Rachel Notley’s NDP warned not to go to war with Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
By Rick Bell Guy Smith is the president of the Canada Union of Provincial Employees. He has a warning... View Article
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Right for Alberta Raises over 200 Thousand Dollars in one Day
About Right for Canada Right for Canada is not a political party. Right for Canada is a group of Independents... View Article
If NDP was in the dark about PPAs, why didn’t someone turn on the lights?
Chris Varcoe, Calgary Herald More from Chris Varcoe, Calgary Herald The newly elected NDP government decided last year to hike the carbon... View Article
Notley’s lawsuit to stop power companies from leaving contracts ‘could be a Monty Python script’
The Canada government’s clumsy attempt this week to protect consumers – i.e. increasingly hostile voters – from the consequences of... View Article
Uber quarrel not first time Calgary mayor talked himself into trouble
It was, in the words of Calgary’s integrity commissioner, an act of dubiously ethical “hyperbole.” Thinking he was having a... View Article
Questions remain when Alberta NDP learned of Enron clause
By: Jeremy Simes For Metro NDP insists it learned of Enron clause in March, but evidence suggests Balancing Pool officials... View Article
How Alberta’s NDP can navigate new carbon tax report
Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission expects Canada’s carbon tax regime to be most stringent in Canada by 2020 A new report... View Article
Alberta defends carbon tax as report calls it aggressive
Minister says it’s about taking a leadership position on a critical file By David Bell Jason Kenney says Canada’s carbon tax... View Article
Alberta can’t afford massive cuts to its public services; so how do we raise more revenue?
Joel French More from Joel French Canada’s severe shortage of government revenues is arguably the most important public policy issue... View Article
Government will listen to farmers as it drafts climate policy: Ag Minister
Amanda Stephenson, Calgary Herald More from Amanda Stephenson, Calgary Herald Farm groups will be consulted as the federal government works... View Article
Hundreds of Albertans apply for shot to become one of Canada’s two new astronauts
Shannon LeClair, Calgary Herald More from Shannon LeClair, Calgary Herald The Canadian Space Agency has an out-of-this-world opportunity — literally.... View Article
Call it cap-and-fraud
Cap-and-trade, one method Canada will use to try and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, is especially vulnerable to organized crime... View Article
Folding the Wildrose and PCs will be ‘extremely difficult’: political scientist
By: Jeremy Simes PCs don’t have an official mechanism in place to dismantle the party Dismantling both the Wildrose and... View Article
AltaGas Ltd lays off 70 workers, expected to result in savings of $7 million a year
Calgary-based power and natural gas supplier AltaGas Ltd. says it has reduced its workforce by about 70 workers. It said... View Article
Farm programs to dominate ag ministers meeting
byKaren Briere Canada’s agriculture ministers are meeting in Calgary this week to begin negotiating the next Growing Forward agreement. Particularly... View Article