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WEBSep 6, 2024 · Former Alberta NDP environment minister Shannon Phillips announced on social media today she is joining a policy advisory firm with Conservative political advisor Ken Boessenkool and his Liberal equivalent Tyler Meredith. The firm is to be called Meredith, Boessenkool & Phillips. All three are smart …
New poll by Abacus Data shows Alberta NDP breaking ahead of …
WEBMay 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.
Prime minister announces two Alberta Senate appointments; UCP …
WEBAug 31, 2024 · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced two long-anticipated Alberta appointments to the Senate of Canada this morning. Kristopher Wells of St. Albert is a post-secondary educator and champion of Alberta’s 2SLGBTQI+ community; Daryl Fridhandler is Calgary lawyer with longstanding ties to the Liberal Party of Canada. The PM’s news release didn’t provide a lot of information […]
Buoyed by overwhelming leadership approval vote ... - Alberta Politics
WEBJun 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 into the greatest powerhouse […]
Rachel Notley: The woman who made Alberta democracy great …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · A steely eyed Rachel Notley on Oct. 18, 2014, moments after she was elected leader of the Alberta NDP (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Ms. Notley, who yesterday announced her plan to step aside as Opposition leader in the Alberta Legislature as soon as her New Democratic Party chooses a new leader, turned the Alberta NDP from a …
Alberta NDP now has more than 85,000 members, party says; Gil …
WEBMay 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 to support our party in forming the next government.”
Despite UCP efforts to tilt the playing field ... - Alberta Politics
WEBOct 19, 2021 · Despite the best efforts of Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government to tilt the playing field steeply in favour right-wing candidates, voters in both Calgary and Edmonton elected progressive mayors yesterday. Amarjeet Sohi, a soft-spoken former bus driver and trade unionist who was once a political …
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WEBNov 5, 2021 · Alberta’s United Conservative Party introduced new election financing legislation yesterday that appears likely to allow big money and dark money to start flowing back into provincial politics as well as restricting the free speech rights of groups that disagree with the government. So it seems on brand for …
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WEBApr 8, 2021 · Having opted Tuesday for a return to restrictions on some business and social activities to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the face of virulent mutations of the coronavirus, Premier Jason Kenney immediately faced a full-blown rebellion yesterday by 15 members of his United Conservative Caucus in the Alberta Legislature, including the Speaker of the […]
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