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Danielle Smith and then-premier Jim Prentice on the day of the shocking Wildrose floor crossing in 2014 (Image credit: Dave Cournoyer/Flickr).
Former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith is leaving right-wing talk radio
David J. Climenhaga | Former Wildrose Party leader and notorious floor-crosser Danielle Smith's swan song yesterday announcing her departure from right-wing talk radio had a distinctly Trumpian tone.
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Prince Rupert waterfront. Image: A.Davey/Flickr
Wexit's last territorial demand in British Columbia
David J. Climenhaga | Let's lop off the top half of British Columbia and give it to Alberta! It might be the only way to save the country, dontcha know?
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Former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith in 2014
Has former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith become a (not so) secret admirer of NDP Premier Rachel Notley?
David J. Climenhaga | Danielle Smith's recent op-ed was certainly not the ringing endorsement of the UCP one would have expected from a former conservative Opposition leader at this moment.
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Jagmeet Singh/Photo: NDP.ca
Don't expect a cold war between Singh's New Democrats and Notley's caucus
David J. Climenhaga | Never mind the federal NDP. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's job today will be to get ahead of the assault on reason yesterday's truck attack in Edmonton is bound to unleash.
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Image: Flickr/Premier of Alberta​
Politics at elementary schools are a potential teaching moment, literally
David J. Climenhaga | Politics is a full-contact sport, played with the elbows up, and if young people are contemplating an elected career, they’ll need a thick skin. Grade six is not too early to learn this.
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Then-Wildrose MLAs Kerry Towle, leader Danielle Smith and Jeff Wilson (all behind the sign) take part in the August 2014 Calgary Pride parade.
Alberta conservatives shoot themselves in the foot when it comes to LGBTQ rights
David J. Climenhaga | There's a reason why Alberta's conservatives engage in this kind of self-destructive behaviour. It reflects the views of a powerful, socially conservative cabal within their parties.
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Image: Facebook/Jason Kenney
Opacity not transparency characterizes Alberta’s right-wing merger talks
David J. Climenhaga | Right-wing unification talks are proceeding behind closed doors in Alberta. Where is the promised grassroots process? Nowhere to be seen.
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Allan Hunsperger (Wildrose Pary photo, 2012)
Still no redemption for the Wildrose, outed in a Lake of Fire five years ago today
David J. Climenhaga | Alberta's right-wing political parties still haven't been able to crawl back out of the fiery pit Pastor Allan Hunsperger led them into.
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Jason Kenney is just the latest manifestation of Preston Manning
David J. Climenhaga | Kenney's pending victory as Alberta PC leader another attempt on Manning's part to Unite the Right in Wild Rose Country.
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Wildrose Leader Brian Jean with reporters (David Climenhaga photo)
International Women's Day turns into a major embarrassment for Alberta's tone-deaf opposition
David J. Climenhaga | The Wildrose leader distanced himself from a campus club that published an offensive ad -- although a photo on social media shows him meeting the same group not long ago.
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Rob Anderson
Wildrose reaction to proposed raise for front-line health workers illustrates the party's rightward shift
David J. Climenhaga | The days when party leaders like Danielle Smith and Rob Anderson expressed support for front-line health-care workers, are clearly over.
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Photo: Travis Warren/flickr
Canada's right doubtless dismayed as The Economist boots the U.S.A. off its list of 'full democracies'
David J. Climenhaga | The Economist didn't blame the decline in American democracy on Donald Trump. They blamed Donald Trump on the decline in American democracy.