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Fall session sees 15 bills passed
Posted on December 30, 2020By Trevor Busch Sunny South News Wrapping up in the early morning hours of Dec. 9 following a marathon sitting that saw four bills passed,… Read More »
At least have the guts to stand up for your bad
Posted on October 27, 2020When the government hurriedly announced health-care cuts last week that will eliminate 11,000 jobs in yet another shift toward private-sector service delivery, a majority of… Read More »
First Nations, climate, energy make for complicated talks
Posted on March 10, 2020Alberta is still in the early days of a United Conservative government, though the increasing pace of issues and controversy the province faces is enough… Read More »
Energy war room an expensive joke at best
Posted on December 23, 2019“You can’t fight in here, this is the war room,” Peter Sellers says in the classic 1964 apocalyptic political satire “Dr. Strangelove.” One can be… Read More »
Bill 207 may have served its true purpose
Posted on December 3, 2019Bill 207 has been aborted, at least for the time being. The controversial piece of legislation, which would have allowed health-care providers to refuse to… Read More »
Reasoning behind election commissioner firing iffy
Posted on November 26, 2019If one were to wonder why the general populace is sick and tired of politics in its lack of transparency, one has to look no… Read More »
Albertans will expect the promised result
Posted on October 22, 2019The Alberta legislature has resumed sitting for what it’s worth, for a hard-charging United Conservative government has proven in five months they don’t consider ruling… Read More »
Should ‘efficiency of service’ always be the top priority?
Posted on October 8, 2019Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans should judge him harshly should he not fulfill a promise to balance the budget in the next four years. The… Read More »
Kenney gets into fight with unions
Posted on June 25, 2019Not long after taking the reins of government, the UCP government is gearing up for a fight with the public sector unions. The legislature is… Read More »
Kenney has bigger battles than carbon tax fight
Posted on May 7, 2019With Jason Kenney and the UCP’s landslide victory in the 2019 provincial election, the fate of the province’s carbon tax is certainly on the chopping… Read More »