Raj Sherman

The credibility of the inquiry hinges on whether it pursues leads about a private clinic got patients jumped to the front of a long waiting list for a public cancer-screening centre.

Warning: This is a work of humour. Actual events may not turn out exactly as predicted, or even close, sort of like Fraser Institute studies in that regard.

A worthy if untraditional goal for the Alberta NDP in 2013 should be to ensure unhappy Liberal MLAs know they would be welcome in the New Democrat caucus.

At the moment, it is fair to say, Kent Hehr is the only member of the Alberta Liberal caucus who could be described as a credible and available alternative to Leader Raj Sherman.

The former CEO of Alberta Health Services and the doctor who helped him write a memo about medical queue jumping testified yesterday at an inquiry. Neither could recall much.

Alberta Premier Alison Redford is trying vainly to put out several serious fires at the same time. Her crisis-management skills seem lacking.

Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman seems to have nailed it when he demanded the feds step in and make the province submit its dispute with physicians to arbitration.

If we hire half-million-dollar-a-year execs instead of career public servants to run our public enterprises, they’re bound to bring their questionable private-sector perks with them.

A new poll from Angus Reid gauges something even more fun than a barrel of political sciences courses: premiers’ popularity!

A second poll in as many days shows Alison Redford’s PCs far ahead of all opposition parties in public esteem. The premier is also more popular than her own party, this one says.