Alberta Politics

“Hi, I’m Danielle Smith, and I believe no one should ever have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor.” So said Alberta’s premier in a 30-second pre-election video posted to the Internet on April 12, 2023.

“Too big to rig,” proclaimed yesterday’s Canadian Press headline, carrying more than a little water for Jeffrey Rath, house legalist ...

Planned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer in the 2028-2029 fiscal year will likely result cuts of more than $50 billion for health care in Canada’s provinces and territories over the subsequent decade, a report published this early morning by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions concludes.

As was totally predictable, apologists for Alberta’s United Conservative Party are now clutching their pearls about Danielle Smith’s pancakes being labeled fascist.

“Berta Proud Dad” himself – the pro-separation “independent Alberta commentator”

Like her hero Donald Trump, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has always understood that populist movements like her United Conservative Party are based more on tribal identity than serious policy.