Accidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Roundup
Yes, it’s only been a couple of days since my last roundup post. But I’ll let the pace of news determine how often I put them up – and the end of this week offered loads of material for discussion. -...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: 15 races to watch in alberta’s 2012...
In the lead up to the Alberta’s 2012 election, I have identified fifteen constituencies across the province that could produce interesting contests and results when the election is called. 15 races to...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: the reform-conservative family feud...
Wildrose is under attack! The same people that caused the Liberal Party of Canada to be in power for 13 uninterrupted years now have Wildrose in their crosshairs. They want nothing more than to see the...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: On shadow boxing
Aaron has already listed and commented on Thomas Mulcair’s shadow cabinet assignments. But there are a few additional points worth adding into the mix. First, while others have pointed out Nathan...
View ArticleDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Parks Canada carnage sideswipes Jasper with...
Will the last person to leave Jasper please turn out the lights? A view of Beauvert Lake, near the Jasper townsite, as the sun sets. Below: Anchors Aweigh! There’ll be nothing at all like this for the...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: life after dutch disease: thomas...
Tweet Thomas Mulcair After weeks of warring words about the economic influence of Western Canadian oilsands development on the crumbling Central Canadian manufacturing sector, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: federal riding boundaries being...
Tweet How will Alberta’s federal riding boundaries be altered? Likely unbeknownst to most Canadians, commissions have been struck across the country and tasked with redrawing our federal electoral...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Mystery story: is there an opposition candidate who can win...
Your blogger with David Swann: Remember, when the author of this blog appears in a picture with a politician, it does not necessarily imply an endorsement. (That’s enough photos with politicians for...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Can a ‘progressive’ win in Calgary-Centre?...
TweetCan the online campaign 1 Calgary Centre succeed in its goal to unite (or crowd-surf) progressive voters behind one candidate in the impending Calgary-Centre by-election? It is not impossible, but...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: fifty years of alberta ndp.
TweetNew Democrats from across Alberta have gathered in Edmonton this weekend to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their party’s founding. Attendees at this weekend’s annual convention will hear from...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: If Alberta’s Tories loved Peter Lougheed so much, why do they...
Linda Duncan at the Alberta NDP’s 50th annual convention over the weekend. Below: Ralph Goodale, Peter Lougheed. We have 28 federal electoral districts in Alberta of which 27 elected members of the...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: How Alberta’s federal politicians voted on...
TweetThis week, Members of Parliament in Ottawa voted on Motion 312, which if passed could have re-opened a divisive debate about a woman’s right to make decisions concerning her own body. Thankfully,...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Undemocratic impulses? Who ya gonna call? Not Jimmy Carter!
When it comes to ensuring the integrity of foreign elections, take it from Alberta Diary, Jimmy Carter is outstanding in the field. Below: Alberta MP Linda Duncan and Ukrainian President Viktor F....
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Liberals cringe and Conservatives jeer at...
TweetComments made yesterday by Ontario Liberal Member of Parliament David McGuinty undoubtably triggered a collective “W^@* THE F#*%” moment in Calgary-Centre Liberal candidate Harvey Locke‘s...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: University students and staff rally against...
TweetHundreds of students and staff from the University of Alberta marched to the Alberta Legislature yesterday to protest the 7% cut to the Advanced Education budget. Students and staff were joined by...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Politics with your Folk
TweetFor this political junkie, one of the small highlights of attending Edmonton’s Folk Music Festival each year is flipping through the $5 programme book to sneak a look at the political ads placed...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Rising Tory interest in St. Albert-Edmonton nomination could...
Ryan Hastman’s business card, handed out at last weekend’s Conservative Convention in Calgary. Below: Mr. Hastman, Independent MP Brent Rathgeber, competing Tory candidate Michael Cooper and the other...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Battles in the ’Burbs: Independent St. Albert MP Brent...
Independent MP Brent Rathgeber with machine gun, looking as if he could use some closer supervision, takes aim at the CBC. (Joke.) And, yes, that is Jack Layton with the other one. Below: Teddy...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Laurie Hawn to retire, blowing...
TweetEdmonton-Centre Conservative Member of Parliament Laurie Hawn has decided to retire when the next election is called, according to the latest column by the Edmonton Sun’s Lorne Gunter. The retired...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Underdog Liberal has a shot in Fort...
TweetFour federal by-elections will be held across Canada on June 30, 2014, including in Alberta’s Macleod and Fort McMurray-Athabasca ridings made vacant by the retirements of Conservative Members of...
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