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May 22, 2018  Eleven days from the brink, Rachel Notley's dice roll brings back memories of Mulroney and MeechDavid J. Climenhaga Alberta's premier is more disciplined than the old Irish-Canadian baritone from Baie-Comeau. The words "roll the dice" will never pass her lips. Dice are rolling just the same. |
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May 20, 2018  Flooding in B.C. won't help Alberta's case for Kinder MorganDavid J. Climenhaga The location of rising water renders ineffective the tactics of friends of fossil fuel apologists, who would prefer the public doesn’t ponder the links between bitumen extraction and climate change. |
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May 17, 2018  Dispatches from the front lines of Alberta politics: Jason Kenney reveals his nasty streak, againDavid J. Climenhaga Why are so many old Tories going to pot? Is Canadian democracy is simply too important to be left in the hands of voters? The UCP caucus gets its exercise! Derek Fildebrandt gets something right! |
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Apr 17, 2018  A bill to squeeze B.C. introduced in Alberta Legislature -- but can it pass constitutional muster?David J. Climenhaga Overwrought anyone? Rachel Notley threatens to punish British Columbians. UCP, after screaming for something like this, ducks and covers. Send in the army, demands former energy minister. |
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Apr 16, 2018  The claim that Canada's facing a constitutional crisis is just politicsDavid J. Climenhaga The current dispute between Alberta, B.C., and Ottawa over the Trans Mountain pipeline is not a constitutional crisis, but it could turn into one. |
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Apr 13, 2018  Kinder Morgan brouhaha shows why it's time for Canada to pull the plug on NAFTADavid J. Climenhaga We've got the chance, thanks be unto Donald J. Trump. Obviously, it's time to get the heck out of NAFTA! |
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Apr 13, 2018  Despite NDP stamp of approval, pipeline rally on Alberta Legislature's steps looked like a UCP eventDavid J. Climenhaga Yesterday's rally was an unedifying event. At least no one was chanting, "Lock 'Er Up" this time, although I'd bet you some members of the crowd were thinking it. |
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Apr 11, 2018  Why demanding Ottawa intervene to bend B.C. to Alberta's will is probably a terrible idea, from Alberta's point of viewDavid J. Climenhaga It's pretty hard to argue this situation isn't an example of the oil industry's continued domination of the Alberta government. |
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Apr 1, 2018  Alberta New Democrats ponder new name to reflect 21st-century political realitiesDavid J. Climenhaga Dear readers, do not fret. Before you cancel your donation to the Alberta NDP, check the date. |
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Mar 28, 2018  A court has ruled in favour of Trans Mountain Pipeline, but power of social license is yet to be testedDavid J. Climenhaga If protests in Burnaby continue to grow, and British Columbians continue to line up to be peacefully arrested, this is when Canadians will learn the real power of social license. |
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Mar 12, 2018  Rachel Notley and Jason Kenney find common ground, sort of … on dubious pipeline posturingDavid J. Climenhaga I'm no constitutional lawyer, but I was an agriculture reporter for many years, so I recognize the smell of manure. I'll bet B.C. Premier John Horgan does too. |
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Feb 23, 2018  There are plenty of reasons to doubt B.C. and Alberta's differences are settledDavid J. Climenhaga History repeats itself, so the Wine War may be over, but with underlying disputes unresolved, things could easily segue into another war. |
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Feb 21, 2018  Jason Kenney tries to look tough, but that ship's already sailed with Rachel Notley at the helmDavid J. Climenhaga The Alberta Opposition leader's other ideas? Attack schoolteachers, and environmentalist David Suzuki. |
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Feb 21, 2018  Of premiers and pipelinesDavid Taub Bancroft Simply put: now is not the time to be building new pipelines. |
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Feb 17, 2018  How to resolve the pipeline fight between Alberta and British ColumbiaDavid J. Climenhaga If a pipeline capable of carrying diluted bitumen from Alberta to the West Coast is essential to Canada's economy, then the federal government should build it and run it. |
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Feb 16, 2018  A divided NDP has to decide what it stands forKarl Nerenberg The NDP meets in Ottawa this week with its two provincial governments squabbling and the party searching for a mission and an identity. |
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Feb 14, 2018  Trudeau gets out of the Trans Mountain pipeline mess fairly unscathedKarl Nerenberg People are buying B.C. wines in solidarity with B.C.'s Horgan government in its dispute with Alberta. Ironically, many of those wine protesters campaigned for the Trudeau Liberals in 2015. |
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Jan 31, 2018  The bitumen hits the fan in Alberta and Ottawa as B.C. moves to restrict pipeline and rail flowDavid J. Climenhaga This is a complex political fight that, while it appears to pit two NDP governments ironically against one another, actually involves a lot more players. |
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Dec 20, 2017  No insight from B.C. NDP as they approve Site C DamSalman Zafar There are times when you think the NDP has changed. But then you get a stark reminder that it hasn't. |
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Sep 18, 2017  B.C.'s Climate Leadership Plan was cooked up in Calgary boardroom of powerful petroleum lobbyDavid J. Climenhaga It turns out the B.C. Liberals' Climate Leadership Plan was drafted by industry representatives in the Calgary boardroom of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers! |
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Sep 2, 2017  Alberta premier's chief of staff, John Heaney, returns to family and law practice in B.C.David J. Climenhaga John Heaney will be replaced as chief of staff by Nathan Rotman, who has worked as issues management director of the Premier’s Office and chief of staff to Finance Minister Joe Ceci. |
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Aug 14, 2017  Candidate's proposal to kick B.C. out of New West Partnership is likely to delight West Coast New DemocratsDavid J. Climenhaga The New West Partnership is designed to make it harder for provincial governments to enact their own, tougher policies on a range of issues. So what’s not to like about being kicked out? |
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Aug 3, 2017  Keep an eye out for the 'Certified Kenney Fact'David J. Climenhaga If we accept UCP leadership candidate Jason Kenney's arithmetic, the Saskatchewan NDP appears to have wrecked the province's economy two years before it was elected! |
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Jul 17, 2017  Something useful for the premiers to talk about: The right's perpetual myth making about equalizationDavid J. Climenhaga The Fraser Institute has been spreading fables about equalization payments. Why don't the premiers set the facts straight at their meeting in Edmonton this week? |
