Michael Janz

When it comes to education in Alberta, it turns out that competition is always good … except when it isn't! Who knew?

Horror-stricken Catholic school trustees quickly responded to Edmonton Public School Board Chair Michael Janz's call for optional Catholic programs in public schools.

It might well be fair to speculate that the Alberta government has put Athabasca University into a form of "soft receivership."

Perhaps it was irritation at this unexpected turn of events that prompted Tory Leader Ric McIver's emotional outburst in the Legislature yesterday, which saw him ordered out by the Speaker.