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Jun 17, 2018  If F. W. de Klerk's apartheid comparison to fossil fuels is OK, why is David Suzuki's slavery analogy an outrage?David J. Climenhaga In a recent speech, de Klerk suggested that the challenges faced by Alberta in the waning days of the petroleum industry aren't dissimilar from those facing his country in the last days of apartheid. |
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Jun 5, 2018  That U of A 'bailout' the CTF's prattling about? Not happening.David J. Climenhaga At least one response to a poll commissioned by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation suggests David Suzuki is far more popular in Alberta than his opponents wish us to believe. |
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May 25, 2018  Conservatives in Alberta and Ontario continue to misrepresent Bob Rae's recordDavid J. Climenhaga The story about Bob Rae's disastrous stewardship of Ontario during his tenure as NDP premier of that province is one of three big lies in Canadian politics. |
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May 24, 2018  With or without the Trans Mountain Pipeline, Canada needs pharmacareDavid J. Climenhaga Notley's NDP and Kenney's UCP strive to outdo each other with ridiculous statements over the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline. |
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May 20, 2018  Flooding in B.C. won't help Alberta's case for Kinder MorganDavid J. Climenhaga The location of rising water renders ineffective the tactics of friends of fossil fuel apologists, who would prefer the public doesn’t ponder the links between bitumen extraction and climate change. |
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May 10, 2018  Call it what it is, says labour minister: Conservative governments denied Alberta working people their rightsDavid J. Climenhaga Alberta has finally joined other Canadian provinces by giving working people the right to refuse unsafe work. The United Conservative Party says it will roll back this change if it's elected. |
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May 8, 2018  Is the UCP going to run against itself?David J. Climenhaga Prediction: The UCP is going to run against itself and its policies are bad enough it just might work! |
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May 5, 2018  Marking the third anniversary of Rachel Notley's unexpected NDP victoryDavid J. Climenhaga There's a big difference between sensing change is coming and seeing it take place before your eyes. So the events of the evening of May 5, 2015, shocked almost everyone. |
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May 3, 2018  UCP policy list controversies will disappear as Jason Kenney performs his best-known magic trickDavid J. Climenhaga After the weekend, the UCP will quietly get to work on its real priorities: tax cuts for the rich, benefit cuts for the poor, and carte blanche for the fossil fuel industry. |
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Apr 28, 2018  Alberta workplace injuries are vastly underreportedDavid J. Climenhaga Governments are hesitant to move forward on workplace safety legislation, lest it compromise the profits of the "job creators" we celebrate. |
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Apr 24, 2018  Alberta is not Texas North and Kinder Morgan's big brains in Houston must've known itDavid J. Climenhaga One would have thought a corporation with revenue of US$14 billion could afford to hire people who would keep them au courant about how things work in the countries where they do business. |
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Apr 22, 2018  Liberals set to exploit Jason Kenney's 'Canada is broken' tweetDavid J. Climenhaga The Liberals setting up a national election campaign that is about 50 per cent Sunny Ways and 50 per cent Beware of the Dog. Jason Kenney looks good for the part of the dog. |
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Apr 16, 2018  The claim that Canada's facing a constitutional crisis is just politicsDavid J. Climenhaga The current dispute between Alberta, B.C., and Ottawa over the Trans Mountain pipeline is not a constitutional crisis, but it could turn into one. |
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Apr 13, 2018  Kinder Morgan brouhaha shows why it's time for Canada to pull the plug on NAFTADavid J. Climenhaga We've got the chance, thanks be unto Donald J. Trump. Obviously, it's time to get the heck out of NAFTA! |
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Apr 13, 2018  Despite NDP stamp of approval, pipeline rally on Alberta Legislature's steps looked like a UCP eventDavid J. Climenhaga Yesterday's rally was an unedifying event. At least no one was chanting, "Lock 'Er Up" this time, although I'd bet you some members of the crowd were thinking it. |
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Apr 12, 2018  University top brass salaries capped in Alberta; David Suzuki to get honorary degree from U of ADavid J. Climenhaga New salary regulations introduced by Alberta NDP won't please top university administrators; entire United Conservative Party Caucus goes missing! |
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Apr 11, 2018  Why demanding Ottawa intervene to bend B.C. to Alberta's will is probably a terrible idea, from Alberta's point of viewDavid J. Climenhaga It's pretty hard to argue this situation isn't an example of the oil industry's continued domination of the Alberta government. |
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Apr 9, 2018  Kinder Morgan threatens to pull plug on Trans Mountain Pipeline; Alberta goes wildDavid J. Climenhaga If Canada won't stop acting like a constitutional democracy and start acting like a petro-tyranny, Kinder Morgan says it will take its pipeline and go home! |
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Apr 5, 2018  Forget Postmedia's propaganda: Becoming an environmental pariah won't restore the 'Alberta Advantage'David J. Climenhaga Media conspiracy theories and angry right-wing rhetoric may Make Alberta An Environmental Pariah Again, but the result would be a world of hurt. |
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Apr 3, 2018  Vriend Case has been closed for 20 years, but the Alberta political story continuesDavid J. Climenhaga Social conservatives' complaining notwithstanding, based on objective reality, no one can argue anything bad has happened to Alberta or Albertans as a result of the historic Vriend decision. |
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Apr 2, 2018  Reflections on Easter Sunday, 2018: There really is a war against Christianity, being waged by ChristiansDavid J. Climenhaga If the Christian faith is all but done for, militant, fundamentalist Christians have no one to blame but themselves. |
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Mar 31, 2018  The two faces, and campaigns, of Jason KenneyDavid J. Climenhaga We can't know with certainty what's in UCP Leader Jason Kenney's heart, but it's reasonable to suspect he still harbours long-term federal ambitions. |
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Mar 29, 2018  Message to Alberta's chattering classes: Quit misinterpreting 'the rule of law,' already!David J. Climenhaga Somebody has done some message testing and determined "the rule of law" is a good talking point to which Alberta audiences will respond favourably. The argument is fatuous. |
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Mar 28, 2018  A court has ruled in favour of Trans Mountain Pipeline, but power of social license is yet to be testedDavid J. Climenhaga If protests in Burnaby continue to grow, and British Columbians continue to line up to be peacefully arrested, this is when Canadians will learn the real power of social license. |
