When Danielle Smith first proposed her sovereignty act, I assumed, naively, that she meant the sovereignty of Alberta. Now, after the act has been presented…

On Monday Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, was in effect fired. Thus our new premier, Danielle Smith, kept a campaign promise. We…

A recent tax cut for the rich managed to achieve international notoriety. Former British Prime Minster Liz Truss, a neo-liberal zealot à la her idol…

Normally, I am pleased to see women emerge as political leaders. We need more women in positions of leadership in our governance. What we do…

Jason Kenney warned us. Prior to stepping down as premier, he suggested it was important he stay on to prevent the UCP from being taken…

OK, Alberta creates more greenhouse gasses than any other province. Let’s get that out of the way. We are, after all, the country’s major oil…

Brian Mulroney recently said he no longer recognized himself in the Conservative Party. I’m no conservative, but I sympathize with him. The current Conservative Party…

Reading the latest issue of my favourite magazine, Alberta Views, I encountered an article that, to my surprise, neatly summed up my political philosophy. Surprised…

I wrote a post a couple of years ago entitled “Everything isn’t racism." Well, it still isn’t. However, people will find what they go looking…

Jason Kenney tried hard to convince Albertans that he was one of them. He failed to even convince members of his own party. In a…

Alberta’s government and its oil companies are playing a bit of a shell game with GHG emissions. The story for the public is that the…

When Premier Kenney went down to the U.S. earlier this month to peddle even more of our major greenhouse gas-producing product, I was at a…