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With a new year almost upon us, everyone paying attention now understands Danielle Smith is a separatist
10+ hour, 27+ min ago (908+ words) David Climenhaga's Alberta Politics Blog It is a truth universally acknowledged that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is a separatist." Well, not quite universally acknowledged, as we shall see. And only recently. But still, this recognition was not always so widespread....
Expect an Alberta election call shortly, before anyone realizes that pipeline to Prince Rupert is unlikely ever to be built
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1366+ words) David Climenhaga's Alberta Politics Blog Alberta Premier Danielle Smith must have experienced a strong feeling of d'j" vu yesterday as she announced her grand pipeline bargain with Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney " after all, she's switched teams and crossed the…...
Desperate to hide what they’ve become, UCP goes to court to stop MLAs from calling themselves ‘progressive conservatives’
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1312+ words) David Climenhaga's Alberta Politics Blog All the words of our magnificent English language have meanings, and those words and their meanings belong to all of us who speak and write in English. Which is to say I can declare myself…...
UCP says it will pay parents $30 a day to do teachers’ jobs from home, sort of, during a strike
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1832+ words) David Climenhaga's Alberta Politics Blog Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her finance and education ministers yesterday announced a novel scheme to pay scabs $30 a day to teach school children in the event of a province-wide teachers" strike! The rub? It…...
43,000 Alberta teachers vote to reject province’s latest contract offer by nearly 90%
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1868+ words) David Climenhaga's Alberta Politics Blog If anyone still subscribes to the quaint notion "conservative" governments are somehow better at managing the complex financial machinery of government than more progressive ones, they might want to reconsider in light of today's vote…...
Interfering Alberta officials made things worse during last year’s catastrophic Jasper fire: report
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1672+ words) David Climenhaga's Alberta Politics Blog Alberta's United Conservative Party Government will do anything to own the Libs " even if they have to burn your house down to do it! In all, about 800 houses and apartments were destroyed in addition to…...
A plan to revive Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives has created plenty of buzz ... but does it mean anything?
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1897+ words) David Climenhaga's Alberta Politics Blog The plan to resurrect the Progressive Conservative Party by former UCP MLAs Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair has the potential to have a dramatic impact on Alberta politics." The key word in the previous sentence,…...
CUPE education workers in Fort Mac and Edmonton reach settlement deal after weeks on picket lines
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (435+ words) David Climenhaga's Alberta Politics Blog After more than 17 weeks in some cases, braving temperatures that dipped into the sub 40s if you don't count the wind-chill, education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees in Fort McMurray and Edmonton…...