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Lesser Slave Lake MLA Pat Rehn during his mid-pandemic holiday in Mexico. Image: Facebook/Pat Rehn
Pat Rehn welcomed back to jittery UCP caucus after being booted last January
David J. Climenhaga | Former Conservative PM Stephen Harper is reported to have been called in to give the fractious UCP caucus a lecture about the need to stick together and play nice.
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Lawyer John Carpay addressing an anti-mask rally in Calgary in November 2020. Image: David Climenhaga/Screenshot of YouTube video
In hot water for hiring private eye to shadow judge, John Carpay exits stage right
David J. Climenhaga | Complaints about Carpay's shenanigans have been filed with the law societies of both Manitoba and Alberta.
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Social conservative activist and lawyer John Carpay before the doors of a courthouse (Image: Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms/distributed).
A prominent social conservative lawyer hired a private investigator to follow a judge
David J. Climenhaga | The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms' founder and president admitted yesterday it was he who hired a professional peeper to spy on the judge.
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Justin Trudeau and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi. Image: Screen shot of the news conference/rabble.ca.
Justin Trudeau, boyish, beardless and in campaign mode, shows up to bestow $1.5B on Calgary LRT
David J. Climenhaga | The Kenney government confirmed yesterday it would fork over its share of the cash for the first phase of the LRT line opposed by many UCP supporters, but the premier skipped the PM's news conference.
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Jason Kenney during his interview yesterday. Image credit: David Climenhaga/Screenshot of CBC news video
Jason Kenney insists he never called for a niqab ban despite clear public record
David J. Climenhaga | With his offensive commentary from 2011 and 2015 ricocheting all over social media last night, Alberta’s premier needs to swallow his pride, admit he was wrong and apologize.
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Karl Nerenberg captured in a screen shot at Off the Hill.
Federal Budget 2021: Did it deliver to those who need it most?
Karl Nerenberg | rabble.ca politics reporter, Karl Nerenberg addresses the core question of the 2021 federal budget.
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Federal Budget 2021: How were women's unpaid, underpaid and essential services addressed?
rabble staff | An excerpt from rabble.ca's political panel, Off The Hill.
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'The well-being of all will impact our ability to get through the pandemic.' MP Leah Gazan on budget 2021
Leah Gazan | Leah Gazan is cynical of Liberal government promises for child care in Monday's budget -- promises the Liberal party has been making for 30 years.
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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?