Alberta’s budget is bizarrely a win-win for both Kenney and Notley It seems fitting in so many ways that the official title of Alberta’s new provincial budget is “Moving Forward.” This is a budget focused on a bright smooth road ahead, not the potholed recession-ridden dirt path we clanked along the past two years. For the Alberta government, this is…

Jason Kenney sees opportunity in political chaos The country is in chaos and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney couldn’t be happier. “Freedom convoys” have impeded people’s freedoms, the prime minister is invoking the federal Emergencies Act, and Canadians are divided over lifting pandemic restrictions. For many people, these are problems; for Kenney, they are opportunities.

As Coutts anti-mandate blockade continues, Alberta government plans to drop vaccine passports Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. Or in this case, sow the conflict, reap the cross-border blockade. On January 22, Premier Jason Kenney declared in a tweet that “Ottawa’s trucker vaccine mandate has to go.” Days later, a truck convoy of protesters angry at the vaccine mandate began…

Alberta justice minister needs to be fired after latest UCP government scandal. It’s that simple It’s the phone call. It’s not the traffic ticket or even whether Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu was guilty of driving through a school zone while distracted by his cell phone. It’s the fact that Madu phoned Edmonton police Chief Dale McFee to discuss his…

United Conservative Party critics renew fight for a more robust review of Kenney’s leadership A group of United Conservative Party members are renewing their push for a provincewide vote on Premier Jason Kenney’s party leadership. Their cause might be doomed but they are not going down without a fight.