Tom Flanagan thought audience would smile and nod at his bizarre comments Prof. Tom Flanagan (ret.) may have been thrown over the side of the Good Ship Tory by Capt. Preston Manning and the Motor Vessel Wildrose by First Mate Danielle Smith, but he still inspires warm feelings of solidarity at the Fraser Institute. Leastways, [...]
Danielle Smith signs on for Ezra Levant ‘freedom cruise’ in August Avast, Matey! Alberta Opposition Leader Danielle Smith has signed on to ship out with a group of Sun News Network bloviators aboard the Holland-America Line’s MV Minnow for Ezra Levant’s “Freedom Cruise” in August. It has not yet been announced if Ms. Smith will [...]
Alberta NDP should speak up for Alberta city dwellers Here it is 2013, the Earth is about to become an urban planet, and the Progressive Conservative Government of Alberta and the Opposition Wildrose Party are locked in a titanic battle to win the hearts and minds of conservative rural voters. What’s wrong with this picture? [...]
Alberta budget primer: When the PC government says one thing, they actually mean another Oh, we’ll squeeze you till the pips squeak, Premier Alison Redford seemed to be promising Albertans yesterday, as we nervously awaited the Alberta budget that is to be brought down, possibly in flames, this afternoon. Well, we’re all really looking forward to that out here in the [...]
It’s interesting to juxtapose the results of two new polls on related but different topics that were released yesterday – a Think HQ poll of Alberta voter intentions and an Environics poll of Albertans attitudes about taxes and public services. The results of the former were published in the afternoon by CTV; the results of latter [...]
Progressive Conservatives have moved to Wildrose position on virtually every issue In April 2012, spooked by the dangers posed by a far-right Wildrose government, progressive voters in Alberta abandoned the parties they supported by the thousands to vote for Premier Alison Redford’s Progressive Conservatives. What they got when they walked away from the New Democrats, the [...]
Criminal charges still possible, says Elections Alberta By Christopher Walsh The Alberta PC party is ignoring fines and knowingly solicited illegal political contributions, say opposition parties, who are calling on Elections Alberta to proceed with criminal charges. Chief Electoral Officer Brian Fjeldheim released the results of his investigation into illegal contributions from prohibited institutions Thursday, [...]
Conflict of interest by Premier Alison Redford alleged over awarding of $10 billion tobacco lawsuit By Christopher Walsh One month after a scandal-plagued sitting of the legislature adjourned, Premier Alison Redford is the focus of an investigation by the province’s ethics commissioner into allegations she awarded part of a $10 billion lawsuit against Big Tobacco [...]