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Henninger on Stelmach
Last week, I decided to take a break from bashing Ed Stelmach, to allow Ed Stelmach to bash Ed Stelmach. Today, I cede the podium to Brian Henninger, who is running for Stelmach’s PCs in Tuesday’s incredibly important Calgary Elbow by election: CALGARY — Brian Heninger’s message at a doorstep in Calgary-Elbow seems downright bizarre […]
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Stelmach on Stelmach
Ed Stelmach is, yet again, in trouble for unethical donations – this time, from a landfill site that donated $10,000 to Stelmach’s leadership campaign. Now, Ed did return the donation…six months after he received it and three months after winning the PC leadership. And in fairness, by this government’s standards, that certainly qualifies as “rapid […]
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Great Moments in Spin
EDMONTON – Premier Ed Stelmach isn’t surprised by a recent poll showing his support slipping, particularly in the province’s two largest cities. “There’s a lot of pressures on Alberta today,” Stelmach said Tuesday. “Anything from taking longer to get to work because of congested roads, to issues tied to housing, more people moving to the […]
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In the interests of bipartisanship…
As President of the Alberta Young Liberals, I would just like to take this opportunity to help the Alberta Young Tories get a little publicity. Far too often, youth are too partisan and unwilling to work together, but I firmly believe that by helping each other, we can all benefit. Anyways, here’s the top story […]
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This Time, Go Deep
I was up in Edmonton for the long weekend, which gave me an opportunity to drop by the nomination meeting for a good friend of mine, Sandeep Dhir, who was being acclaimed as the Alberta Liberal Party candidate in Edmonton Manning (Manning may be a conservative name, but it’s a fairly left-wing riding). There were […]
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Political Elbow
A pair of provincial by-elections have been called for June 12th to replace retirees Ralph Klein and Shirley McClellan. The one in Klein’s old riding is crucial, in that it’s a huge litmus test to see if a Calgary breakthrough is possible for the Alberta Liberal Party. The only way Alberta will get it’s first […]
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Leaders and Leadership
1. Sarkozy victorieux! 2. Andre Boisclair is drawing fire from within the PQ, and prominent sovereignist Yves Michaud has called Boisclair “childish”. (no doubt this arrogant comment will rouse the distracted giant and lead to many attacks against Mr. Michaud from Quebec bloggers) 3. The provincial PCs held their annual convention in Edmonton this weekend. […]
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Alberta’s NDP Budget
Those outside of Alberta may have missed it, but something truly remarkable happened in our province yesterday (no, not the snow storm or the Flames win – both small miracles in their own right). Remember the complaints by some on the right about Flaherty’s 6-8% increase in spending? Well, yesterday, Lyle Oberg brought in the […]
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Provincial Matters
Unless you’re a hockey fan, it figures to be a pretty slow news weekend. So I thought it might be a good time for a little election speculation. However, it certainly seems to me that there’s a speculatory imbalance with all the hype being on the federal vote, so I figured I’d take a looksy […]
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ALP Convention
This weekend was the Alberta Liberal Party’s annual convention held in the city they are expecting a big breakthrough in next election – Calgary (no, that’s not my patented sarcasm, I’m serious). I drove down with Daveberta which allowed me to get a good three hour information session on SU politics. Other bloggers in attendance […]