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Maybe they should pay for schools with Alison Bucks
Alison Redford’s commitment to add more than $100 million to the education budget was a big factor in winning the Alberta Tory leadership race. But it begs the question, as the province reels from its...
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Politics past coming back to Calgary
Familiar faces are popping up in a number of the city’s nomination battles leading up to this spring’s provincial election. Former MLA Shiraz Shariff is bypassing his busy former riding of...
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Don’t be so petty, of course Ralph Klein deserves the Order of Canada
Expectation that Ralph Klein will finally receive the Order of Canada has been met with some carping, not surprisingly. It’s tough to make necessary change without upsetting a few apple carts. There’s...
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Peter Lougheed International Airport? Let’s give it some time
It’s only fitting that Solicitor General Jonathan Denis would ask the federal government to rename our airport the Peter Lougheed International Airport. Lougheed’s legacy, after all, casts a tall...
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UPDATED Great moments in Alberta political “crap”-talk history
2004: We’re getting beat up for trying to help. You people should be talking about how to get the borders open. I’ve had enough of this crap. Alberta Premier Ralph Klein to reporters, on allegations...
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Ralph Klein on Iraq war, 10 years ago today
On March 17, 2003, the United States began its “Coalition of the Willing” invasion of Iraq. The same day, then-prime minister Jean Chretien announced that Canada would stay out of the war. (Ex-foreign...
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Ralph Klein remembered by the news director who sent him to City Hall
They say success has a thousand fathers. Successful political careers have about as many. I recently spoke to the guy who first launched Ralph Klein into the political sphere: Ian Parker, who was the...
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Like the bumper sticker: I, too, blame Ralph
I blame Ralph. That amusing bumper sticker from a fringe party long since departed still hangs over my computer adjacent to my Ralph Klein baseball card (circa 2004) and the photo of me pouring him a...
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Alison Redford prepared to “battle” to win leadership review: Stephen Carter
Alison Redford’s campaign strategist during her run for the Tory leadership and in last year’s provincial election said the premier is ready for another tough race. Stephen Carter notes that the party...
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Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Report muses about new city taxes
BREAKING for the last umpteen years at City Hall: new report or study suggests the city raise revenue with controversial new taxes. Council will discuss the latest version of this perennial yarn on...
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Two degrees of Tory separation
Alberta politics is not a game of Six Degrees of Separation. It’s more like two moves to make a connection between various politicians – and here are three excellent examples that capture three...
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New voting rules could eliminate walk-up Tories
Much has been made of the Progressive Conservative decision to allow only two candidates, not three, to proceed to any second ballot leadership vote. This, we are told, is to thwart third and second...
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PC leadership: Boldly going where we’ve been before
In Alison Redford’s elegantly crafted statement of resignation, one thing stood out for me. She is correct that many PC members want to recapture the past. But which past? Each of the three leadership...
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Prentice hopes to score in PC power play
Jim Prentice hits the ice with a full stride and breaks into a smile. The man who wants to be Alberta’s next premier zips a puck past the goalie into the net, and lets out a roar. “This is the most fun...
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Jim Prentice’s “mandate”— here’s another way to consider the leadership results
In today’s paper, Herald columnist Licia Corbella questions how much legitimacy to lead Jim Prentice has, after such paltry turnout in the Progressive Conservative leadership race: Sure, Prentice won...
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The law of reverse gravity: Why you should hold your applause for Jim...
I think it will represent a dramatically different future for the province. The cabinet will be smaller, it won’t be 30 people — it will be 20 people — and it will reflect merit and it will reflect...
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Martin: Rod Love was the Love story behind Ralph Klein
Behind Ralph Klein, there was a unique Love story. Rod Love guarded the former Alberta premier’s back, brought adult supervision to Klein’s impulsive behaviour, and often served as backroom sniper to...
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Dirks survives three-way dogfight in Calgary-Elbow
The battle in Calgary-Elbow on Monday turned into the three-way dogfight as expected, but newly appointed education minister Gordon Dirks pulled away from the Wildrose and the fledgling Alberta Party...
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Braid: Vote proves PCs still know how to win, Wildrose doesn’t | video
The PCs call four byelections and win them all; the very thought would have seemed absurd only a few months ago. But they did it. Full credit has to go to Premier Jim Prentice, who has revived the PC...
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Byelection losses have Wildrose taking stock
Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith said her MLAs raised concerns about staff members and campaign strategies in a “full frank discussion” Thursday about the party’s four byelection losses earlier this...
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