Alberta, tribalism, luck and oil
People are tribal. It’s in our genes. We are a communal species. It makes us what we are, it brings us together, and it tears…
… a Bill Longstaff blog
People are tribal. It’s in our genes. We are a communal species. It makes us what we are, it brings us together, and it tears…
Some Albertans are unhappy that their guys lost the federal election, so they’re doing a MAGA. They are not accepting the result. They will take…
One of the first actions of the NDP when they were elected to govern Alberta in 2015 was to reform the province’s election rules. At…
Conservatives love rhyming slogans. Alberta’s Conservative government has come up with a dandy in their latest fight with the feds: “scrap the cap.” The cap…
I believe in free markets, at least for most commerce. As do most Albertans. Partly because they believe a free market in oil made them…
Early last year I posted about the Frances Widdowson case. Dr. Widdowson was a tenured professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary until she ran…
Everyone has heard of the Alberta Advantage. They must have, the province never stops promoting it. And what makes the Alberta Advantage? Well, according to…
You read that right. Alberta has phased out a fossil fuel. Not, unfortunately the tar sands. That would be way too much to hope for,…
What does the Alberta government and its oil industry mentors have against the truth? There must be some kind of problem or they wouldn’t be…
Yesterday I cast my online ballot for a new leader of Alberta’s NDP, our current quite exceptional incumbent deciding to move on to other pursuits.…
A message that dropped into my in-basket this week provided one of those moments that buoys your hope for humanity. And it was a political…
Shortly after becoming premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith expressed her intention to pardon violators of health restrictions. (She referred to the Covid unvaccinated as the…