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Final thoughts on the Liberal leadership race: Yesterday, I pondered going to the U of A to attend the coronation announcement for the new leader of the Alberta Liberal Party. I didn’t go because I didn’t want to wander around looking for a parking spot, then pay through the nose for it, and attend an […]
While waiting to watch the live feed of the David Swann press conference Tuesday morning, I overheard one reporter say “Will the last person inside the Alberta Legislature please turn out he lights”. I’ve never seen Alberta politics as volatile as it has been in the past seven days. First Ed Stelmach quits, to everyone’s […]
I’ll say this for Ed Stelmach — the guy has all the political instincts of a squirrel. Wednesday’s QP was an example of Stelmach at his worst. Liberal leader David Swann was asking some very pointed questions about long term care. “The Premier likes to talk about not splitting up senior couples when they need […]
Legislature, day 5. Monday’s Leg session hit new lows in boredom, which is really saying something. It was so boring, that even Ed Stelmach fled the country rather than spend another day in the chamber. About the only thing interesting that emerged Monday was the release of the MLA public disclosure statements. Turns out that […]
