Oct 4 2018 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — Premier Rachel Notley backs B.C.’s huge new liquid natural gas terminal, but there’s bitterness behind the smile. Notley was irked by the sight of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and B.C. Premier John Horgan announcing the $40-billion LNG project Tuesday, with happy grins plastered on their faces. “There is a high level of jaw-dropping hypocrisy that […]
Oct 3 2018 — Chris Varcoe — Calgary Herald — A thick blanket of snow fell on Calgary on Tuesday morning, while warmer fall weather greeted folks in Vancouver. That seems appropriate, given the recent turn of events blowing across Canada’s oil and gas sector. As Royal Dutch Shell Plc and its international partners gave the green light to their mammoth liquefied natural gas (LNG) […]
Sep 5 2018 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — Fury mixed with hopelessness makes for a poisonous political stew. That’s where many Albertans are today, as last week’s pipeline rejection sinks in. This is a truly toxic moment for the province: another sign that national projects can’t be built; further evidence that the federal consultation “process” (are you hating that word yet?) is a […]
Sep 2 2018 — Calgary Herald — Premier Rachel Notley says it could be years before work resumes on the TransMountain pipeline without Ottawa stepping in with legislation to get the project back on track. Speaking at the annual Pride Brunch for Camp fYrefly in Calgary on Saturday, Notley doubled down on tough talk aimed at the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal […]
Aug 22 2018 — James Wood — Calgary Herald — Maverick MLA Derek Fildebrandt says he supports Conservative MP Maxime Bernier’s blasts on Canadian diversity, noting that his new provincial Freedom Conservative Party will push for Alberta to have more control over immigration.
Aug 21 2018 — Calgary Herald — Calgary MP Darshan Kang has lost an appeal of a confidential House of Commons investigation that found he harassed a female staff member in his constituency office. Kang resigned from the Liberal caucus last August after denying allegations he inappropriately touched and harassed former staff member Rhea Bassi. A legal panel has now affirmed the […]
Aug 14 2018 — Calgary Herald — On a busy lunch hour at Blink, 60 guests might visit the downtown Calgary restaurant for a meal. A hostess, three servers and a manager would usually be on hand to serve that many people, but on Monday, the restaurant was down to two servers and a manager. With about 26 full-time staff — four […]
Aug 13 2018 — Naomi Lakritz — Calgary Herald — Sir John A. Macdonald continues to vanish from the Canadian landscape. The latest to jump on the politically correct bandwagon is Victoria, which has removed a statue of Macdonald from in front of its city hall. It is kind of ironic, actually, considering that Victoria is named for the Queen who ruled during the Macdonald […]
Aug 13 2018 — Licia Corbella — Calgary Herald — Here’s hoping that Saudi Arabia’s temper tantrum over our federal government’s undiplomatic tweets backfires on the morally repugnant kingdom and ends up benefiting Canada in the long run. There is some evidence that the Saudi spat over tweets, designed to virtue signal to a domestic audience by Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, has served as […]
Aug 11 2018 — Licia Corbella — Calgary Herald — The ironies and hypocrisies of both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s and the Saudi Arabian government abound in the diplomatic spat between the two countries that has garnered international attention. Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Global Affairs Canada each sent out tweets publicly demanding that Saudi Arabia release recently arrested activists, including Samar […]
Jul 24 2018 — Calgary Herald — The lights are still on at the Calgary-based Manning Centre, though the non-profit’s vice-president concedes the brainchild of federal Reform party founder Preston Manning is stepping back from its advocacy work. On Monday, for lease signs were spotted outside the three-storey brick headquarters at 514 11th Ave. S.W., prompting a stir among local political watchers, […]
Jul 13 2018 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — The new Alberta is taking shape. In Ontario. Premier Doug Ford’s early actions are a template for what United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney will do if he wins the Alberta election next year. Ford axed Ontario’s cap-and-trade system for carbon pricing. He just cancelled the Liberal school curriculum that taught about same-sex marriage. Kenney […]
Jul 8 2018 — Calgary Herald — For all the political back and forth on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s alleged groping of a reporter 18 years ago, a Calgary-based expert on sexual assaults says the victim’s story should never have been dug up without her permission. Trudeau’s past conduct came under fire after an allegation made in a newspaper editorial in 2000 […]
Jul 7 2018 — James Wood — Calgary Herald — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — facing his own controversies from the past — gave a strong show of support for Calgary Centre MP Kent Hehr Saturday even as the Liberals face a hard path to retaining their sole remaining Calgary seat in next year’s federal election. Hehr resigned from the federal cabinet after an independent […]
Jul 4 2018 — Naomi Lakritz — Calgary Herald — Quiz time. A little over six months ago, who said: “Sexual harassment is a systemic problem and when women speak up, we have a responsibility to listen to them and to believe them.” And who also said: “Obviously my thoughts turn immediately to the women who came forward knowing how difficult it is, it can […]