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Between a rock and a hard place in Calgary-Foothills, foundering PCs'...
Aug 11, 2015David J. ClimenhagaIf they can't win the Sept. 3 Calgary-Foothills byelection themselves, the once-mighty Alberta PCs probably prefer the thought of an NDP victory to a Wildrose success.
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Thomas Lukaszuk, once the Gorgeous George of Alberta politics, ponders an...
Sep 10, 2015David J. ClimenhagaNothing could be more delightful to Alberta political commentators than the idea of Thomas Lukaszuk founding his own political party. The chances of it succeeding,...
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Doff hats to Don Getty, father of Family Day -- too bad about that August...
Feb 15, 2016David J. ClimenhagaIf our Alberta NDP government wants a project that will ensure the eternal gratitude of most Albertans, it could return the August holiday to statutory status.
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Whatever the outcome, today's Calgary-Greenway byelection is sure to be a...
Mar 22, 2016David J. ClimenhagaSometimes a byelection is only a byelection.
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Tory victory in Calgary-Greenway riding turns 'unite the right' merger on...
Mar 23, 2016David J. ClimenhagaThis Tory victory on Calgary's multi-ethnic East Side certainly goes to the PC Party’s recent narrative that only it can win for conservatives in urban Alberta.
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Time to stop wasting Alberta taxpayers' dollars on elite private and...
Apr 3, 2016David J. ClimenhagaPublicly funded two-tier education is a harmful and unaffordable relic of Alberta's Tory past. It's time to put an end to it.
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Former AUPE president Dan MacLennan elected to party post to get Alberta...
May 17, 2016David J. ClimenhagaI don't know if Dan MacLennan has the power to jolt Alberta's Liberals back to life. But if I were an organizer for any other party, I'd sure worry about that.
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If Wildrose Party can't unite right on its terms, maybe there's another way...
May 19, 2016David J. ClimenhagaIf Alberta's Wildrosers can't get the word "Conservative" into their party's name by hook, perhaps they can do it the other way.
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Brace for it: Alberta is about to endure weeks of vicious...
May 25, 2016David J. ClimenhagaAlberta's climate policy debate may truly be a case where your best friends are your worst enemies and your worst enemies your best friends!
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Database shows how schools, cities, charities, plus media and Alberta firms...
Nov 1, 2016David J. ClimenhagaJust because donations from public institutions in Saskatchewan are not illegal doesn't mean they are not in a fundamental way improper.
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Two polls and two byelections signal an interesting spell in Alberta politics...
Feb 23, 2017David J. ClimenhagaCount on it that all parties in Alberta, for once, will be watching the election results next door in British Columbia on May 9 with intense interest.
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Despite Opposition demands, Alberta NDP says no to risky conservative...
Mar 17, 2017David J. ClimenhagaIt was Budget Day in Alberta and the sense of relief in the halls of the Legislature was palpable, again.
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Wildrosers and PCs act as if fighting the NDP's workplace fairness law is...
May 26, 2017David J. ClimenhagaUpon passage, Bill 17 will bring Alberta labour law as it pertains to unions into the late 20th Century and place it squarely in the middle of the legal mainstream.
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Blasphemy, Alberta style! Former Liberal leader predicts disaster for oil...
Sep 29, 2017David J. ClimenhagaPhase out the oilsands? Either do it on Alberta's terms, or have it done for Alberta, says Kevin Taft, once the leader of the province's Liberal Opposition.
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Bill 24 passes, protecting Albertan students in gay-straight alliances
Nov 16, 2017David J. ClimenhagaPassage of Bill 24 is a backhanded tribute to UCP Leader Jason Kenney, who kept his social conservative backers sweet by advocating outing kids who join GSAs to their...
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Between a rock and a hard place in Calgary-Foothills, foundering PCs'...
Aug 11, 2015David J. ClimenhagaIf they can't win the Sept. 3 Calgary-Foothills byelection themselves, the once-mighty Alberta PCs probably prefer the thought of an NDP victory to a Wildrose success.
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Thomas Lukaszuk, once the Gorgeous George of Alberta politics, ponders an...
Sep 10, 2015David J. ClimenhagaNothing could be more delightful to Alberta political commentators than the idea of Thomas Lukaszuk founding his own political party. The chances of it succeeding,...
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Doff hats to Don Getty, father of Family Day -- too bad about that August...
Feb 15, 2016David J. ClimenhagaIf our Alberta NDP government wants a project that will ensure the eternal gratitude of most Albertans, it could return the August holiday to statutory status.
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Whatever the outcome, today's Calgary-Greenway byelection is sure to be a...
Mar 22, 2016David J. ClimenhagaSometimes a byelection is only a byelection.
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Tory victory in Calgary-Greenway riding turns 'unite the right' merger on...
Mar 23, 2016David J. ClimenhagaThis Tory victory on Calgary's multi-ethnic East Side certainly goes to the PC Party’s recent narrative that only it can win for conservatives in urban Alberta.
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