May 27 2023 — Bill Kaufmann — Calgary Herald — As Alberta’s provincial election enters its last lap, a new poll shows the UCP with a slight edge over the NDP both provincially and in the crucial battleground of Calgary. A Leger poll of 1,011 people conducted May 23 to 25 shows the UCP with 49 per cent of decided voter support, just ahead of […]
Apr 7 2023 — Bill Kaufmann — National Post — Chretien said blaming the federal government is ‘always a sport that they do’ in Alberta but the province has little to complain about from Justin Trudeau. Former prime minister Jean Chretien is deriding the Alberta UCP for using the federal Liberal government as a punching bag in its provincial election strategy.
Apr 1 2023 — Bill Kaufmann — National Post — Voter support is slowly shifting toward Alberta’s NDP as the province approaches a late May election, a Leger poll suggests. The online survey of 1,001 Albertans conducted March 24 to 27 shows the NDP with a provincewide lead of 47 per cent of decided voters against 44 per cent for the governing UCP. Since last […]
Jan 31 2023 — Bill Kaufmann — Calgary Herald — The governing UCP holds a thin lead over the NDP in a two-horse race that will once again come down to Calgary voters, says a new poll. When asked who they’re most likely to support, a ThinkHQ Public Affairs online survey of 1,144 people shows the UCP with 48 per cent of voters versus 45 […]
Sep 8 2022 — Bill Kaufmann — National Post — Danielle Smith’s proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act would fail to address Alberta’s grievances with Ottawa and hand next year’s election to the NDP, said four of seven UCP leadership hopefuls came together in Calgary Thursday. But Travis Toews, Rajan Sawhney, Brian Jean and Leela Aheer said they’re not ready to coalesce into a single candidate to […]
May 20 2022 — Bill Kaufmann — Calgary Herald — Less than a day after Premier Jason Kenney announced he would step down, two candidates intending to replace him are already disagreeing on how the governing UCP should move forward.
Feb 18 2022 — Bill Kaufmann — Calgary Herald — One of the Coutts border blockade protesters charged with a weapons offence told supporters that Mounties were pushing them to a violent confrontation rejected by demonstrators. In a video posted to Facebook on Sunday, just hours before she was arrested for mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, Jaclyne Martin noted RCMP […]
Nov 1 2021 — Bill Kaufmann — Calgary Herald — Kenney warned Ottawa not to use a newly-announced intention to cap greenhouse gas emissions to hamstring the energy industry. While under fire for skipping a crucial climate change conference in Scotland, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney warned Ottawa not to use a newly-announced intention to cap greenhouse gas emissions to hamstring the energy industry.
Jun 9 2021 — Bill Kaufmann — Postmedia — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is whitewashing the federal government’s role in the deadly operation of residential schools by singling out the Roman Catholic Church for blame, said Most Rev. Fred Henry, bishop emeritus of the Calgary diocese. In an open letter to the prime minister, Henry, who presided over southern Alberta Catholics from 1998 to […]
Dec 28 2019 — Bill Kaufmann — Sun Media — For the second time this month, the Canadian Energy Centre war room’s choice of a corporate logo has run into possible flak. A California-based software company said Friday it’s considering legal action over the CEC’s use of a logo it deems similar to its own. That comes a week after the war room pulled its […]
Aug 20 2019 — Bill Kaufmann — Postmedia — Accused of abdicating their provincial duties by campaigning for their federal Conservative party allies outside Alberta, the governing UCP is chiding its NDP foes for not joining them. In recent days, Chestermere-Strathmore MLA Leela Aheer was stumping for federal conservatives in the Okanagan and made no apologies for it on Twitter.
May 25 2019 — Bill Kaufmann — Calgary Herald — Weeks after Jason Kenney used Calgary’s skyline as a backdrop during his election campaign to highlight the city’s empty office space, federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will use the same view to offer hope in filling them. On Saturday morning, Scheer will meet with reporters on Scotsman Hill overlooking the city’s downtown to detail his […]
Jan 7 2019 — Bill Kaufmann — Calgary Herald — Former Calgary-Varsity NDP MLA Stephanie McLean was paid during a recent leave from that job, but the premier’s office on Monday gave sketchy details on how much she was compensated in that time. On Jan. 2, Premier Rachel Notley announced McLean’s resignation as MLA, about six months after the then-minister for Service Alberta and status […]
Dec 6 2018 — Bill Kaufmann — Calgary Herald — The UCP should investigate and nullify a deeply fraudulent nomination in the Calgary-East riding, losing candidates say in a letter to the party. Peter Singh won the vote Nov. 3 on the first ballot, but did so through fraud, bribery, forgery and improper inducement, claims a Nov. 30 letter sent to party Leader Jason Kenney […]
Feb 16 2018 — Bill Kaufmann — Edmonton Journal — Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall scorched the Trudeau’s government’s performance on the Trans Mountain pipeline dispute between B.C. and Alberta on Thursday, saying its energy policy is deepening national divisions. And while Wall encouraged Alberta’s premier to be remorseless in her fight in support of the pipeline’s expansion to the west coast, in his first […]