Look out, Canada, here comes a reinvigorated Danielle Smith. Or as Premier Smith put it in her victory speech Monday, “Hopefully the prime minister and his caucus are watching tonight.” Smith’s statement wasn’t just a shot across the Liberal government’s bow but a promise — a threat, really — to immediately start a fight with Ottawa over the proposed introduction of…

How does any politician endure so many self-inflicted wounds and still have a chance? It’s an Alberta thing.

At odds, no matter the leaders The Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act might have a clumsy and oxymoronic title, but you can boil it down to two words: If only. As in, if only we didn’t have a federal Liberal government under Justin Trudeau, we wouldn’t need a Sovereignty Act to protect the province’s interests. Or, if only we had…

Healthcare reform is perilous It is the great equalizer in politics. And it will help determine who wins Alberta’s upcoming election. Say hello to healthcare reform.

Maybe we need the monarchy. I once had dinner with the Queen. Well, me and several hundred of her closest friends and confidants in Edmonton, including politicians, journalists and other ne’er-do-wells. It was May 25, 2005, and the “gala” event inside the cavernous Northlands AgriCom (now the Edmonton Expo Centre) had all the intimacy of an aircraft hangar—and I never actually…