6 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith needs to control hardcore UCPers to advance in Edmonton, Calgary

Danielle Smith and her UCP will not do better in Edmonton and even Calgary until the premier gets the hardcore of her party under control. The highwire Smith is walking was very evident at her party’s AGM this weekend at Edmonton’s Expo Centre. Smith said she wanted to make a breakthrough in Edmonton where the […]

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8 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Highlight of Carney/Smith MOU is departure of Guilbeault from Liberal cabinet

Ding dong the witch is dead. The biggest win for Alberta as a result of Thursday’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the province and the federal government over a West Coast pipeline has to be the resignation of the detested Steven Guilbeault from the Liberal cabinet. When he was Justin Trudeau’s environment minister, Guilbeault was […]

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1 week ago Letters: Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause subverts debate

Does Alberta need more teachers? Vote in our daily poll! What a steaming heap of political posturing/fence-sitting Lorne Gunter delivered in his column today regarding Smith’s use of the notwithstanding clause. While he isn’t “completely in line” with the UCP on transgender laws, he’s “not vehemently opposed” to them either. That much wriggling while sitting […]

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2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Smith government's use of notwithstanding clause is within the spirit of the Charter

Maybe the Charter of Rights and Freedom’s notwithstanding clause went unused so long that constitution “experts” told themselves a lot of fables about it, include one I heard Wednesday. On Monday, the provincial government tabled legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to stop courts from overturning a trio of bills affecting transgender youth. On Wednesday, a […]

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3 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Smith sticks to ‘sensitive negotiations’ with Carney on major projects

I don’t know what Prime Minister Mark Carney is telling Premier Danielle Smith about pipelines, but it must be damned convincing. On Thursday at Terrace, B.C., near Prince Rupert, Carney announced another five “nation-building” projects his government will fast-track. And just like with the first five, there is no pipeline and no major project in […]

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4 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Smith needs to let Alberta's recall process proceed as UCP lawmakers intended

Chill, Premier Smith. Don’t take for granted that the two recall petitions currently circulating and the other seven in the application process will fail. But don’t panic, either. The bar over which petitioners must jump is dauntingly high. During question period in the legislature on Wednesday, Smith said her government would not make any changes […]

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