Tag: Wildrose

Wildrose MLA Joe Anglin a potential problem for Danielle Smith

| May 28, 2013 | 0 Comments
Wildrose MLA Joe Anglin a potential problem for Danielle Smith

Wildrose MLA Joe Anglin a problem for Alberta Opposition party’s leadership There will be no sequel to The Big Lebowski, say the filmmaking Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan. But don’t get bummed out, man. The sequel – to the Dude’s friend Walter Sobchak, anyway – is living large, right here in Alberta. This province is, [...]

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Could Alison Redford lose her leadership in November?

| May 28, 2013 | 0 Comments
Could Alison Redford lose her leadership in November?

Alison Redford’s actions suggest she’s worried her PC party might turn on her She leads a province that hasn’t elected any party other than hers to run it since 1971. She’s got a majority that allows her to govern to 2016 with ease. So why does Alberta Premier Alison Redford look like she’s running scared? [...]

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Alberta Progressive Conservatives attack Wildrosers, and vice versa

| May 27, 2013 | 0 Comments
Alberta Progressive Conservatives attack Wildrosers, and vice versa

Electoral shenanigans will continue if voting for one of Alberta’s 2 conservative parties I’ll admit I laughed out loud when I read in the Calgary Herald that Alberta Premier Alison Redford had accused her far-right opposition, the Wildrose Party, of being an organization ready to break any rule to win. Not that I doubt Ms. [...]

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Ethics commissioner to investigate PC MLA Peter Sandhu

| May 14, 2013 | 0 Comments
Ethics commissioner to investigate PC MLA Peter Sandhu

Opposition parties say Peter Sandhu may have violated criminal code Progressive Conservative MLA Peter Sandhu removed himself from caucus and government duties Tuesday morning amidst allegations that the two-term MLA failed to disclose his business dealings and falsified statements in a sworn affidavit. Sandhu said Tuesday he asked the province’s ethics commissioner to look into [...]

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Alison Redford scares kids with tales of Wildrose Party

| May 3, 2013 | 0 Comments
Alison Redford scares kids with tales of Wildrose Party

Are Premier Alison Redford and PC government breaking promises to Alberta jail guards? Once upon a time, while Alberta’s premier was telling fairy tales to impressionable children, some of her senior officials were spinning fairy stories of their own. Actually, this all happened yesterday. The premier told a group of Grade 1 students at an [...]

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