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David J. Climenhaga
| Postmedia proved that the Alberta press gallery is an anachronism, primarily serving as a gatekeeper for a couple of perks for favoured journalists. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Back in 2015, Alberta's new Speaker said asking MLAs to come to work an hour earlier, at 9 a.m., two days a week showed "blatant disrespect for the Opposition." |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Public anger at politicians who bill taxpayers for their living expenses when in reality they live close to their work is nothing new in Alberta. Abusive attacks on their critics are new. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| I expect the small NDP group will be made to feel right at home today by the nabobs of the petroleum industry in Houston, and will feel naturally at home tomorrow in Austin. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| When by-then-premier Jim Prentice appointed a new cabinet in the fall of 2014, Dave Hancock was out, with barely a word of thanks. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| The population of Alberta has grown about 20 per cent in less than a decade and, face it, most of those folks didn't move to Manyberries, Vegreville or Zama City. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| A British court convicts the white supremacist who assassinated Labour MP Jo Cox during the Brexit referendum campaign in Britain. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Realistically, Derek Fildebrandt, the MLA kicked out of the Wildrose Party Caucus yesterday, doesn't have much choice but to grovel to get back in. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Alberta's new pill-machine-control law, enthusiastically supported by conservatives of all stripes, goes farther than oft-reviled Canadian "gun grabbers" ever proposed. Explain. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| After nigh on 80 years, Alberta conservatives are having a lot of trouble adjusting to the reality they're not in charge of the Legislature just now. It's painful to watch! |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Alberta Opposition Leader Brian Jean offers a dark vision for public services -- for Albertans who need them and people who provide them. This is worth keeping in mind. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| This isn't about a lousy 9 a.m. start time at all. It's about a bigger principle… the right to sleep in till noon! |