In This Corner: An open letter to the new NDP MLAs from someone who has been...
Hello, Newbies Democratic Party MLAs! Welcome to the exciting world of provincial politics. No doubt many of you are still on a high (natural or otherwise) after your exciting and unexpected victories...
View ArticleIn This Corner: Stuff Happens, week 17: Freedom for Omar; a Facebook face...
At long last, a bit of justice for Omar Khadr. The so-called war criminal was finally released on bail in Edmonton this week, despite the best efforts of the despicable Harper government to portray him...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: On fitting results
It will be some time yet before we see how Rachel Notley translates the Alberta NDP’s election triumph into policy. But we have had a chance to see Notley’s response to frivolous attacks on the NDP’s...
View ArticleBigCityLib Strikes Back: NDP Governments Are Always Fun!
Gawd! This gal from the new Alberta provincial NDP government is giving me flashbacks to Rae Days. Although I don’t think Bob Rae had a death-metal chick in caucus, just some guy that posed topless....
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Politicians with embarrassing Facebook...
Since Alberta’s provincial election on May 5, Calgary-Bow MLA-elect Deborah Drever has been the target of much criticism over some photos posted on Facebook from before she was a candidate. Working...
View ArticleIn This Corner: Stuff Happens, week 18: PCs put up the ‘closed’ sign;...
Election fallout continues. On Friday, the formerly unbeatable PCs essentially threw in the towel. In a stunning housecleaning, the ex-dynasty fired all staffers except one and announced plans to close...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Inexperienced? Says who? Complaints about NDP caucus...
ILLUSTRATIONS: “You voted for whom? Are you mad, man?” … No way to win friends and influence people. (Historic illustration from Punch – no idea what point the artist was trying to make.) Below:...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. - Frances Woolley reminds us of some of the hidden advantages of the rich, and suggests that they point toward the fairness of taxing wealth in addition...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Rachel Notley sets transition schedule for NDP government,...
Premier Designate Rachel Notley addresses reporters in the Alberta Legislature Building’s media room yesterday. (CBC photo.) Below: MLA Deborah Drever, new Lieutenant Governor Lois Mitchell. If...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Was Lake of Fire 2.0, the 2015 edition, averted by an...
PHOTOS: Former premier Jim Prentice, left, asks a member of his opposition research and strategy team what the heck went wrong on May 5. Actual Alberta politicians and their flunkies may not appear...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: On search results
Colby Cosh’s latest on the role of the “human search engine” in tracking down information about candidates and elected officials is worth a read. But it’s worth keeping in mind that the search results...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Wildrose MLA Jason Nixon faces expulsion...
While the mainstream media has spent an inordinate amount of time focusing on the social media indiscretions of Calgary-Bow MLA Deborah Drever, newly elected Wildrose Party MLA Jason Nixon faces an...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Federal Election Digest | Alberta Edition
While most Albertans are enjoying the last few weeks of summer, here are some of the more interesting and bizarre news stories from the federal election campaign trail in our province.
View ArticleAlberta Politics: End of exile seems likely for Calgary MLA Deborah Drever,...
PHOTOS: Calgary-Bow MLA Deborah Drever around the time of her banishment from the NDP caucus for tasteless social media posts she had published before her political career (CBC Photo). Below:...
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Dead Wild Roses: Domestic Violence – A Step Forward in Alberta
First and foremost if you are experiencing Domestic Violence in Alberta check out these numbers from the Human Services branch of the Alberta Government: “Talk to trained staff over the phone 24 hours...
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: What new laws did Alberta’s NDP Government...
The fall session of the Alberta Legislature ended last week and MLAs will now spend the next few weeks working in their constituencies until the Assembly returns in early 2016. The Assembly passed nine...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Calgary Sun, angry conservatives try to spin a glorified...
PHOTOS: Independent Calgary-Bow MLA Deborah Drever in a recent shot grabbed from her Facebook page. Below: Wildrose Finance Critic Derek Fildebrand (grabbed from Facebook) and PC interim Leader Ric...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Newsletter publisher apologizes and takes full...
PHOTOS: Spokespeople for the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties stand by to comment in the media on the latest manufactured Alberta political crisis. Actual opposition politicians may not...
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: A Rookie Crew: Eleven Alberta MLAs to watch...
The past few years in Alberta politics have reminded us that politics can be an extraordinarily unpredictable and forecasting the future can be a very tricky business for political pundits. Aside from...
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