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The Baffling Rise and Fall of Ed Stelmach
The only thing more surprising than Ed Stelmach’s ascension to the Premier’s seat was his departure from it. In effect, “surprising” would probably be the best way to sum up Stelmach’s time as premier. Or “baffling“. Or “incomprehensible“. After all, the most boring politician the world has ever known gave Alberta five absolutely thrilling years […]
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Stelmach Resigning
I did not see this coming: CALGARY — A high-ranking source says Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach will announce Tuesday he will resign as premier after the legislature session and won’t run in the next election. Stelmach has called a news conference for Tuesday afternoon, and a source said he’ll announce the decision then. “This will […]
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Sinking back into obscurity
From FFWD’s April 15th paper, last year: Whether other political parties will court Taylor remains to be seen. He has ruled out crossing the floor to another party before an election is called. “If I were to make a decision… then I would wait until the next election or resign and go through a byelection,” […]
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The Alberta Party Hits the Airwaves
So we’ve got the PCs with 67 MLAs. The Liberals with 8. The Wildrosers with 4. The NDP with 2. And Raj Sherman doing his own thing. And now, the Alberta Party joins the big leagues with their first MLA – former Liberal Dave Taylor. Opposition parties are quickly becoming Alberta’s largest industry, after oil […]
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Canada’s New Government Turns Five
Five years ago, we all watched Stephen Harper become Prime Minister – an idea which seemed uterly ridiculous a mere 6 months earlier. Here’s what I wrote about that election last year in my moment of the decade series: For about two weeks, everyone who liked politics started talking in staccato: “There’s no mayonnaise. On […]
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This Week in Alberta – Meet David Swann
Hot off the presses, just 25 months after he was named party leader, it’s an introduction to Alberta’s leader of the opposition, David Swann. Notice the strong emphasis on Health Care in the video which, coupled with Swann taking over as ALP health critic in yesterday’s shuffle, certainly tells you what the ALP intends to […]
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Counter Punch
After a slew of Tory ads on Monday, the Liberals have countered with a pair of their own. Yes, these are attack ads – dark, both in colour and message. But it’s a substantiated attack. Harper IS bringing in a corporate tax cut and he IS buying the fighter jets. Those are facts. There are […]
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Dans ses propres mots
“Multiculturalism may be a Canadian value but it’s not a Quebec one. We haven’t signed the Constitution of Canada because it contains this notion of multiculturalism.” –Louise Beaudoin, PQ critic for secularism
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Soyons Clair – Nous n’aimons pas Michael Ignatieff
Yesterday, I looked at the new round of Conservative attack ads en anglais. Today, a look at the four new French ads – a rare glimpse of Harper’s Quebec strategy which, let’s be honest, never really lived up to expectations. Since everyone has gone all nostalgic for 2006, let’s remember that Harper picked up 10 […]
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Lacing them up
We already know Stephen Harper can play a few songs on the piano. Today comes confirmation that Michael Ignatieff is able to skate. Next week, Jack Layton bakes a cake, to prove that he has what it takes to lead Canada. In all seriousness, this video is gold – not just because of the skating […]