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TweetAfter 11 of the party’s 16 MLAs crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives in November and December 2014, the Wildrose Party has been thrown into chaos. Left without its most public faces, most notably former leader Danielle Smith, the party will choose its next permanent leader sometime in the next year, likely between the months … Continue reading Who will be the next leader of the Wildrose Party? 
 2015 Wildrose Leadership Race, Alberta Politics, Blake Pedersen, Brian Tiessen, Bruce McAllister, Calgary-Acadia, Cathy Olesen, Chestermere-Rockyview, Colby Cosh, Cypress-Medicine Hat, Danielle Smith, Derek Fildebrandt, Drew Barnes, Edmonton-Mill Woods, Heather Forsyth, Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills, Lacombe-Ponoka, Linda Osinchuk, Medicine Hat, Pat Stier, Preston Manning, Richard Jones, Rick Strankman, Rob Anders, Rod Fox, Shayne Saskiw, Sherwood Park, Strathcona-Sherwood Park, Vic Bidzinski TweetIn my nearly ten years writing about politics in Alberta on this blog, 2014 was easily the most exciting. The sheer number of scandals, controversies, fumbles and resignations made for new content on a daily basis. If I had the time and resources, I could have easily written three or four posts a day for most of … Continue reading Top 10 moments in Alberta Politics in 2014
Alberta Politics, Alison Redford, Brian Jean, Brian Mason, Calgary-Signal Hills, Danielle Smith, Dave Hancock, David Eggen, David Yurdiga, De-Redfordization, Fort McMurray-Cold Lake, gay-straight alliances, Gordon Dirks, Heather Forsyth, Jim Prentice, Ken Hughes, Kent Hehr, Kyle Harrietha, Laurie Blakeman, Len Webber, Martin Shields, Merwan Saher, Mike Ellis, Preston Manning, Rachel Notley, Rob Anders, Rod Loyola, Ron Liepert, Stephen Mandel, Wildrose Floor Crossings This little scandal Tories have gotten themselves into is a bit delightful, but underscores a more important point about the dissemination of talking points. The problem started when a Conservative operative secretly recorded a conversation including, allegedly, a Liberal MP Rob Anders saying some not-so-lovely things about the people benefiting from the Conservative’s income splitting proposals. The problem? It now appears it wasn’t the Liberal MP who said it, but the conservative supporter he was talking to. In the short time after Sun news put this up, no less than four MPs – including Employment Minister Jason Kenney – (Read more…) I’m sure some hoped that when Rob Anders, the Conservative MP for Calgary Signal Hill and national embarrassment, lost his riding’s nomination to run in the 2015 election, he might be replaced by someone with at least a modicum of balance and rationality. Alas, the new torchbearer for the riding, Ron Liepert, is proving such hopes were futile. An appearance on the CBC’s The Current the other day amply demonstrates that while he will fit in well with the ethos that dominates the Harper regime, his ‘logic’ and his contempt for opposing views will prove to be a deep (Read more…) Two Canadian soldiers were killed this week. The first, Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, was run down by a car in a parking lot in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. The second, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, was killed while standing guard at the National War Memorial. Both were unarmed. On Saturday a small group of Calgarians gathered at the Central Memorial Park Cenotaph to honour them. The wind was cold. The sky was the blank non-colour of steel. They sang O Canada and observed two minutes of silence… …and then watched in stunned silence as Rob Anders, Conservative MP for Calgary-West, turned the tribute into (Read more…) TweetMany Canadians hoped to have bid a final farewell to offensive conservative Member of Parliament Rob Anders when he lost the Conservative Party nomination in Calgary-Signal Hill to Ron Liepert earlier this year. But perhaps it was wishful thinking to believe a stunning rebuke in the area of the city he represented for 17 years was enough to end […]
