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Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley surrounded by campaign volunteers in 2015 shortly before she became premier. Image credit: David J. Climenhaga
Small donors flock to Alberta NDP as disillusionment with Jason Kenney grows
David J. Climenhaga | If you go by Elections Alberta's figures, there really isn't a third political party in Alberta any more.
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U.S. Capitol Hill ahead of 2021 presidential inauguration. Image credit: ehpien/Flickr
Canadians should cheer as new U.S. government pushes sweeping election reforms
Karl Nerenberg | There is now a chance -- if, perhaps, only a slim one -- the new U.S. government will reform anti-democratic practices that plague the U.S. election process.
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Pro-Trump mob on steps of U.S. Capitol. Image credit: Brett Davis/Flickr
The violent riot on the U.S. Capitol was shocking but predictable
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | With Trump and Confederate flags waving, violent insurrectionists rampaged through the halls of Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Prime Minister Trudeau attends question period in September 2020. Image: Adam Scotti/PMO
Get ready for an unnecessary federal election in 2021
Karl Nerenberg | Here we are, a mere year and a quarter from the last federal election -- and in the midst of a frightful and deadly pandemic -- yet, believe it or not, Ottawa is full of election talk.
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NB NDP supporters gather for a photo. Image: Don Paulin
New Brunswick NDP candidates hope to lay groundwork for future success, despite gloomy election prospects
Scott Costen | New Brunswick NDP candidates hope the party's class-based message will set the stage for a rebound over the coming years.
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Understanding 'political hobbyism'
| An important distinction for activists
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| Working for real structural changes.
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney with his cabinet. Image: Premier of Alberta/Flickr
Kenney's holiday flight to Ottawa with his entourage isn't about a 'fair deal'
David J. Climenhaga | No one visits Canada's capital just before Christmas expecting to get any business done with the government.
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and cabinet swearing-in ceremony, April 30, 2019. . Image: Ian Jackson/Premier of Alberta/Flickr
If you're shocked by the firing of Alberta's election commissioner, you shouldn't be
David J. Climenhaga | If you're shocked that Jason Kenney's government has effectively just fired Lorne Gibson, the guy who's been investigating the sleazy kamikaze campaign, you haven't been paying attention.
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. Image: Government of Alberta/Flickr
UCP's dream of grabbing the CPP won't be as easy as they claim
David J. Climenhaga | How much of the UCP's radical project to transform Alberta into a dystopic firewalled statelet was predicated on a Conservative victory in last month's federal election?
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Elections Canada sign at an advance polling station in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on October 11, 2019. Image: Coastal Elite/Wikimedia Commons
Proportional representation a fair voting system denied Canadians
Ed Finn | The inherent unfairness of Canada's first-past-the-post electoral system has been displayed many times in previous federal elections, but never so blatantly as in the recent voting farce.
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces the launch of a public inquiry into foreign-funded anti-Alberta energy campaigns. Image: Government of Alberta/Flickr
Action on climate change can build national unity
Gordon Laxer | If he truly advocates for Albertans, Kenney will embrace the future by joining with Ottawa to manage a rapid phase-out of the tar sands in ways that support oil workers and their communities.
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