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The late Jim Prentice's official portrait as it was unveiled in the Alberta Legislature (Photo: Chris Schwartz, Government of Alberta).
Portrait unveiling for former Alberta premier provides warm non-partisan moment
David J. Climenhaga | Portrait of Jim Prentice by B.C. artist David Goatley is a more worthy contribution to the collection than several of the recent additions.
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Alberta Education Minister David Eggen. Image: David Climenhaga
Bill 24 passes, protecting Albertan students in gay-straight alliances
David J. Climenhaga | Passage of Bill 24 is a backhanded tribute to UCP Leader Jason Kenney, who kept his social conservative backers sweet by advocating outing kids who join GSAs to their parents.
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Jason Kenney. Photo: Dave Cournoyer/Daveberta.ca
Alberta NDP and UCP adopt opposite strategies on gay-straight alliances
David J. Climenhaga | The results of Tuesday's elections in the not-entirely-dissimilar republic next door are suggestive of possibilities, if not certainties, here in Alberta.
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Brian Jean & Jason Kenney (Wildrose Party photo)
Alberta PCs, Wildrosers agree to call new entity United Conservative Party, without ever speaking the initials aloud
David J. Climenhaga | The You See Pee may enter the 2019 Alberta election favoured by political odds makers, but they are as capable of blowing their lead to smithereens as the PCs were in 2015.
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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley on May 5, 2015. Image: David Climenhaga
Elections matter, and the Alberta NDP victory on May 5, 2015, proves it
David J. Climenhaga | Keep an eye on what happens in British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Ontario. And take it from Alberta: never say never!
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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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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley.
Silence on the right and in the media about NDP role as Alberta adds an impressive 20,000 full-time jobs
David J. Climenhaga | If the Edmonton Oilers do better than the Calgary Flames in the NHL playoffs, Alberta Conservatives will presumably try to find a way to blame the NDP for that too.
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Wildorse Leader Brian Jean with reporters. But where's Jason?
Alberta's Week in Review: We know where the Wildrosers are, but where's Jason?
David J. Climenhaga | If anyone sees Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney, please let someone responsible know. If he doesn't show up soon, his face is going to start appearing on milk cartons!
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Anita Bryant (Wikimedia Commons)
Jason Kenney and the GSA reverse-tip-line brouhaha: Is this conservative turning into the Anita Bryant of Canada?
David J. Climenhaga | Will it help with severely normal Alberta voters if Jason Kenney turns into Canada's Anita Bryant, pounding a pulpit that seemed pathetic even in 1977? Not so much, probably.
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Jason Kenney (Photo by David Climenhaga)
Message to Jason Kenney: Alberta changed while you were away being a big shot in Ottawa!
David J. Climenhaga | Being away from Alberta 20 years and not noticing it's changed is the most charitable explanation for Jason Kenney's call to effectively out gay students who wish to join GSAs.
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Alberta Education Minister David Eggen (David Climenhaga photo)
High marks to Eggen for ordering recalcitrant religious schools to obey the law and allow gay-straight alliances
David Climenhaga | The government needs to remember that sometimes in history, the right thing is more than just the only thing decent people can do, but the right thing politically too.
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Alberta Education Minister David Eggen (David Climenhaga photo)
Now the public's tuned in, it'll be hard to put a lid back on discussion of rich subsidies to ritzy private schools
David J. Climenhaga | All right-wing parties have to defend their support for excessive funding for ritzy private schools is the risible claim such schools offer "choice," and, you know, choice is good.