Premier says city should be thankful for the grants they’re getting in Alberta’s latest budget. Oh, really? Thankful? What arrogance. Calgary Mayor Dave Bronconnier is fuming over cuts to promised funding Calgary was to receive to help build the western leg of the city’s LRT line, and is considering legal action. For all his faults…
Read moreKen Kowalski – Pusillanimous Partisan Hack
A critical part of any legislative assembly, whether it’s the federal House of Commons or a provincial legislature is the Speaker of the House. The Speaker is an elected member of the Legislature, and is elected BY the member of the Legislature to run the House. The Speaker ensures that the House conducts its affairs…
Read moreRearranging the Deck Chairs
Next week, Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach, Canada’s least-popular Premier, leading the third-placed Alberta PCs, is set to announce a Cabinet shuffle. Yawn. Too little, too late. Yesterday’s floor-crossing of powerhouse former Cabinet Minister MLA Heather Forsyth, and rookie MLA Rob Anderson show how bad things are getting for Premier Ed. So bad, in fact, Ed…
Read moreIf This is his Sales Pitch, What is it like in the Complaints Department?
http://www.calgaryherald.com/mobile/news/alberta/Alberta+shots+success+Liepert/2176446/story.html In the Calgary Herald article I’ve referenced above, Ron Liepert has called Alberta’s mass vaccination program a success. A program where people had to wait 3 or more hours. In the cold. In the rain. With small children. No restroom facilities. A program where healthy, low-risk adults were permitted to squeeze out those who…
Read moreRon Liepert is a Moron
Ron Liepert is a moron. He has been quoted on the radio saying is it more than likely that Alberta will run out of H1N1 vaccine. This is not a major surprise to me, and while it will fuel frustration and anger amongst people wishing to be vaccinated (it will also increase pressure on the…
Read moreAftermath
Well, it’s over. Thank God for that. Danielle Smith is the new Leader of the Wildrose Alliance. It’s no secret that I’m pleased by the result, and I believe that a new era of Alberta Politics is about to begin. Alberta is governed by dynastic regimes – the United Farmers of Alberta (1921-1935), then the…
Read morePremature Sour Grapes
I’ve been thinking. Yes, it’s dangerous but it’s what I do. In my (admittedly limited) conversations with people from the Mark Dyrholm campaign, there have been references to some form of “purge” afoot. A Facebook chat I had weeks ago with Craig Chandler comes to mind. In that chat, Craig references information I am “not…
Read moreDeconstructing the Dyrholm Campaign.
First things first – I received a phone call from the Mark Dyrholm campaign today. I didn’t waste much time, I just politely told the caller I was firmly behind Danielle Smith. He said, “oh, so you’re supporting the libertarian then?” I simply said, “yes,” and left it at that. At least they aren’t calling…
Read moreShamless cross-promotion
I’m going to link to another blog site – Leigh Patrick Sullivan, a writer who lives up in the Edmonton area (but I won’t hold that against him.) In his blog entry, Leigh points out a number of concerns surrounding , Mark Dyrholm, rival to Danielle Smith in the Wildrose Alliance leadership race here in…
Read moreAfter the Debate
Well the debate is over. Afterwards the candidates hung around chatting with the attendees. Danielle sat up at the front, relaxed and informally visiting. Mark wandered around, schmoozing and talking about the issues. Jeff Willarton conceded and endorsed Craig Ch- oops I mean Dyrholm. So now we are down to two candidates, which makes the…
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