Despite the Alberta premier’s explanation, it’s hard to believe the idea was a phone-in radio show caller’s When someone named Lori called Danielle Smith’s phone-in radio program on Saturday and…
The hand of the Atlas Network – the ‘the Johnny Appleseed of antiregulation groups’ – seems never to be far from such efforts Everyone paying attention to Alberta Premier Danielle…
Many have tried to pierce Danielle Smith’s political armour but few have succeeded; Jeromy Farkas may have just put a dent in it Late Monday night, Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas…
But Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sends letter telling Calgary City Council to roll over or the province will step in It’s not over, but Round One of last weekend’s intergovernmental…
The topic of their ire? The City of Calgary’s noise bylaw! What’s with that, anyway? Over the weekend, prominent Conservative political figures including Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and federal Conservative…
Send ‘a strong signal that Canada works’ NDP Opposition leader urges PM Mark Carney in letter Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi called yesterday on Ottawa to step in and use the…
Premier Danielle Smith’s pathetic $100 Dani Dollars gambit having flopped miserably with pretty well everyone on Wednesday, Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government plunged ahead yesterday with its previously announced scheme…
Apparently no one in the United Conservative Party cabinet has to buy their own groceries these days! How else do you explain the lamest stunt in Alberta political history? Premier…
Federalists need emotional arguments about improving Canada and Alberta Alberta’s separation referendum is only four months away, so longtime Daveberta Podcast contributor Adam Rozenhart joins Dave Cournoyer for part 2…
The problem with Jack Mintz leading the committee that’s supposedly tasked with determining the pros and cons of Alberta separation is that he already appears to have made up his…
Four high-profile New Democrat MLAs, two from Edmonton and two from Calgary, will not seek re-election, the Opposition party in the Alberta Legislature said yesterday. Three of them – Calgary-Buffalo…
The “independent advisory panel” named yesterday by Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government to look into the “potential economic impacts of secession” illustrates an observation the day before by a prominent…
Watching Danielle Smith switch back and forth from striving to get her party’s large contingent of separatists to settle down to trying to keep to severely normal Albertans who want…
A public opinion survey published last Friday by the Ipsos polling firm suggests that support for separation from Canada is both limited and decreasing in Alberta, a trend that I’m…
The folks who control the big bucks in Alberta must finally have realized what Danielle Smith’s separation referendum is about to do to their profit potential. How else can we…
REGINA – Just a darn minute there, Canada! Preston Manning wants you to know another pipeline or two isn’t going to cut the mustard. You’re going to have to fork…
Nothing much has changed since the last time Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government trotted out its “patient-focused funding” scheme for hospitals. It’s still a bad policy that will force hospitals…
When Jason Kenney created the UCP he set up the preconditions for the party to get to where it is today, and its eventual demise. What do I mean by…
According to the website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Calgary-Shaw MLA Rebecca Schulz gave up her seat on May 15. That’s not a surprise, but it’s odd. It’s no…
Who will be demonized by Alberta Conservatives as this province’s official Bond villain now that Steven Guilbeault has announced he’s quitting politics? Mr. Guilbeault made his announcement yesterday. It wasn’t…
