The Edmonton Journal’s main headline today, “Speaker clears Redford” takes its place on the list least surprising headlines ever, right up there with “Winter will be cold” and “City to raise taxes”. There was never any doubt that Speaker Gene Zwozdesky would find some way to proclaim that Premier Alison Redford in no way misled […]
Tag Archives: Rob Anderson
For a guy who really hated being under the dome, I have developed a strange fascination with what’s going on in there. Take Monday, for example. These guys are supposed to be discussing important matters of government business, a.k.a. your business. But Monday’s afternoon session, following the marathon of last Wednesday (it was never Thursday […]
Remember Rob Anderson’s comment from last week that when he was part of the government, he felt like a trained seal who read whatever was put in front of him? Well, welcome to the circus. Of all the pieces of legislation facing this government, it appears the one of greatest importance to the government is […]
This session of the Legislature is now two whole weeks old — which, in the wonderland that is the Alberta legislature, means they have met for eight days — and things are just warming up. Which must mean it’s time for a break. After eight days/two weeks of watching question period and skimming Hansard for […]
