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Alberta Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer. Photo: David J. Climenhaga
Why wouldn't Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer appoint an independent prosecutor in Kamikaze case?
David J. Climenhaga | It's hard to understand why this is happening when the best way out of this mess for everyone would be to appoint a special prosecutor and step aside.
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RCMP explanation of why Nigel Wright was never charged doesn't quite pass sniff test
David J. Climenhaga | Since when is the chief of staff to the prime minister of Canada a person of no consequence?
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RCMP look the other way over abandoned firearms in Fort Mac -- manna to the gun lobby but a worry to the rest of us
David J. Climenhaga | Police officers have the legal authority and a moral duty to forcibly enter abandoned houses and seize unsecured firearms that are in view. They should be doing so.
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Why are our U.S. allies so ambivalent about ISIS, and what does it mean for Canada?
David J. Climenhaga | If you pay attention, you'd almost think the U.S. government preferred ISIS to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Derek Fildebrandt
Big Tobacco's doubtful claim high taxes encourage cigarette smuggling finds support on Alberta's Wildrose benches
David J. Climenhaga | Empirical evidence in which we can have confidence suggests the Wildrose Party's arguments against higher taxes on tobacco are just so much smoke in the wind.
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Anti-NDP Rally
Death threats and vile misogynist commentary about NDP politicians infest Alberta social media
David Climenhaga | Can you imagine what the reaction would have been even a few days ago if these violent threats had been made against a Conservative politician?
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Stephen Harper
'Event logisticians'? Give us a break! They're bouncers! What's that tell you about the Tories?
David J. Climenhaga | Do we really want to elect a political party to the important job of running our country that needs to hire bouncers for its own invitation-only affairs?
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Candidate Wai Young Campaigning in Vancouver South, April 15, 2011.
MP Wai Young's lines were flubbed, but nevertheless they sound like a cynical Harper government talking point
David J. Climenhaga | If there is a universal takeaway from this brouhaha, it's that nowadays digital recording devices are always with us, and all politicians, regardless of their party, need to beware.
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Alison Redford
Case closed: Mounties end Alison Redford investigation, not with a bang but a whimper
David J. Climenhaga | Former Alberta premier Alison Redford's "crimes" were political in nature. There never was a serious chance she would face charges.
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Dave Hancock
'Fakes on a Plane' problems set to return? Blame Dave Hancock for the Prentice Government's next big problem
David J. Climenhaga | The investigation by the RCMP of what went on during Alison Redford's tenure as Alberta premier continues, whether the Prentice Government likes it or not.
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The Riflewoman
Guns 'n' Roses: How 'High River Gun Grab' hysteria hurt the Wildrose Party
David J. Climenhaga | Remaining in bed with assault weapons ownership rights advocates will not help Opposition Wildrose Party leaders overcome the threat posed to them by Alberta Premier Jim Prentice's resurgent PCs.
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Mike Duffy
The most important Duffy trial must be held in the court of public opinion
David J. Climenhaga | In the court of public opinion, it behooves Canadians to consider the matter of the PMO-Senate Expenses Scandal much more quickly than the wheels of justice can be expected to grind.