity price spike suggests Opposition attacks are hitting the mark
How else can we explain the UCP gas and electricity associate minister’s attempt yesterday to blame the NDP’s policies while it was in government for electricity price surges now being experienced by Albertans?
Posted inAlberta Politics
With Jason Kenney seemingly foundering, Alberta’s No. 2 Jason, Nixon, finds himself in the spotlight
Kenney rival Brian Jean recently gave his extremely unflattering opinion of Jason Nixon to the editor of a rural newspaper. Yesterday, the UCP House Leader’s notorious F-bomb was back in the news.
Posted inAlberta Politics
Jason Kenney tells ‘Alberta at Work’ news conference a spectre is haunting Alberta – the spectre of public auto insurance!
The sums of money associated with the UCP’s job training program are substantial – but the announcement needs some serious number crunching to see where Peter is being robbed to pay Paul.
Posted inBestsellers
Michelle Good’s perennial favourite, Five Little Indians, remains atop Alberta independent bookshops’ bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, April 10, 2022.
Posted inCanadian Politics
On the 40th anniversary of proclamation of the Constitution Act, Conservative distrust of the Charter still runs deep
The proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982, including the Charter, was signed by the Queen and Pierre Trudeau on this day 40 years ago. The smudges on the original are from the rain, not Conservative tears.
Posted inAlberta Politics
Guns & Money: LAGOs get a right-wing virtue-signal; car insurers get $385 million more in premiums
The Kenney Government wants the substantial number of “law-abiding gun owners “ in its base to know it still cares about them. About their auto insurances rates? Not so much.
Posted inAlberta Politics
Advanced Education Minister pushes back at Athabasca University president’s plans – how will they square this circle?
It sure sounds as if Athabasca University President Peter Scott was told one thing by the AU Board when he was hired and the residents of Athabasca were told another by the government of Alberta.
Posted inAlberta Politics
It’s been a remarkably bad few days for former Alberta justice minister found guilty of contempt of court
It’s been a remarkably bad few days for Jonathan Denis, once Alberta’s justice minister and attorney general and nowadays a fixture in provincial and federal Conservative circles here in Wild Rose Country. Mr. Denis was found guilty of criminal contempt by a Court of Queen’s Bench justice yesterday for threatening to sue the plaintiff in […]
Posted inAlberta Politics
Enjoy the reflected glow, Premier Kenney, visiting U.S. Senator Joe Manchin likely has a short shelf life remaining
Alberta Conservatives should enjoy basking in the glow cast by Joe Manchin while they can – the visiting U.S. Senator likely has a short shelf life remaining as “the key swing vote in the U.S. Senate.”
Posted inAlberta Politics
Despite Jason Kenney’s assurances, Athabasca University’s fate in the Town of Athabasca remains unsettled
Is the Kenney Government committed to keeping Athabasca University in the Town of Athabasca as it says? Citizens of the rural community of 3,000 are getting mixed signals.
Posted inAlberta Politics
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney lays out his case to keep his job to small crowd of carefully curated supporters
Really, a 45-minute speech like this, rife with misstatements, misinterpretations, and downright fibs demands a detailed analysis by a professional fact-checker.