Does the NDP need a bigger tent?
A recent New York Times editorial gave me lots to ponder, blowing up a couple of my theories in the process. The title of the…
We still need the NDP
In recent years I have developed the practice of voting NDP provincially and Liberal federally. The federal choice arises largely from the Liberal candidate being…
New Brunswick and BC’s promising election results
In less than two weeks the world’s most important election will take place, and the world awaits with baited breath. The result could be very…
Singh’s unilateral and questionable action
I received an email message this morning from Jagmeet Singh saying he wanted me to hear directly from him that he had “just ripped up…
Danielle Smith’s Alberta
No one had a bigger win on Alberta election night than Danielle Smith. Her UCP (and this is definitely her party now) won a solid…
For Alberta, sovereignty; for Calgary and Edmonton, supplication
One might think that Alberta’s provincial government would have the greatest respect for its subordinate level of governing—the municipalities. One might expect that to be…
Politics and the gender gap
What is the political contest about in this country. Conservatives vs. progressives? Conservatives vs. Liberals? Or men vs. women? A recent survey by the Angus…
Alberta—the political province
Canada’s central and eastern provinces, with the exception of Quebec, are all governed by the same two parties that date from the time of Confederation—the…