mla support in the alberta pc leadership contest (july 14, 2011)
TweetHere is a preliminary list and map of MLAs who are supporting candidates in the 2011 Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership contest. Please comment below or send me an email at...
View Articlesecond-ballot math: alberta tory caucus splits between redford, mar, horner.
TweetThe three candidates eliminated on the first-ballot vote to choose the next leader of Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives have all announced their support for front-runner Gary Mar. Carrying 40%...
View Articlecabinet building and the game of politics in alberta.
Tweet“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.” Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones With the coming of a new Premier, the great game of cabinet building is...
View ArticleRejection of Gay-Straight Alliances motion shows some Alberta MLAs need a...
TweetBe it resolved that the Legislative Assembly urge the Government to introduce legislation, like Manitoba’s and Ontario’s, requiring all school boards to develop policies to support students who...
View ArticleTracking Alberta MLA endorsements in the PC Leadership race
Tweet In party leadership races, endorsements by sitting MLAs can be a double-edged sword. Endorsements can lend credibility to candidates and individual MLAs own local political networks to the...
View ArticleMonday morning candidate nomination updates in Alberta
The Progressive Conservatives held their first “Super Saturday” on Feb. 21, 2015, during which contested nominations were held in seven constituencies. The handful of contested PC nominations have been...
View ArticleNotley’s Best Pick for Speaker: David Swann
By: James Lambert Now that the great orange chinook has finally put an end to 44 years of Progressive Conservative dominance, the hard job of governing Alberta has begun in earnest for Rachel Notley’s...
View ArticleThe tough road ahead for Alberta’s opposition PC Party
When Members of Alberta’s Legislative Assembly gather on June 11 to choose a new Speaker, the seating chart will be unlike anything Albertans have seen in this province’s 110 year history. Premier...
View Articlejohn carpay to run wildrose, liberals target carl benito.
The Wildrose Alliance has attracted its first candidate who I would describe as at least having “medium-profile” presence among Alberta’s political wonk class. Current Constitution Foundation lawyer...
View ArticleAlberta taxpayers are subsidizing Calgary’s elite and exclusive private schools
Alberta taxpayers should not be on the hook to fund posh private schools for Calgary’s elites. According to data released by Progress Alberta, 15 private schools which charge more than $10,000 in...
View ArticleGet ready for a by-election in Calgary-Lougheed
Photo: A map of the Calgary-Lougheed constituency. With Calgary-Lougheed MLA Dave Rodney expected to resign tomorrow in order to provide new United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney an opportunity...
View ArticleCalgary-Lougheed by-election set for December 14, 2017
Photo: Calgary-Lougheed NDP candidate Phillip van der Merwe. (Photo source: YouTube) A provincial by-election will be held in Calgary-Lougheed on Thursday, December 14, 2017. The by-election was...
View ArticleNDP should recalibrate their line of attack after Kenney’s crushing landslide...
Attempts by Jason Kenney’s opponents to paint him as an extremist social conservative failed to stop the United Conservative Party leader from winning a crushing landslide victory today in...
View ArticleSixth MLA leaves the UCP. Prab Gill resigns from caucus following...
The polls suggest the United Conservative Party is poised to form government in 2019, but how united the caucus actually is remains questionable. Calgary-Greenway UCP MLA Prab Gill issued a statement...
View ArticleDoug Schweitzer wins UCP nomination in Calgary-Elbow, Danielle Larivee...
Photo: Doug Schweitzer, Danielle Larivee, Travis Toews, and Mo Elsalhy. Former United Conservative Party leadership candidate Doug Schweitzer defeated past city council candidate Chris Davis to secure...
View Articlemore on the public un-accounts committee.
This afternoon, Liberal leader David Swann delivered a private members’ statement questioning changes that would dilute the power of the Public Accounts Committee, which acts as an important watchdog...
View Articletory backbenchers sat silently, then voted to gag the public accounts committee.
Don Braid has published an excellent column in today’s Calgary Herald on the decision by Wetaskiwin-Camrose MLA Verlyn Olson and six other PC MLAs to vote in favor of weakening the power of the Public...
View ArticleNathan Cooper claims the throne in Alberta’s latest Speaker election
When MLAs gathered for the first sitting of the new Legislature today, the first piece of business they were required to conduct was the election of a Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, who will...
View ArticleVP Weissenberger, Agent-General Rodney and the ABCs of patronage
“This Alberta is a meritocracy” – Jason Kenney (April 30, 2019) It was first reported this week by the CBC that John Weissenberger has been hired as the Alberta Energy Regulator’s new vice president of...
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