It was with much hype that Canada launched the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, flash with the promise to “own the podium.” This, of course, was a promise to show Canadians our best athletes on the podium at the Olympics. Preferably winning Gold Medals. Canada, prior to these Games, has never won gold at home. Now, thankfully,…
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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 moreThis is Just Plain Creepy
I’m a dad. I’ve seen some pretty strange stuff with my daughter. I’ve changed more nuclear diapers than you can count. I’ve seen my wife breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is perfectly normal and natural. It’s what women do with new babies. It’s the biological reason of breasts in the first place. (Recreational uses aside, that is.) I…
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 moreLame Excuses Just Don’t Wash
What a mess. I’m talking about the “brainiac” (to quote one Calgarian) decision of Alberta Health Services to initially open up – get this – four “mass vaccination clinics” in Calgary; a city of one million people, to be serviced, initially, by a grand total of 80 vaccination stations (that’s 20 in each location). 20…
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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…
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