Legitimacy of next Progressive Conservative leader already in question
The lackluster race to lead the governing Progressive Conservative Party is finally coming to an end tomorrow. Thanks to the Westminster System, the person selected by the membership of the party will...
View ArticleParty members get the final word (along with the electorate).
Voters in Alberta in general have been used and abused by our provincial government for quite some time now. Few have been democratically abused more though than the party members of the Progressive...
View ArticleThere is no right wing split in Alberta.
Though the voices are in a tiny minority, they are already becoming annoying. Led by Danielle Smith and some other now homeless political types who found themselves politically homeless due to latching...
View Article2015 leadership & general elections are now over. What’s next for Wildrose...
Alberta’s tumultuous year continues to be tumultuous. With the NDP gaining a solid majority in the legislature and the Wildrose Party gaining a solid mandate as official opposition, we should be able...
View ArticleThe Calgary Foothills by-election is critical for all Albertans.
People who don’t participate in partisan politics (and even some who do) often don’t know one very important aspect about the New Democratic Party: Federal and provincial NDP parties are all the same...
View ArticleHow many times has the Wildrose Party wrongly been declared dead?
Having been a loyal activist/candidate/executive member of the Wildrose Party (previously Alberta Alliance) since 2005, I can’t count the number of times that I have heard commentators declaring the...
View ArticleWildrose 2015 AGM policy & constitutional proposals
It is no secret that I am a hard core political wonk nor is it a secret that I am a strong supporter of the Wildrose Party and have served within the party in multiple capacities. While a guy like me...
View ArticleDiplomacy counts.
I rarely use any form of tact, discretion or general diplomacy with political issues as many can attest. I speak my mind to the point of being outright offensive at times. That is due to the fact that...
View ArticleLet’s try to play nice folks.
Over the years I have taken on many thankless and stressful tasks due to my political inclinations. I served multiple terms on the Wildrose provincial executive, often as VP policy. I volunteered on...
View ArticleIts time to get this merger done.
There are a myriad of factors that contributed to Alberta’s disastrous, accidental election of the Notley NDP. In looking at the numbers, it is clear that a split vote among right of center supporters...
View ArticleUCP can’t tell others to get their fiscal house in order until they clean up...
You see those people pictured above? They are NDP. They are socialists. They have no concept of nor interest in balancing budgets. I expect little of them fiscally and they never fail to meet my...
View ArticleThe price for mailing it in. Highwood is ready for change.
Highwood is one of the safest conservative seats in all of Alberta. The constituency resides just South of Calgary. It was formed in 1971 and the combined Social Credit/ Progressive Conservative vote...
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