By-elections
Damien Kurek resigns so Pierre Poilievre can lead
Battle River–Crowfoot MP Damien Kurek officially resigned from Parliament today. The move will trigger a by-election for the riding where Pierre Poilievre will…
Alberta
29 posts on Alberta from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
PC Party of Alberta
Alberta PCs: Some Party that I used to know
My friend Amanda Achtman in Alberta brought some friends together to assemble this creative video that describes the frustration of many Albertans have with…
Alberta Politics
Stephen Harper’s remarks about Ralph Klein
“Thank you very much.“ Lieutenant Governor Ethell, Premier Redford, Mayor Nenshi, the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, so many guests who are with us today,…
Canadian Energy
Darryl Sutter supports Keystone XL pipeline
The LA Kings are heading to the White House today to receive congratulations from President Barack Obama for being the 2012 Stanley Cup champions. The Globe…
Liberal Party of Canada
Trudeau in his own words. Liberal leadership contender slammed Alberta.
Ouch. It could not have come at a worse time for the Liberal Party of Canada, which polls say are running a close second in a by-election in Calgary Centre.…
News making
It’s getting nasty in Alberta
Well, that didn’t take long. After Alberta Premier Alison Redford promised a few days ago to run a positive campaign, this tweet from one of her staffers…
Wildrose Party
Alberta’s Wildrose way out ahead
Polling done by market research firm Campaign Research was completed last night in Alberta and the results are no short of stunning. The details: – Wildrose is…
Canadian Energy
In Saudi lawsuit news…
Lawyers here, [EthicalOil.org] ran a tough-talking ad campaign on Oprah Winfrey Network Canada in August that has a woman announcer denounce Saudi oil imports:…
Danielle Smith
Danielle Smith endorses federal Conservative majority government
I heard this morning that Alberta Wildrose Alliance leader Danielle Smith was endorsing Stephen Harper so I wanted to confirm. Confirmed the old-fashioned way……