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The war room will war on, vows Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage
David J. Climenhaga | The Canadian Energy Centre's problems are all the result of the nefarious work of "environmental activists and the green left," energy minister tells journalists.
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Premier Don Getty while in office. Image: Government of Alberta.
A Family Day toast to Don Getty, who is entitled to our gratitude for one thing at least
David J. Climenhaga | Thirty years ago today, thanks to premier Don Getty and his Progressive Conservative government, Albertans celebrated their first Family Day statutory holiday.
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Alberta Legislature, Edmonton, Alberta. (Image: Jeff Wallace/Flickr)
Alberta sheds jobs while the rest of the country creates them
David J. Climenhaga | If Jason Kenney and the UCP stay the course, the reasonable expectation should be that job losses in Alberta will continue to get worse.
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Suncor Steepbank mine, near Fort McMurray. Image: Jason Woodhead/Flickr
Jason Kenney flip-flops, adopts 'social license' strategy
David J. Climenhaga | After spending five years bashing the Alberta NDP's "social license" strategy for oilsands projects, Kenney suddenly announced he will pursue a remarkably similar strategy for new energy projects.
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Conservative premiers Jason Kenney of Alberta and Scott Moe of Saskatchewan. Image: Wilson Centre
Jason Kenney names Gerald Butts and Barack Obama in latest conspiracy theory
David J. Climenhaga | Does anyone actually believe Jason Kenney's claim that Gerald Butts, then Justin Trudeau's principal secretary, secretly conspired with the White House in 2015?
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Alberta nurses: targeted for UCP rollbacks. Image: Submitted/United Nurses of Alberta
The UCP's propaganda machine goes after Alberta's registered nurses
David J. Climenhaga | When citizens push back against UCP plans and policies, they can expect to be swarmed and bullied, often quite personally, by publicly paid political staff.
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TMX moves ahead while the rest of the world electrifies. Image: Facebook
Trans Mountain ruling looks like a win for Alberta -- as the world drives away in electric vehicles
David J. Climenhaga | The world will likely still need some Alberta bitumen -- to repair the roads on which all those electric vehicles will go whizzing around.
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Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro, Alberta Health Services CEO Verna Yiu and Ernst & Young spokesperson John Bethel at yesterday's news conference in Edmonton. Image: Government of Alberta.
Ernst & Young review of Alberta Health Services gives UCP cover to do lots, flexibility to do little
David J. Climenhaga | The consultant's report released yesterday by the Alberta government could be a harbinger of a privatization binge, or it could just turn out to be an expensive press release.
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What Brexit and Ottawa's decision on the Teck oil sands mine have in common: Jason Kenney's stubborn intransigence
David J. Climenhaga | Even die-hard Alberta conservatives might start to wonder if all of Alberta's problems are really Justin Trudeau's fault.
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AUPE president Guy Smith. Image: David J. Climenhaga
Arbitrator's decision awarding 1% pay increase to some AUPE members undermines UCP austerity arguments
David J. Climenhaga | The stage has been set for a disputatious period of labour relations in Alberta for the foreseeable future.
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Premier Jason Kenney with his "blue ribbon" panel in May 2019. From left to right: retired business professor and former politician Mike Percy, banker Dave Mowat, Finance Minister Travis Toews, chair Janice MacKinnon, Premier Jason Kenney, former B.C. deputy minister Kim Henderson, senior Alberta civil servant Jay Ramotar, and economist and Fraser Institute associate Bev Dahlby. Image: Government of Alberta/Flickr
Jason Kenney's office scripted op-ed and speaking notes for head of 'expert panel' on Alberta's finances
David J. Climenhaga | A freedom of information filing by the Alberta Federation of Labour revealed that UCP staffers wrote speaking notes and a newspaper column for the head of Alberta's so-called "blue ribbon panel."
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Support for Trans Mountain expansion drops under Jason Kenney's belligerent premiership
David J. Climenhaga | Support for TMX outside the Prairies has dropped since Kenney scrapped Rachel Notley's "social license" strategy. The UCP government's hostile approach is driving away support for the project.