Alberta Politics1d
Report says UCP wants Stephen Harper to lead AIMCo board, just about the worst pension management idea you’ve ever heard
BNN Bloomberg is a reasonably sober business news organization, so when it reports as it did yesterday that Alberta’s United ...
Alberta Politics2d
Nate Horner wants us to believe AIMCo’s board richly deserved to be summarily fired
Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner wants us to believe he sacked the CEO and entire board of the Alberta Investment ...
Alberta Politics6d
Firing of AIMCo CEO and entire board another sign UCP is determined to control everything, everywhere, all at once
With its surprise decision to cashier the entire board and the top executive of the supposedly independent Alberta Investment ...
Alberta Politics12d
Danielle Smith introduces harsh but politically expedient anti-trans legislation – she didn’t always sound like this
Can Danielle Smith be trusted about anything she says? Now that Alberta’s premier has introduced what is widely acknowledged ...
Alberta Politics9d
Here in Alberta, if the oilpatch ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy – and profitable fossil fuel corporations hate Ottawa’s emissions cap plan
Remember, here in Alberta, if the oilpatch ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy. Still, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s ...
Alberta Politics7d
Some post-election-night hot takes on the coming MAGA Restoration south of the Medicine Line
The White House in Washington D.C. the last time it was occupied by Donald J. Trump (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Whoever forms the next Canadian government, no matter how sympathetic they may be ...
Alberta Politics11d
Danielle Smith’s 91.5% leadership review approval rate shows there’s almost no one left in the UCP but the extremists
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith celebrates her 91.5-per-cent approval rate in her leadership review at the UCP’s AGM in Red Deer yesterday (Photo: Facebook/United Conservative Party of Alberta). No one ...
Alberta Politics15d
The Alberta Bill of Rights Amendment Act, 2024, otherwise known as Bill 24, is a fundamentally unserious document
Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery and Premier Danielle Smith, looking very serious indeed, announce their planned changes to the Alberta Bill of Rights (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). Now that ...
Alberta Politics29d
Everybody understands the point of the UCP’s ‘Scrap the Cap’ ads is to use taxpayer money to campaign against the Liberals
The four Horsemen of the UCP Apocalypse, from left to right, Utilities Minister Nathan Neudorf, Premier Danielle Smith, Energy Minister Brian Jean, and Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz, announce ...
Alberta Politics14d
Happy Halloween! Danielle Smith offers mostly rosy ‘State of the Province’ summary, predictable complaints about Ottawa
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith addresses the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce with completely predictable message (Photo: Screenshot of CTV news clip). NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi calls out premier’s blame ...