Alberta Politics15h
Alberta cabinet ministers Mikey Amery and Mike Ellis to ‘strengthen cross-border collaboration’ on Lone Star State junket
Give the United Conservative Party Government its due – it didn’t publish a really embarrassing news release insulting the ...
Alberta Politics2d
It’s 2025 and John Brown’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave, but Luigi marches on!
I guess. This year may not turn out to be much better than the last one, but I do have a question for the first day of 2025: ...
Alberta Politics4d
Despite the optimism of its spokespeople, big Trump tariffs would spell a bleak future for Alberta’s beef industry
Despite a few squawks about the potential impact of Donald Trump’s promised 25-per-cent tariff on All Things Canadian, at ...
Alberta Politics7d
Another day, another UCP announcement; another year of AlbertaPolitics.ca … its 18th, as a matter of fact!
This blog marks the beginning of its 18th year of publication today. That, as I observed last year on this date, makes it ...
Alberta Politics13d
Chief Actuary’s report on UCP plan to raid Canada Pension Plan fund: Forget about getting 53%
What the analysis made public yesterday by the Chief Actuary of Canada shows is that if Alberta were to split from the Canada ...
Alberta Politics10d
Edmonton NDP MP urges Trudeau Government to adopt her private member’s bill to make it harder for provinces to quit the CPP
Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson wants the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to adopt her private member’s ...
Alberta Politics16d
If Justin Trudeau takes a ‘walk in the snow,’ how will Alberta’s UCP ever fit up a replacement as nicely?
In happier times last spring, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looked fondly at then finance minister Chrystia Freeland (Photo: Justin Trudeau/Flickr). The Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa surely isn’t ...
Alberta Politics14d
Danielle Smith congratulates the loser of the Lethbridge-West by-election; family docs’ pay deal is finally done
You wouldn’t know it, but they’re announcing good news! Health Minister Adriana LaGrange at the microphone, flanked by Alberta Medical Association President Shelley Duggan and Premier Danielle Smith ...
Alberta Politics18d
Edmonton police commission member plans to work from Portugal; strangely, UCP minister has no problem with that
John McDougall, Edmonton Police Commissioner and resident of Portugal (Photo: Screenshot of Global News clip). If only Andy Thompson had lived to see this day! The late Senator Andy Thompson, resident ...
Alberta Politics13d
Chief Actuary of Canada
Let’s cut right to the chase: What the analysis made public yesterday by the Chief Actuary of Canada shows is that if Alberta were to split from the Canada Pension Plan it would only be entitled to 20 ...