Alberta’s “New” Normal is the Same as the “Old” One
Ralph Klein referred to “severely normal” Albertans. Ric McIver and the Wildrose MLAs like to call them “ordinary Albertans“. This evening at Derek Fildebrandt’s pig roast, […]
Brian Jean Takes a Step to the Right; Again
On Saturday July 22, 2017, some 20,000 people voted to merge the Wildrose and former Progressive Conservative parties. I’d love to believe 40,000 people voted […]
Politics of Party Affiliation
In the last week there has been a lot to talk about on the political front and very little of it provided optimism for Alberta. […]
Alberta Together: The Beginning
This week I was fortunate enough to attend not one but two meetings about unity. First up was Derek Fildebrandt’s Unity Town Hall on Thursday which I tweeted live […]
Another Week, Another Move Toward Unity
It feels like “hurry up and wait”. On the left we have the governing NDP making good use of their time and stature holding meet and greets. […]
Fight for the Centre
In the past week some Alberta Liberal Party members were able to vote for their choice of Liberal Party leader. I say “some” because there […]
UCP: A Golden Opportunity
The backroom deal-making that wasn’t supposed to happen with a Wildrose PC merger seems to be exactly what was needed to bring the parties into […]
BC Election 2017: A Day of Reckoning for the Alberta NDP
BC Premier Christy Clark May 9th is a day of reckoning for Alberta pipelines as we await the results of the BC election. It’s been […]
PCAA: Photo Radar?
After three long weeks of local, national and even international speculation over Jason Kenney’s comments about notifying parents should their children join GSAs, he has […]
AB Liberals: A Leadership Race Announcement
At 7:15 am on Wednesday morning, the 5th of April, I received a forwarded message inviting me to a get-together on the 6th at Aloft […]
