Calgary Grit

First of all, I’d like to offer a special thanks to Rempelia Prime for writing the first Wild Rose Roundup, a look at blogs across Alberta. I can guarantee that this week’s won’t be quite as thorough but it’s a rainy day in Calgary (see Lectico’s post on this), so I figured I’d give it […]

All eyes in Canada now turn to this man:

One thing I always find amusing when listening to MPs is how their constituents always seem to share their opinion 100% of the time. A few weeks back, every Tory MP chimed in that “my constituents are telling me they want an election” while the constituents in Liberal ridings across the country appeared to be […]

After yesterday’s release of Liberal tape translations, it appears more tapes have been found and translated. I think you’ll agree this casts a whole new light on the scandal: TM: Well, I have talked to Volpe, already. So —GG: Is he manageable?TM: Yes. Translation: TM – “Volpe will lay off…if you support him for leadership.” […]

Amid concerns over the validity of the tapes released, the Liberal Party has released their own translation of the tapes today. Their version is quick to point out the errors in the Conservative translation. For example, on Grewal’s web site, one part of the tape reads as follows: TM – Absolutely, I’m sorry, I didn’t […]

If offering a Cabinet position in exchange for crossing the floor is worthy of all of this hullabaloo, how exactly did Belinda Stronach join the Liberals and wind up in Cabinet right away? I know there aren’t any tapes out there but I find it extremely far fetched that the topic of a Cabinet position […]

I may post more on the Grewal tapes once I have time to read through all the transcripts (which appear to have been translated by Babelfish at first glance). For now I’ll simply state that the official Liberal line that “no offer was made” likely needs changing. Consider this bit from one of the transcripts, […]

The big news over the past week is that several high profile Christian advocates are winning Conservative nominations across the country. The Globe & Mail had a rational analysis of the situation in an editorial today, commenting that: It is difficult to understand the fuss about Christian activists helping tosecure the nominations of at least […]

Forget the Chretien news, the most interesting Adscam tidbit today comes courtesy of Bourque: Trudeau bride’s dress made by Nancy Wasjmann, wife of Adscamster Beryl … And some people think the Gomery Inquiry has turned this scandal into a farce…

So the Alberta Liberal Party (that’s the provincial Liberals) held their convention in Calgary this weekend and I thought I’d attend. The fact that the “77th Annual Alberta Funeral Home Owners Conference” was being held at the same hotel made for some incredibly obvious one-liners over the course of the two days. But, to be […]