Alberta Liberals

Alberta Liberals’ no-tuition plan doesn’t address real problems

February 8, 2012 Politics

The Alberta Liberals have promised something that, at first, looks good, but in the final analysis fails to address the real problems. The Liberals want to abolish post-secondary tuition fees if elected. Students and their parents will probably jump on that particular bandwagon (but then they may be held back by the other promise made [...]

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Albertans faced with tax increases unless they vote for Wildrose Alliance

February 7, 2012 Politics

In the next provincial election, expected in mid-April, Albertans should find it easy to make a decision. There are a bunch of left-wing parties but only one (fiscally) conservative party. It’s a no-brainer, really.

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Alison REDford has been confirmed as a Liberal

November 23, 2011 Politics

The C.S.I. lab has called. All the forensic tests have been run, and the irrefutable evidence is in: Premier Alison Redford must legally change her name to “REDford”, as she is a capital-L Liberal, and not a conservative. When MPs or MLAs cross the floor, they usually do so because they have had a change [...]

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Alberta Liberals ‘legitimized’ by hard-right conservatives

August 1, 2011 Politics

Time was when the Alberta Liberals were maligned as a party not fit to be voted for by real Albertans. As recently as during the last provincial election campaign, the Tories tried to pin the blame for the 1980s National Energy Program on the Alberta Liberals, thus revealing the disdain in which they hold Albertan [...]

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$40,000 to vie for Alberta Tories leadership – money well spent?

July 19, 2011 Politics

The other day marked the deadline for anyone hoping to become the new leader of the Alberta Tories. That was the day when leadership candidates needed to have a minimum of 500 signatures and an entry fee of $40,000. By the end of the deadline, there were six candidates, but Albertans are torn: should they [...]

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Have the petals come off the Wild Rose?

February 16, 2011 Politics

Time was when the Wildrose Alliance was the new kid on the block. Instantly popular, this relatively new party came on the scene, elected an extremely telegenic and popular party leader, bagged a bunch of former Tory MLAs to caucus with them and soared in public opinion polls – to the point where they pulled [...]

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Alberta: Time to reshuffle parties and remove the dinosaurs

February 2, 2011 Politics

Things are surely changing fast in Alberta politics. With a premier, finance minister and opposition leader resigning, there’s a “can-do” mood in the air. And it’s about time.

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Alberta Liberal leader Swann quits – another example of why pols can’t be trusted

February 1, 2011 Politics

After Premier Ed Stelmach making his announcement last week of resigning soon, quickly followed by Ted Morton, the finance minister, who stepped down to pursue his dream of becoming party leader and the next premier for the second time, it is now the Alberta Liberal leader’s turn to bid a long-overdue adieu.

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Battle royal: health care

January 31, 2011 Politics

Now that arch-conservative Ted Morton has declared his intention to run for the Alberta Tories leadership, it is clear what the main battleground will be: health care.

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Swann song?

January 30, 2011 Politics

What a historic week this has been in Alberta politics. Former Liberal MLA Dave Taylor joined the upstart Alberta Party and became its first sitting MLA. Then, in short order, premier Ed Stelmach announced his soon-to-come resignation, followed by the finance minister, Ted Morton, who stepped down from his post to focus on his bid [...]

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