Alberta's Tory façade is cracking. Whether it breaks remains to be seen. One thing's for sure, the next two years call for strict Opposition message discipline!
While the government hopes to give the impression it has listened to its employees' concerns, the reality is it has beans in its ears and hears nothing.
AUPE received their requested injunction against Bill 46 on Friday. AUPE is currently fighting Bill 46 in Alberta courts, arguing that it violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
It appears there is no graceful way for the government of Premier Alison Redford to wiggle out of this trap of its own -- or, leastways, Labour Minister Thomas Lukaszuk's -- devising.
Over the course of the next six months, we're going to find out how far freedom of association extends -- and the results are going to have big impacts on the labour movement.
The idea of a high-speed rail line between Edmonton and Calgary fails for three principal reasons: huge energy needs, major environmental damage and poor financial prospects.