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The UCP of 2024 is more concerned with overall finances than rising costs for Albertans You can save this article by registering for free here. Or...
The post-election UCP no longer seems to care so much about your cost-of-living problems. On Thursday, we learned that Alberta’s inflation rate is...
The Trudeau Liberals must be having a good laugh at a strange and awkward twist in Alberta. Federal and provincial tax increases are about to...
How many promises can a government break, alter or evade and still get away with it? Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP seem determined to find out....
Trudeau faces fierce opposition to the carbon tax, but his secret weapon is the growing carbon tax rebate. If the tax goes so does the cash
The PM suggested his noble duty is to raise the tax so he can send us more cash. And voters have shown that money is a far more powerful motivator...
Albertans receive far higher carbon tax rebates from Ottawa than any other Canadians. A family of four will get $1,800 annually, up from $1,544 last...
The more freaked out the UCP sounds about him, the better Nenshi's Alberta NDP leadership strategy could work Naheed Nenshi entered the Alberta...
Naheed Nenshi entered the Alberta legislature Monday, accompanied by Joseph Stalin. Not literally, mind you. But they were condemned in almost the...
Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi vaulted into the Alberta NDP leadership race Monday afternoon with a slogan that reaches far beyond the traditional...
Naheed Nenshi offers himself as the outsider who can build a broad coalition to defeat the UCP and defend core values of tolerance and inclusion...
The NDP will try to keep their bill alive for serious debate, but expect the UCP majority to shut it down very quickly. This is an awkward issue for a...
The UCP will almost certainly squash an NDP bill that comes up in the legislature next Monday. It calls for rent control, a constant no-no over...
For an NDP outsider, it might be easier to ask the Vatican for sainthood than be accepted as a leadership candidate Former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi...
Former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is quiet and elusive about a potential run for the NDP leadership. That’s because it’s not easy being orange,...
In the end Brian Mulroney was widely disliked in western Canada, despite some of the best policies the region has ever seen Mother Martin’s bar in...
Mother Martin’s bar in Montreal was always lively, especially when Brian Mulroney entertained reporters with stories about his arch-rival Joe Clark....
The big income tax break promised by the UCP will come late. Four years late, to be exact. The full tax relief won’t kick in until 2027. It was...
Smith knows David Parker well and attended his wedding. But now he’s gone too far even for the libertarian premier Well, finally. Premier Danielle...
Well, finally. Premier Danielle Smith tore into Take Back Alberta Leader David Parker Tuesday, urging him to “get some help.” She condemned...
Barely a day after begging forgiveness from his followers, Parker posted the tweet about Poilievre and his wife It’s long past time for Premier...
It’s long past time for Premier Danielle Smith to disown David Parker, the unrestrained, frequently unhinged leader of Take Back Alberta. But will...
A battle of insults on social media shows how far we’ve descended into personal invective as a political weapon. All too often the attacks are...
Trudeau is still a masterful pitchman. He might yet decide to leave. He could be forced out by his party. But on Wednesday in Alberta, he looked ready...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn’t look defeated, defensive or worried. He may be down 20 per cent in the polls — a fact he shrugs off —...
A new poll shows that Naheed Nenshi would create far more interest and recognition than any of the party insiders in the NDP race. If he runs, that...
The federal climate change agenda is failing. The radicals are panicking. NDP federal MP Charlie Angus, from northern Ontario, wants to jail oil...
Former city councillor Jeff Davison ran for mayor in 2021, lost, and immediately offered winner Jyoti Gondek his support. She thanked him in return. ...
Rakhi Pancholi doesn’t enter the NDP leadership race with a routine splash. Her opener is more like a cannonball from the high tower. The Edmonton...
Premier Danielle Smith is going further than any other Canadian leader in regulating transgender treatment and surgery. She will virtually outlaw any...
At Saturday’s huge Calgary city hall rally, I saw gay and transgender kids, their parents and friends, several cute dogs, forests of makeshift...
Think of the children. Imagine the pain of gay and transgender kids as they once again find themselves under the alien eye of government. That...
Smith claims her policy is rooted in caring and love. Others see prejudice and oppression. This move will brand Alberta for years to come Premier...
Premier Danielle Smith didn’t just suddenly step onto the path of government control over human sexuality. This unprecedented program was under...
A long day at city hall can provide enough baloney for a thousand picnics. Tuesday was one such day, as councillors finally caved on their absurd...
This was also the first big crack in the Gondek majority on council City council sent the hated single-use bylaw on a death march Tuesday, by a...
City council sent the hated single-use bylaw on a death march Tuesday, by a startling count of 8-7 on the first vote, and 10-5 on the main. A public...
Without serious signs that they’re reaching out to the whole province, the NDP is doomed to stagnate The NDP won’t win government again unless it...
The NDP won’t win government again unless it breaks out of its comfy northern fortress. But the leadership race to replace Rachel Notley is...
Parties run on election platforms. They say what they plan to do, and what they won’t do. If a promise is broken later, voters know exactly who to...
Many Calgarians would welcome blowback to the most unpopular, dysfunctional city council on record. Right on cue, the province has dramatic...
They feel their proud progressivism has been twisted into something unrecognizable. They want leadership that stands up to the 'so-called Canada'...
In Montreal, the Trudeau Liberals found a few hours to talk about inflation and economic troubles. About bloody time, although much too late. ...
“Family medicine isn’t on the brink of collapse anymore . . . it’s crumbling around us as we speak,” says Dr. Paul Parks, head of the Alberta...
Calgary city council could ride a bus under a snake. They can’t get much lower, literally. A recent poll from Marc Henry’s Think HQ says only...
Politics are often at their ugliest and most revealing in areas where politicians have power over their own benefits Some Calgary city councillors...
Some Calgary city councillors evidently didn’t realize they were getting a raise on Jan. 1. It’s clueless not to know that, and far worse to...
Just as talk heats up that Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley will soon announce her intention to resign, a national icon of the party passes away. ...
You think it’s cold outside? I’ve caught an equally frigid blast from the government over a column stating that major health-care promises were...
Across Canada, desperate people want serious change. And it seems that the only leader who’s playing that card with any success is Danielle Smith...