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Stacked pipes awaiting installation in oil pipeline. Image credit: Loozrboy/Flickr
How much of the pipe meant to build Keystone XL is fit only for scrap?
David J. Climenhaga | Don't count on resales of unused pipe from the Keystone XL pipeline offsetting much of Alberta's "investment" in Premier Jason Kenney's $1.5-billion bad bet.
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Image: Andrew Scheer/Flickr
Are the federal Conservatives a national government in waiting or a separatist bloc? Andrew Scheer must decide
David J. Climenhaga | If Andrew Scheer is unprepared to deal with the separatist contagion in his caucus, the Conservative Party of Canada will be dismissed as nothing more than a Prairie province bloc.
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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. Image: Andrew Scheer/Flickr
The party that wins the most seats doesn't always form the next government
David J. Climenhaga | Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is making up parliamentary conventions to suit himself, and Albertans are likely to be angry no matter the outcome of today's federal election.
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The UCP government's "blue ribbon" panel. From left to right: Mike Percy, Dave Mowat, Finance Minister Travis Toews, Janice MacKinnon, Premier Jason Kenney, Kim Henderson, Jay Ramotar and Bev Dahlby. Image: Government of Alberta
Happy Labour Day, Alberta Day, or whatever: brace yourself for unpleasantness tomorrow!
David J. Climenhaga | If Jason Kenney is serious about achieving a destiny as prime minister of Canada, he's going to have to stop giving the impression he's a separatist, isn't he?
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Premier Jason Kenney cutting red tape. Photo: Government of Alberta/Flickr
Regardless of Jason Kenney's tweets, the Corporate Mapping Project is uncovering data of value to citizens
David J. Climenhaga | Support for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's peer-reviewed grant application-review process appears to cross political lines.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo: Justin Trudeau/Twitter
So Justin Trudeau said nothing new, but why did his pipeline presser make Conservatives so angry?
David J. Climenhaga | Announcements that don't contain much news are absolutely a staple of democratic politics, and Conservatives are masters of the art form.
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Pope Francis: "prioritizing short-term economic benefits" is not a good enough reason not to have a carbon tax. Photo: Catholic Church England, Creative Commons
The Pope says global warming is real. What will publicly pious carbon-tax hating Catholics like Jason Kenney do?
David J. Climenhaga | Pope Francis, leader of 1.3 billion Catholics, has declared global warming to be a real thing and putting a price on carbon to be "essential" to saving the planet.
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Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage talks to reporters at the foot of Parliament Hill. Photo: Sonya Savage/Twitter
Is Alberta's 'Yes to TMX' campaign a sly tax-funded attack on the Trudeau Liberals?
David J. Climenhaga | Is "Ottawa, we have a problem" on those Tory blue advertisements about a pipeline, or a government? If the latter, why are our tax dollars paying for it?
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An undated stock photo of work on the Trans Mountain Pipeline Photo: Facebook
B.C. Appeal Court's Trans Mountain ruling may not be quite the slam-dunk Alberta thinks it is
David J. Climenhaga | Since it has now been clearly established that B.C. cannot control what goes through a federally regulated pipeline, a strong argument can now be made that neither can Alberta.
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Andrew Scheer and Jason Kenney: Not necessarily as close as you might think … Photo: Andrew Scheer/Twitter
The game's afoot in Ottawa as the moment nears for Jason Kenney to implement his 'revenge platform'
David J. Climenhaga | Right now we seem to be headed for an intramural game of chicken between Ottawa and Edmonton.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau campaigning in Edmonton in October 2015. Photo: David J. Climenhaga
When Jason Kenney kills Alberta's carbon tax and emissions cap, what will Justin do?
David J. Climenhaga | Thanks to the work done by outgoing Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, support for the TMX in Canada has probably reached its high-water mark. It has nowhere to go but down.
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Calculating winners and losers in the Trans Mountain Pipeline debacle
David J. Climenhaga | The economics of the pipeline project were always pretty dubious, and remain so, despite enormous political capital invested by numerous political players.