If Notley Exits, Who Will Take Her Place?

No one is openly gunning for her job as Alberta NDP leader. But some names are floating around.

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Receding Oil Prices Dog Danielle Smith’s Pet Projects

Alberta’s feel-good budget assumes $10 a barrel more than the current rate.

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Trust Our Elections

…but scrutinize the overseers One of the things we’re fortunate enough to take for granted in Alberta is that our elections are fair. Oh, some Albertans will mimic conspiracy nutbars in the US, who think any election they lose must have been rigged, but generally speaking we have faith in the people who run our provincial elections. Well, I suppose…

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Danielle Smith’s Special Power

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

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Alberta and Ottawa

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…

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