Despite the best efforts of Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government to tilt the playing field steeply in favour right-wing candidates, voters in both Calgary and Edmonton elected progressive mayors yesterday. Amarjeet Sohi, a soft-spoken former bus driver and trade unionist who was once a political prisoner in India and served
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In This Corner: Election roulette: picking winners in the impossible election
There is only one thing I can say with absolute certainty about the provincial election of 2015. Jim Prentice has made a terrible, terrible mistake. After that, all bets are off. Even if Prentice wins Tuesday’s election (and I think they will; more on that later), Prentice is a loser.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: WildRose Candidate Once Ran Afoul Of Human Rights Commision
After posting this on the 1999 meetup of Wildrose candidate Link Byfield and White Nationalist Paul Fromm, I got to thinking of an old on-line document I stumbled over once while doing something else. This one in particular. It pertains to a 2002 Alberta HRCC (Human Rights and Citizenship Commission) complaint brought
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Your Daily Nazi: When You Shine A Bright Light You Are Bound To Attract A Few Flies
…or something.WildRose candidate forBarrhead-Westlock-Morinville Link Byfield shaking hands with White Supremacist Paul Fromm back in 1999. Something, I think, that Mr. Byfield should be called upon to explain. h/t
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