2016 United States Presidential Election, Alberta Politics, Bow River, Bow River Conservative Nomination, Calgary Signal Hill, Calgary West, Christian Heritage Party, City of Brooks, Ezra Levant, Honourary Canadian Citizenship, jack layton, Martin Shields, nelson mandela, Oklahoma Senate Election, Pickup Trucks, Pinocchio, Rob Anders, Ron Liepert, stephen harper, thomas mulcair, Yellowhead by-election Calgary West MP Rob Anders waves farewell from the back of a pickup truck, a type of vehicle that along with firearms was numbered among his most loved things. Below: Nomination victor Martin Shields; Mr. Anders in one of his favourite poses, with a great big pistol, and asleep in the House of Commons. Leaving so soon, Mr. Anders? Here’s your hat. Long before Canadians had the Ford Brothers to humiliate them around the globe, there was Rob Anders, the hardy perennial of the Canadian loony right – elected six times over 17 years by the inattentive voters (Read more…)
Alberta Politics, Bow River Riding, Calgary Signal Hill Riding, Calgary West Riding, Canada’s Worst MP, Canadian Politics, conservative party of canada, manning centre, Martin Shields, new democratic party, Rob Anders, Ron Liepert, stephen harper, The Ford Brothers, thomas mulcair, Town of Brooks Rob Anders, hard at work I know I said I wouldn’t blog much over the next year, but if I have to come on here every time Rob Anders loses a nomination, I’m going to run out of bandwidth. Here was Rob back in July, on his decision to seek the CPC nomination in Bow River: “I really feel that [Bow River] is the Alberta I moved to in the 1980s. It’s a place with more trucks, and it certainly wouldn’t have elected someone like Naheed Nenshi, or other liberals pretending to be Conservatives these days. I feel a real (Read more…) TweetPremier Jim Prentice announced this week that five-term Conservative Member of Parliament Rob Merrifield would be appointed as Alberta’s representative in Washington D.C. Mr. Merrifield’s resignation from the House of Commons means that a federal by-election will need to be called in the Yellowhead riding by March 17, 2015. This would be the fourth federal […]
Alberta Politics, Alison Redford, Anybody But Xiao, Bow River, Brad Rutherford, Brian De Jon, Brian Mason, Brian Storseth, Calgary Herald, Calgary Signal Hill, Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Centre, Candidate nominations, Dan Hein, Dany Morin, David Xiao, Edmonton Centre, Edmonton Strathcona, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood, Edmonton-McClung, Edmonton-Riverbend, Edmonton-West, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, Gerald Soroka, Gerard Lucyshyn, James Wood, Janis Irwin, Jim Hillyer, Jim Prentice, Joan Crockatt, Jonathan Denis, Kelly McCauley, Kent Hehr, Lakeland, Laurie Hawn, Len Thom, Lethbridge, Lewis Semashkewich, libby davies, Linda Duncan, Manmeet Bhullar, Martin Shields, Medicine Hat-Cardson-Warner, megan leslie, Omar Tarchichi, Peter Goldring, Rob Anders, Rob Merrifield, Rolly Ashdown, Ruth-Ellen Brosseau, Shannon Stubbs, Shayne Saskiw, Stephen Mandel, Tom O'Leary, Yellowhead by-election daveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Alberta Politics Catch Up: Pipelines, Planes, Cities and Rob AndersTweetSpending a few days in another province can sometimes give you a different perspective on important national issues. Spending the last week in British Columbia served as a good reminder to this political watcher about how emotional the debate around pipelines and the Oilsands are in Alberta’s neighbouring province. While I am sure opinion is divided in B.C., I lost […]
000 Cell Phone Bill, 2014 Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership race, Alberta Government Airplanes, Alberta Politics, Alison Redford, Bow River Conservative Nomination, British Columbia, Danielle Smith, Don Iveson, Doug Horner, Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, Jason Hale, Jim Prentice, Kinder Morgan LNG Pipeline, Manmeet Bhullar, MLA Travel Expenses, naheed nenshi, Offensive Member of Parliament, oilsands, Paul Hinman, Ric McIver, Rob Anders, robocall, Stop the Pipelines, Strathmore-Brooks, Thomas Lukaszuk, Vancouver Rob Anders in his second most famous pose, the most famous with his eyes open, with 4.5-litre hat plus circa-.45 revolver. Mr. Anders is thought to be Canada’s Worst MP and hopes to keep it that way. Below: Bow River Conservative candidates Rolly Ashdown and Martin Shields. Rob Anders to Canada: “I’m baaaaaaaaack!” It’s a staple of the horror movie genre: You can’t keep a bad man down. Who can forget Hannibal Lecter’s last call to Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs? “I’m having an old friend for dinner.” Or Jack Torrance in the Shining (Read more…)
