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May 14, 2020

Right-wing neoliberals are softening up Albertans for austerity on steroids

David J. Climenhaga

University of Calgary Professor Jack Mintz, appointed in March to lead Jason Kenney's "emergency economic panel," has joined other right-wing commentators in calling for public-sector rollbacks.

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Apr 6, 2020

It's time to dump Canada's unconstitutional anti-mask law

David J. Climenhaga

As they are now in Asia, anti-viral masks are likely to be part of Canadian life going forward.

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Mar 9, 2020

Stephen Harper wanted to make Canada 'a global energy powerhouse.' How did that work out?

David J. Climenhaga

Back in 2006, Harper planned to make Canada "an energy superpower." Today, oil prices are plummeting with no alternative source of revenue, pushing Alberta toward a financial meltdown.

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Jan 28, 2020

Can Peter MacKay save the Conservative Party of Canada?

David J. Climenhaga

Liberal strategists likely fear a return of Jason Kenney to federal politics more than Peter MacKay winning the Conservative party leadership race.

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Jan 17, 2020

Mysterious career changes announced in Alberta and British Columbia

David J. Climenhaga

File under unsolved political mysteries: career changes by Stephen Harper, Preston Manning and Andrew Weaver. Whatever can they mean?

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Jan 9, 2020

With no embassy in Tehran, Canada has little influence over response to plane crash

David J. Climenhaga

In the wake of yesterday's air tragedy in Iran that took the lives of at least 63 Canadians, all Canadians want answers to what caused Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS 752 to crash.

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Aug 9, 2019

Stephen Harper's still in the game -- and looking to score

Antonia Zerbisias

Broadsides

It's easy to imagine that former prime minister Stephen Harper is still writing the conservative playbook. The clues are everywhere, as Harper makes stops on his tour of the rubber-chicken circuit.

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Jul 7, 2019

Stephen Harper's proposed restrictions on bitumen exports caused no uproar. So why the fury at Justin Trudeau?

David J. Climenhaga

The principal thing that is different at this moment is simply this: there's a Liberal government in Ottawa.

Columnists

Jun 14, 2019

Who's pulling the strings in the Conservative Party?

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Antonia Zerbisias

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer may be on show. But he's not the man -- or men -- orchestrating the moves of the Conservatives.

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Oct 15, 2018

Analysis: Courts must uphold Indigenous rights when the Crown denies them

Karl Nerenberg

Making a distinction between the executive and legislative branches, the Supreme Court recently ruled the federal government doesn't always have to consult Indigenous people. The distinction is flawed

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