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Don Braid: UCP goes ahead with fuel tax hike despite federal increase, high inflation

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...

22.03.2024 4

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: UCP goes ahead with fuel tax hike despite federal increase, high inflation

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...

21.03.2024 5

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Awkward! Alberta, Ottawa set to raise gasoline tax on same day

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...

20.03.2024 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP penchant for broken promises now features naked favouritism

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....

19.03.2024 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Trudeau's secret weapon; Axe the Tax means Ruin the Rebate

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

17.03.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Don Braid

Don Braid: Trudeau's carbon pricing secret weapon; Axe the Tax means Ruin the Rebate

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...

16.03.2024 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Trudeau's secret weapon; Axe the Tax means Ruin the Rebate

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...

15.03.2024 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: UCP comparing Naheed Nenshi to Stalin is exactly the kind of direct attack he wants

The more freaked out the UCP sounds about him, the better Nenshi's Alberta NDP leadership strategy could work Naheed Nenshi entered the Alberta...

13.03.2024 8

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Nenshi gets a UCP legislature welcome like Stalin might have faced

Naheed Nenshi entered the Alberta legislature Monday, accompanied by Joseph Stalin. Not literally, mind you. But they were condemned in almost the...

13.03.2024 40

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Ex-Mayor Nenshi joins NDP race; slams Smith's 'playground fights'

Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi vaulted into the Alberta NDP leadership race Monday afternoon with a slogan that reaches far beyond the traditional...

12.03.2024 7

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Former Calgary Mayor joins NDP race, slams Smith's 'playground fights'

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...

11.03.2024 10

National Post

Don Braid

Don Braid: Alberta UCP won't support NDP rent control bill but ignore the problem behind it

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...

06.03.2024 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: NDP wants rent hikes capped at five per cent. No chance UCP will agree

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...

06.03.2024 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Naheed Nenshi expected to announce Alberta NDP leadership run soon, but faces a maze of rules

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...

05.03.2024 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Nenshi expected to go public March 11, but faces a maze of NDP rules

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,...

05.03.2024 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Brian Mulroney, the prime minister who made the modern West

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...

01.03.2024 8

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Brian Mulroney, the prime minister who made the modern West

Mother Martin’s bar in Montreal was always lively, especially when Brian Mulroney entertained reporters with stories about his arch-rival Joe Clark....

01.03.2024 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: The budget stalls tax relief, reveals hard cash paid to end lab test fiasco

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...

01.03.2024 5

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Danielle Smith tells Take Back Alberta leader to 'get some help' after attacks on Poilievre and wife

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...

28.02.2024 6

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Premier Smith blasts David Parker of TBA for attacks on Poilievre and wife

Well, finally. Premier Danielle Smith tore into Take Back Alberta Leader David Parker Tuesday, urging him to “get some help.” She condemned...

28.02.2024 50

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Now TBA's Parker insults Poilievre. Will Premier Smith ever disown him?

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...

26.02.2024 30

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Now TBA's Parker insults Poilievre. Will Premier Smith ever disown him?

It’s long past time for Premier Danielle Smith to disown David Parker, the unrestrained, frequently unhinged leader of Take Back Alberta. But will...

26.02.2024 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: The ugly Nenshi-Parker dustup and the politics of personal insult

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...

22.02.2024 9

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Trudeau doesn't look like a prime minister who's ready to quit

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...

22.02.2024 5

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Trudeau doesn't look like a Prime Minister who's ready to quit

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 —...

22.02.2024 9

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Poll shows Nenshi's high recognition would upend NDP leadership race

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...

21.02.2024 5

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: NDP candidates fire back at crackpot bill to ban energy industry ads

The federal climate change agenda is failing. The radicals are panicking. NDP federal MP Charlie Angus, from northern Ontario, wants to jail oil...

14.02.2024 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Former mayoral candidate Jeff Davison says Gondek is so terrible he might run again

Former city councillor Jeff Davison ran for mayor in 2021, lost, and immediately offered winner Jyoti Gondek his support. She thanked him in return. ...

13.02.2024 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: An NDP leadership candidate's startling opener — axe the carbon tax

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...

10.02.2024 6

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Smith pitches new rules to the UCP members who run leaders out of office

Premier Danielle Smith is going further than any other Canadian leader in regulating transgender treatment and surgery. She will virtually outlaw any...

08.02.2024 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Fury at Smith's new transgender rules sparks giant city hall protest

At Saturday’s huge Calgary city hall rally, I saw gay and transgender kids, their parents and friends, several cute dogs, forests of makeshift...

04.02.2024 9

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: As Smith's rules erupt on national stage, it's the kids who feel the pain

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...

02.02.2024 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Smith's rules for gender surgery, sex ed and parent rights come under fierce attack

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...

01.02.2024 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Smith's rules for gender surgery, sex ed and parent rights come under fierce attack

Premier Danielle Smith didn’t just suddenly step onto the path of government control over human sexuality. This unprecedented program was under...

01.02.2024 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Gondek lost on bag bylaw but still got a 'win' — blocking tax relief

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...

01.02.2024 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Public fury sends the bag bylaw packing — but Gondek stays on wrong side

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...

31.01.2024 7

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Public fury sends the bag bylaw packing — but Gondek stays on wrong side

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...

31.01.2024 5

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: The Alberta NDP needs a leadership divorce from Edmonton if it hopes to win the province again

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...

30.01.2024 5

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: NDP leadership race needs to find the ring road out of Edmonton

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...

30.01.2024 7

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Dysfunctional Calgary city council has UCP considering political parties for municipal elections

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...

27.01.2024 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: UCP considers political parties for city elections as Gondek council faces anger

Many Calgarians would welcome blowback to the most unpopular, dysfunctional city council on record.  Right on cue, the province has dramatic...

26.01.2024 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Trudeau's focus on obsessions is driving moderate progressives to the Conservatives

They feel their proud progressivism has been twisted into something unrecognizable. They want leadership that stands up to the 'so-called Canada'...

25.01.2024 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Trudeau has blown his term with focus on obsessions, even losing moderates

In Montreal, the Trudeau Liberals found a few hours to talk about inflation and economic troubles. About bloody time, although much too late. ...

25.01.2024 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Top doctor urges UCP to 'stop the bleeding' in family medicine or face disaster

“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...

24.01.2024 8

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: The Sane Six of city council don't get enough credit for fighting wild tax hikes

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...

23.01.2024 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: From city council raises to the Trudeau trip, politicians know how to protect themselves

Politics are often at their ugliest and most revealing in areas where politicians have power over their own benefits Some Calgary city councillors...

18.01.2024 7

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: From council raises to Trudeau trip, politicians know how to protect themselves

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...

18.01.2024 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Notley said to be leaving soon, party will need strong replacement to move on

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. ...

13.01.2024 4

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP says new reporting standard shows big improvement in surgery wait times

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...

12.01.2024 7

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: COVID wrecked trust in governments — but survey finds Alberta's is best of a bad lot

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...

10.01.2024 6

National Post

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