He pits them against each other. Friends get funds, the rest, silence.

It’s dog whistle politics without the whistle. Alberta’s new UCP government doesn’t have to come out and admit it’s much less committed to Indigenous issues than the former NDP government—we can hear it from the silence.

When is a “war room” not a war room? Well, when it’s the “Alberta Information Centre.” When is what looks suspiciously like an anti-union campaign not an anti-union campaign? Well, when it’s an “Employee Labour Relations Support Program.” Say hello to the season of the euphemism in Alberta politics.

Battleground Alberta? Not a term you’d usually use to describe the province during federal election campaigns. I mean, Alberta votes so solidly right-wing they should stop counting the Conservative ballots and simply weigh them. But what if Alberta becomes a battle of sorts that could affect the outcome of the October 21 election? What if the Conservatives and Liberals are in…

Anyone who says a leopard can’t change its spots has never met an Alberta provincial politician. Over the years the spot-changing has included Liberal MLAs who “crossed the floor” to become Conservatives, a New Democrat who became a Conservative, a Conservative who became a New Democrat, Conservatives who became Wildrosers, and, in the infamous stampede of 2014, 11 Wildrosers who became…