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"I don’t know where Ed Stelmach’s personality is but I didn’t take it"
Haven already provided a year of A+++ government, it appears Edward Stelmach has turned his attention to more pressing issues – those meddlesome kids. The Premier has threatened to sue Daveberta for registering the edstelmach.ca domain name, thereby misappropriating Ed’s personality. Dave gives a pretty good run down of the facts but I would add […]
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What Else Could I Do?
In an absolutely bizarre story I somehow missed last week, three of my favourite people in Alberta got tied up in…well…words almost fail to describe it. The only thing missing from this story is a Rob Anders cameo. On Tuesday, [Craig] Chandler showed CBC News an e-mail written to him by Calgary Sun columnist Paul […]
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Nomination Watch
A few updates on provincial nominations across Alberta, courtesy of the good people at Daveberta and Alberta Tory. The full updated list can be found here, but I present a few highlights since I don’t feel like blogging about Brian Mulroney today: -In the south side of Calgary, a trio of candidates were nominated this […]
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Reviewing the Review
While the oil companies do Stelmach a million favours by claiming he was too tough on them, every independent expert in the field continues to say that the Stelmach compromise will cost Albertans billions of dollars. The latest: An independent energy economist who worked closely with the province and royalty review panel said Saturday the […]
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The 5 Rs: Royalties Raised. Report Recomendations Rejected.
Somewhat predictably, Stelmach has compromised with the oil industry on the royalty review. He’ll leave half a billion dollars on the table each year and delay the changes until 2009 but there will be no grandfathering of existing deals and the rates will be going up – something the government Stelmach was a Cabinet Minister […]
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Ed TV
Tonight, Ed Stelmach makes his much anticipated TV address to Albertans. Oil companies have been anticipating this for weeks, fearing a raise in royalties. The media have been anticipating this for months, since it finally allows them to break out the “Ed TV” pun they’ve been itching to use since Stelmach was elected Premier last […]
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Air Ed
In yet another case of taxpayer funded globetrotting, a pair of retiring Tory MLAs jetted to Germany to learn how to become better MLAs. EDMONTON – Last Thursday, Gary Mar learned he’ll become Alberta’s new agent in Washington and must resign as a Tory MLA by late October. Three days later, he jetted to Germany […]
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Wednesday Round Up
Municipal: On the municipal election front, things are heating up. Imagine my surprise when my Tuesday night joindave newsletter had veiled references directed towards the Go Alnoor campaign not once, but twice. The first was a response to Dave’s proposal for six new taxes that Dave now says are not a “priority” [note to Love […]
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Billion Dollar Boondoggle
Alberta’s Auditor General brought down a scathing report today that contained almost half a dozen scandals inside of it. If you closed your eyes and imagined yourself in federal politics, or any other province, you’d have to see this as a fatal blow…because this is right up there with the worst reports Sheila Fraser has […]
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Mr. Potatoe Head
It’s getting hard to keep track of all the hits Ed Stelmach’s government is taking (note to opposition researches – maybe you should save some of these for the election). The latest involves the…I am not making this up…”Idaho-Alberta Transboundary Task Force”, where Tory MLAs were paid $19,000 for doing absolutely nothing. And I’m not […]