Calgary Grit

I’ll have more thoughts on Ralph Klein’s “third way” once I take a look at all the details. For now, I thought, I’d bring back this little blast from the past: “Well, unlike Stephen Harper, I do care…. And unlike Stephen Harper, I will look Ralph Klein in the eye and I will say ‘no,’ […]

Link Byfield decided to extol the virtues of Alberta Separation in yesterday’s Calgary Sun. You can read some reaction to this here, here, and here. It’s hard to know where to begin picking apart a column like this, so I’ll simply throw down some of “the best of Link” with my own rebuttal/snarky comments. A […]

Saskatoon is banning showering. Ewwww.

The Stampede is now in full swing – the annual event where Calgarians try to dispel the stereotype that they are red necked yahoos by dressing up in cowboy gear and shouting “yee-haw” at everyone. I attended a pair of Stampede breakfasts this weekend, and if I’m going to report on Stephen Harper’s summer schmoozing, […]

This summer we will witness Stephen Harper’s transformation from a cold-hearted, scary fanatic with a hidden agenda to Steve, the lovable canuck who ladies want to dance with and men love to crack open a cold one and talk hockey with. As a special service, Calgary Grit will be keeping tabs on Harper’s summer makeover […]

I just finished Will Ferguson’s “Bastards and Boneheads” and, I must say, it’s certainly a fun way to read up on Canadian history. The catch behind the book is that Canadian leaders can be classified into two categories: white people from Quebec or white people from Ontario. Just kidding. No, obviously enough, the two categories […]

Ever since the Madrid bombing this has looked fairly inevitable – but this is still shocking and tragic. It’s hard to know what to say at times like these. The war on terror is a battle worth fighting, even if it’s a battle we can never really win.

1. This could prove to be a very useful site. You can track MP attendance records to see the keeners and the delinquents of the House. You can sort by words spoken and then scratch your head at what the heck Larry Bagnell needed to say in 73,000 words that couldn’t have been said in […]

For anyone who thinks the Alberta Liberal Party is in rough shape, it’s important to remember that things could be a lot worse. Take, for example, the Saskatchewan Liberal Party. Just recently they sent out an e-mail to their members proudly announcing that…(wait for it)… SASKATCHEWAN LIBERAL ASSOCIATION TO KEEP ITS REGISTERED PARTY STATUS REGINA, […]

With parliament done, I suspect most of the summer’s political news will be confined to Stephen Harper’s exploits on the dance floor and his ever-improving hamburger flipping technique (“notice…he now can flip with his left hand…and his elevation has improved…this man should be our Prime Minister”). But, luckily the Hill Times is here to provided […]