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With the help of two special guests, Jessica Littlewood and Matt Solberg, we are thrilled to announce and discuss the results of the 2020 Best of Alberta Politics survey.
Jessica Littlewood was the Alberta NDP MLA for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville from 2015 to 2019 and during that time served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade for Small Business. Matt Solberg is a Director at New West Public Affairs and previously served as director of Communications for the United Conservative Party.
With more than 2,300 votes in total, the winners of the Best of Alberta Politics 2020 survey are:
Best Alberta MLA: Janis Irwin, MLA for Edmonton-Highands-Norwood
Best Alberta Cabinet Minister: None of the Above
Best Opposition MLA: Rachel Notley, MLA for Edmonton-Strathcona
Up and Coming MLA to Watch in 2021: Rakhi Pancholi, MLA for Edmonton-Whitemud
Biggest Political Play of 2020: UCP’s fight with Alberta’s Doctors
Albertan most likely to be a future Premier: Don Iveson and Naheed Nenshi (two frontrunner)
Thank you to everyone who voted!
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2 replies on “Episode 65: The Best of Alberta Politics 2020”
I cannot say enough about Daveberta Podcasts that reflect a vision of this Province that is analytical, thoughtful, and refreshing! Thank you.
Listening to this podcast, I wanted to comment on “stick to policy” and “avoid personal attacks” in political debate. Yes, in general, I would agree with this.
However, there are times when policy and the person are inseparable. When policy is so bad that only a horrible person could support it, it is perfectly legitimate to challenge the person’s values, beliefs and behaviour as well as the policy itself. Case in point: attacking Health Minister Tyler Shandro over his unrelenting attacks on health care professionals in the midst of a global pandemic is perfectly acceptable, since he is, apparently, a horrible person.
Political leaders advancing objectionable policy should not be treated with kid gloves.