Brian Jean, former Opposition leader and unsuccessful contender to lead...
PHOTOS: Brian Jean, when he was still running for the leadership of the United Conservative Party in 2017. Below: Mr. Jean feeling the love during the race to lead the UCP, and as he would probably...
View ArticleAdmirably true to their Iron Age code, UCP delegates defy their leaders and...
Modern Conservatives indeed! The Wildrose Party base – by which I mean the United Conservative Party base, they are the same people – is a wild horse that cannot be ridden safely or broken easily for...
View ArticleThe Grande Prairie Hospital saga: PC political motives, terrible planning,...
The battle between Alberta government officials and a Calgary construction company over long delays building a new hospital in Grande Prairie that boiled over this week is more than a mere political...
View ArticleYesterday’s floor crossing won’t make much difference, but at least the...
One way or another, as of yesterday at least 143 politicians have crossed the floor of the House of Commons or a Canadian legislature since Confederation. If you can’t name any or many of them offhand,...
View Article‘Businessman, pundit, and religious activist’ Craig Chandler would be a...
Craig Chandler would be the perfect test case for Opposition Leader Jason Kenney’s new database for identifying and rooting out would-be members, volunteers and candidates whose views are too extreme...
View ArticleConsidering Carpay’s Folly: Why can’t Alberta Conservatives stay away from...
Why can’t Alberta conservatives learn to stay away from the Lake of Fire? This is a question for the ages. Latest to bathe in the scalding waves of the fiery lake is social conservative litigator and...
View ArticleDefeated in UCP nomination battle, Highwood MLA Wayne Anderson takes...
Is it just seasonal, or is this the new normal? No, I’m not talking about the weather and climate change. I’m talking about the daily stream of revelations about unsavoury goings on inside Alberta’s...
View ArticleAlberta separation: Are Russian bots messing with our province, or just...
Are Russian bots behind the recent busy social media campaign to persuade Albertans they want to separate from Canada, a la Brexit? Or is this just the work of right-wing Canadian agitators using...
View ArticlePeak Separatism has passed in Alberta, no thanks to Postmedia’s sly campaign...
Happy Holidays! It may take a few days for its perpetrators to admit this, but Alberta has all but certainly already passed Peak Separatism. The current 2018 spasm of Alberta separatist sentiment...
View ArticleHappy New Year! What’s Brian Jean up to? Is the former Wildrose leader...
Happy New Year! So, now that it’s 2019, what’s Brian Jean up to? Maybe it’s just me, but he’s sure acting like a guy who’s thinking about being a political candidate again! You remember Brian Jean,...
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