Alberta Politics, bloc quebecois, Bow River Riding, Calgary Signal Hill Riding, Calgary West Riding, Canada’s Worst MP, Canadian Politics, Clarice Starling, conservative party of canada, Hannibal Lector, horror, jack layton, Jack Torrance, Martin Shields, nelson mandela, Ralph Klein, Rob Anders, Rolly Ashdown, thomas mulcair @Bigcitylib2 @paulisci @colbycosh Brooks Medieval Faire a short while ago. Anders was introduced as “MP for this area.”— Chris Turner (@theturner) August 9, 2014 TweetSources say that controversial Member of Parliament Rob Anders is preparing to run for the federal Conservative nomination in new rural Bow River riding south east of Calgary. The six-term MP has represented Calgary-West since 1997 but lost a heated Conservative nomination contest in the new Calgary-Signal Hill riding to former Progressive Conservative MLA Ron Liepert. It was previously been speculated that Mr. Anders could […]
2015 Canada Federal Election, Alberta Politics, Bow River, Calgary Signal Hill, Calgary West, Calgary-Rocky Ridge, Conservative nomination contest, George Canyon, jack layton, Jason Kenney, Martin Shields, NDP hacks, nelson mandela, Ottawa Tories, Rob Anders, Rolly Ashdown, Ron Liepert, Social Conservative, Ted Morton, thomas mulcair daveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Tories invite Mike Allen back in, Wildrose show Joe Anglin the doorTweetProgressive Conservative MLAs have voted to extend an invitation to Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA Mike Allen to rejoin their caucus. Mr. Allen, a relatively popular first-term politician in his constituency, left the PC caucus after he was arrested while trying to hire two prostitutes in St. Paul, Minnesota. Unfortunately for the Mr. Allen, the prostitutes happened to be police officers. […]
Albert Klapstein, Alberta Party, Alberta Politics, Art Johnston, Calgary-Hays, Calgary-South East, Carl Benito, Danielle Smith, Dave Hancock, Diana McQueen, Drayton Valley-Calmar, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton-Mill Woods, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo, George Rogers, Incumbents losing nomination races, Joe Anglin, Leduc, Mike Allen, Minnesota, New Alberta Licence Plates, Probation, prostitution, Ric McIver, Rick Fraser, Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, Rob Anders, Sohail Quadri, St. Paul, stephen harper, Tony Abbott, Wild Rose Country, Wildrose Party Happy Trails Back when I first sat down to rant about politics on May 15th 2004, I never expected I’d still be doing this over 3,000 posts later. The blog has outlasted 3 Liberal leaders, been through 4 federal elections, and documented my involvement on a handful of losing leadership campaigns. During that time, Bart Ramson turned into Dan Arnold, I moved to Edmonton, finished school, and became a “Toronto Grit”. Shortly thereafter, Naheed Nenshi became mayor of Calgary and Rob Ford became mayor of Toronto. Go figure. Nenshi and Ford have provided me with bountiful amounts (Read more…) Soon-to-be-former MP Rob Anders with would-be MP Melissa Mathieson. Did this photo help, or hurt, his unsuccessful candidacy? Below: Ron Liepert, the Conservative who beat Mr. Anders in the Calgary Signal Hill riding nomination battle. How big a role did the guns ’n’ ammo crowd play in the defeat Calgary West MP Rob Anders by former Alberta PC cabinet minister Ron Liepert for the Conservative Party nomination in the new Calgary Signal Hill riding? It’s impossible to say with any certainty, of course, because there were a bazillion and one perfectly good reasons for the Conservative Party members who got (Read more…) Back in the day when Alberta Health Services was still full of promise, AHS board chair Ken Hughes, above left, got his instructions from health minister Ron Liepert, right. Mr. Hughes is now a candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party and Mr. Liepert is a candidate for Parliament. So far, though, Mr. Hughes is the only candidate for the leadership! Actual Alberta politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: the real Mr. Hughes and Shiraz Shariff, the last Alberta politician to beat Mr. Hughes in a fair fight. VICTORIA, B.C. Unless some brave outsider (Read more…) TweetWhile the epic battle between Rob Anders and Ron Liepert in Calgary-Signal Hill was entertaining to watch, preparation for the next federal election has sparked nomination contests in ridings across the province. And with two by-elections expected to be called within weeks, federal political parties are lining up their candidates for the vote. By-Election nominations Fort McMurray-Athabasca […]
