Alberta’s UCP Heads to the Far Right

The party’s weekend convention showed the power of Take Back Alberta’s social conservative messaging.

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Raising taxes in Alberta is already hard. Danielle Smith will make it (almost) impossible

Alberta Taxpayer Protection Amendment Act limits ability to deal with the province’s fiscal rollercoaster ride of volatile oil and natural gas prices.

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How Justin Trudeau fell into Danielle Smith’s pension trap

Even if the APP proposal falls flat with Albertans, Smith has achieved one of her goals: goading Trudeau into responding, and the more combative the response, the better, writes Graham Thomson.

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Let’s talk about what really happened during Danielle Smith’s first 12 months as Alberta premier

Smith managed a political comeback for the ages and she’s not about to let anybody forget. We take a closer look at her self-congratulatory statement.

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Danielle Smith’s Pension Trickery: Why Voters Might Just Fall for It

Albertans have a long history of swallowing fantasies sold by Conservative leaders.

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