It is a uniquely Canadian tradition that a finance minister wears a new pair of shoes when delivering a budget. While the origins of the tradition are unclear, several politicians have played with it to make a political point: Jim Flaherty resoled [...]
The election of Jason Kenney and the UCP is bad news.
The only electoral force on the left is the Communist Party-Alberta.
The next Alberta election will take place in 2019, and Communists will be on the ballot in Edmonton and Calgary.
Suncor has confirmed that a net loss of 400 jobs is expected as the drivers of 150 trucks are replaced by computers.
Jason Kenney has always been not just an opportunist supporter of corporate interests but an ideologue of misogyny and homophobia.
Profiteering off both residents and workers should be challenged, along with quality of care.
The human costs of decades long Progress Conservative austerity and gratuitous under-funding are a cycle to be perpetuated by an NDP government constricted by business interests.