2015 Canada Federal Election, Alberta Politics, Arlan Delisle, Bow River, Brad Rutherford, Calgary Nose Hill, Calgary Signal Hill, Calgary-Centre, Calgary-Centre North, Calgary-Rocky Ridge, Canadian Politics, Candidate nominations, Chris Flett, David Xiao, David Yurdiga, Deep Hundal, Dustin Fuller, Edmonton-McClung, Edmonton-Mill Woods, Edmonton-Riverbend, Edmonton-Sherwood Park, Eric Lowther, Fort McMurray-Athabasca by-election, Garnett Genuis, George Canyon, Gord Elliott, James Rajotte, Joe Clark, John Barlow, Justin Trudeau, Kyle Harrietha, Lori McDaniel, Macleod By-Election, Michelle Rempel, Mike Lake, Nicole van Kuppenveld, Paul Arthur, Rob Anders, Ron Liepert, Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, Tim Moen, tim uppal, Tofael Chowdhury, Varinder Bhullar It was Ron Liepert by a nose for the Calgary Signal Hill Conservative nomination. “Secret Liberal” Ron Liepert has done what a mayor, cabinet minister, and premier failed to do – defeated Rob Anders. And, boy, do typing those words ever feel good. First elected in 1997, Rob Anders gained notoriety in 2001, voting against honourary citizenship for Nelson Mandela and calling him a “terrorist” – a sentiment Anders doubled down on earlier this year after Mandela’s death. In between, he has been a punching bag for progressives, and pretty much everyone who follows politics (except for former (Read more…) TweetIt finally happened. The man who called Nelson Mandela a terrorist, insulted Canada’s veterans, and called for war against Russia, has suffered his first major defeat since he was first elected in 1997. After a campaign filled with accusations of dirty tricks and political mischief, arch conservative Member of Parliament Rob Anders lost the Conservative Party nomination in the new […]
Alberta Politics, Alison Redford, Calgary Signal Hill, Calgary-Rocky Ridge, Canadian Politics, Candidate nominations, Conservative Party nomination, Dave Bronconnier, Donna Kennedy-Glans, Frank Brusker, Jocelyn Burgener, nelson mandela, Rob Anders, Ron Liepert, Stephen Haprer, terrorist, War against Russia He tried every dirty trick in the book to try to win his nomination battle.He smeared his opponents as closet Liberals. He used misleading robocalls against them. He called on his rabid religious base to save him.But nothing could stop the Con loon Rob Anders from facing his own personal Armageddon. Read more » Lost by a nose … but what a nose! A 22-year-old Rob Anders in 1994, heckling an Oklahoma politician. Below: Calgary Signal Hill nomination victor Ron Liepert; Mr. Anders as he looks today. There was blood in the water of the Bow River as it flowed through Cowtown last night. After a while, it became clear the metaphorical blood had been shed by the ever-embarrassing Rob Anders, who at a mere 42 years of age had served an excruciating six terms as the Reform, Alliance and Conservative Member of Parliament for the Calgary West riding, which will soon cease to (Read more…)
Alberta Politics, Alison Redford, Calgary Herald, Calgary Signal Hill Riding, Calgary West Riding, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Canadian Politics, conservative party of canada, Ed Stelmach, jack layton, Jason Kenney, Joan Crockatt, Ralph Klein, Rob Anders, Ron Liepert, Stephen Duckett, stephen harper I see that voters in the riding of Calgary Signal Hill will be deciding the fate today of the Con loon Rob Anders.And that his opponent believes that this time he can be beaten.Ron Liepert says it's a myth that controversial Calgary MP Rob Anders is somehow untouchable after a 17-year run in federal politics. And it's a streak he's hoping to bust when federal Conservatives in the riding on Calgary Signal Hill pick their nominee on Saturday. So you might think that Stephen Harper and his inner circle would be secretly hoping that Liepert can rid (Read more…) TweetWith the race for the Conservative Party nomination in Calgary-Signal Hill in less than 10 days, the Rob Anders campaign has broadcast a new robocall praising the incumbent MP for decreasing the federal Goods and Services Tax. The message also includes an attack on his opponent Ron Liepert for musing about introducing a Provincial Sales […] |
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