Alberta PoliticsOpinion

Once a sharp critic of Danielle Smith’s UCP Government, Independent MLA Scott Sinclair sure is quiet nowadays

Lesser Slave Lake MLA Scott Sinclair, rusticated from the United Conservative Party Caucus by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith ...
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UCP moves to spike inconveniently fair Electoral Boundaries Commission report

Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government served notice in the provincial Legislature yesterday morning it intends to ...
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Whether we Canadians like it or not, Pierre Poilievre is waiting around for us to come to our senses and vote for him

Don’t worry! I’m not going anywhere! I’ll be right here when you decide you want me again. And if you don’t think you need me ...
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Polls and rumours of polls offer sometimes contradictory indications of Alberta’s political future

OK, people, with a provincial election expected next year, we are entering the season of polls and rumours of polls, and the ...
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So long Viktor Orbán! The times, they are a changin’ … but can Wild Rose MAGA buck the trend?

So long, Viktor Orbán!  Looks like almost nobody was sorry to see Mr. Orbán sent packing by voters yesterday, least of all in ...
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Alberta libraries, staff, city councillors denounce Dan Williams’ book censorship scheme

If Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams’ scheme to ban books in public libraries is intended as way to distract ...
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Never mind the law, public opinion, or common sense: Danielle Smith will ensure there’s a separation referendum on the ballot

The spectre of separation haunting Alberta nowadays may deeply divide the province, but almost everyone seems to agree about ...
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Dan Williams’ proposed book ban aims to gin up a moral panic ‘with no basis in reality’

Has Dan Williams, Alberta’s minister of municipal affairs and de facto chief censor, ever been inside a public library?  If ...
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Your Easter read: Danielle Smith is set to head to Red Deer-a-Lago for ‘Premier’s Annual Christian Summit’

Perhaps you’ve seen advertisements on social media for “The Premier’s Annual Christian Summit” on May 4 in Red Deer and wondered, What the Hell? If so, you’re not alone. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith ...
Alberta Politics

No Order of Canada for Cherry? That’s the pits, sour grapes Conservatives insist

Don Cherry commentating back in the day with his erstwhile Coach’s Corner sidekick, Ron MacLean (Photo: CBC/Radio Canada). Tout le monde MAGA Alberta, apparently anxious to quit Canada as quickly as ...
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David Climenhaga

It’s time to recognize the market-fundamentalist elephant in the airport security screening room ...
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$90M for private schools is terrible public policy, but it makes political sense for the UCP

Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides (Photo: Alberta Government/Flickr). Critics say the United Conservative Government’s plan to fund private-school construction projects to the tune of ...