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Canadian Politics. Out of control spending on for-profit nursing agencies to surpass $1.5B in Canada this year: report. by David Climenhaga September 23, 2024. ‘Tubby’ Black, palaverous peer who forfeited Canadian citizenship for plush seat in House of Lords, booted by that chamber. by David Climenhaga July 12, 2024.
Alberta NDP now has more than 85,000 members, party says; Gil …
May 13, 2024 · “This leadership race is an historic moment for the Alberta NDP,” Ms. Freistadt said in the Opposition party’s news release. “Voters from all walks of life and all regions of the province joined the Alberta NDP because they are excited …
New poll by Abacus Data shows Alberta NDP breaking ahead of …
May 14, 2023 · Still, the Abacus results yesterday do run counter to the findings of another recent poll by Mainstreet Research, which said Saturday it was in the field on the same dates talking to 1,338 adults.. Mainstreet had the UCP ahead by 6 points, at 45 per cent compared with 39 per cent for the NDP.
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5 days ago · The Alberta Bill of Rights Amendment Act, 2024, otherwise known as Bill 24, is a fundamentally unserious document. by David Climenhaga October 30, 2024. Now that we have before us an actual copy of the United Conservative Party’s first bill of the fall 2024 sitting of the Legislature, the new and improved Alberta Bill of Rights with secret ...
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Jun 7, 2021 · Acting like someone with a serious chance of returning to the Premier’s Office in 2023, Alberta New Democratic Party Leader Rachel Notley received a 98.2-per-cent approval vote in the Opposition party’s leadership review Sunday. The former Alberta premier set out a hopeful vision of how her next government would “transform Alberta …
‘Not one shred of evidence’ bill’s arbitrary measures are needed; …
May 26, 2024 · Does Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver have any idea how many Albertans could be denied the right to vote in the next general election because of the United Conservative Party’s planned changes to provincial voting rules in Bill 20, the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024?. A demonstrator at Saturday’s Enough is Enough rally in Edmonton tallies up some of the UCP’s more ...
Today’s cabinet choices should cast more light on Premier Danielle ...
Oct 21, 2022 · Speaking of stretching, that was a bit of one. The UCP’s Jason Nixon won that central Alberta riding with 82 per cent of the vote in 2019. Mr. Nixon may or may not be the candidate there in 2023, but Ms. Smith’s candidate could probably win the riding even if the UCP dropped a nuclear bomb* on Caroline.. However, her point is clear.
Two new polls Wednesday say UCP and NDP are close to …
May 18, 2023 · Well, at least it would be a political crisis, not a constitutional one, which would relieve the rest of the country of having to pay much attention to our lingering misery.. Let me explain: Two new polls released yesterday – one by Ipsos and the other by Angus Reid Institute – show almost exactly the same thing with slightly different numbers.
Limiting debate, UCP rams through ‘Sovereignty Act in the wee …
Dec 9, 2022 · The government’s use of time limits on debate was no surprise. The Sovereignty Act – no matter what it ended up saying – is a key part of the Smith Government’s re-election strategy.. Premier Smith will be anxious to start using it to pick fights with Ottawa and paint the NDP Opposition as anti-Alberta for voting against what …
Alberta’s Legislature shudders back to life this afternoon – what …
Oct 30, 2023 · The headline on the government’s news release Friday about the inaugural session of the 31 st Legislature, the first since the May 29 election, says MLAs will reconvene “with legislation geared towards providing financial protection and securing Albertans’ interests.”. Now there’s a heavily coded phrase if ever I heard one that ought to send Halloween chills up and down your spines ...