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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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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Alberta justice minister needs to be fired after latest UCP government scandal. It’s that simple

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…

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OPINION/Kenney is invoking a circuit breaker — but not the kind Alberta needs

As Alberta continues to post the worst per-capita COVID-19 numbers in North America, Premier Jason Kenney has introduced a circuit breaker. A political circuit breaker, that is. Not a COVID lockdown circuit breaker, as recommended by doctors. Kenney’s sudden and unilateral decision to shut down the work of the legislative assembly for at least two weeks might not grab you as…

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