Tag: Recovery Alberta

Jennifer Johnson in, Marshall Smith out, Rob Anderson still in

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date October 10, 2024

UCP cabinet minister Jason Nixon and Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Jennifer Johnson in August 2024 (source: Jennifer Johnson / Facebook)

Jennifer Johnson welcomed into the UCP Caucus, Rob Anderson to replace Marshall Smith as Premier’s Chief of Staff

The leaves are changing, the nights are getting cooler, and the days are getting shorter. It’s fall in Alberta. And while many Albertans are enjoying a fairly pleasant change of seasons as we reluctantly brace ourselves for the inevitable shock of the first snowfall, politics in our province is just starting to heat up.

Government and opposition MLAs will return to the Legislature at the end of this month for what is expected to be a painfully contentious and controversial session. And a rowdy crowd of more than 5,400 partisans are expected to converge on Red Deer for the United Conservative Party’s annual general meeting and leadership review during the first two days of November.

Alberta Politics

Ask me anything about Alberta politics

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date August 29, 2024

Alberta’s Legislature grounds in Edmonton under construction in July 2024 (photo: Dave Cournoyer)

With the end of summer fast approaching and the Labour Day long-weekend just days away, I’ve opened up the mailbag to answer a few Alberta politics questions about health care privatization, early election speculation, and small nuclear reactors sent in by Daveberta subscribers. Read it all on the Daveberta Substack.

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Alberta Politics

The stakes are high for Nenshi’s NDP in the Lethbridge-West by-election

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date August 14, 2024

Two former City Councillors running for NDP nomination

The stakes are high for Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi in the upcoming Lethbridge-West by-election. This will be the new NDP leader’s first electoral test since his landslide victory in June and, because of that, it’s also a race that Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party really want to win.

The by-election to choose who will succeed former three-term NDP MLA Shannon Phillips’ hasn’t been called yet but the date of the vote will need to be set by January 1, 2025. The NDP and UCP have both started their nomination process to select candidates.

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Alberta Politics

Controlling Everything Everywhere All At Once

Post author By Dave Cournoyer
Post date May 14, 2024

Sherwood Park MLA Kyle Kasawski (source: Kyle Kasawski / Facebook)

NDP’s Oscar-winning film inspired catch phrase captures the UCP moment in Alberta politics

“Danielle Smith wants to control everything, everywhere, all at once…”

In the middle of the weekly chaos of Alberta politics, a catch phrase inspired by an Academy Award winning film has captured one of the driving themes of Alberta politics today.

“Danielle Smith wants to control everything. Pensions, police, health care, schools, local councils. Any dollar spent anywhere in the province, and any decision made by anyone. Everything,” NDP MLA Kyle Kasawski first said in an April 29 press release.

Kasawski is the rookie MLA from Sherwood Park who became the opposition’s sole Municipal Affairs critic when co-critic Sarah Hoffman joined the NDP leadership race earlier this year.

While Municipal Affairs can sometimes be a sleepy file, on both the ministerial and critic side, it has been front and centre over the past month as Premier Danielle Smith and Minister Ric McIver rein in municipal and university funding agreements with the federal government and expand the provincial cabinet’s power to fire locally elected officials and overturn municipal bylaws.

Tags 2024 Alberta NDP Leadership Race, Airdrie-East, Alberta Federal Candidate Nomination Update, Alberta Health Services, Alberta NDP, Alberta Pension Plan, An Injection of Truth, Angela Pitt, Bill 18: Provincial Priorities Act, Bill 20: Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, Calgary-Bhullar-McCall, Calgary-Lougheed, Calgary-Mountain View, Canada Pension Plan, Conservative Party of Canada, COVID-19 Pandemic, Danielle Smith, Daveberta Substack, David Bhatti, Don Braid, Edmonton Centre, Edmonton Gateway, Edmonton Southeast, Edmonton-Manning, Edmonton-Mill Woods, Edmonton-Riverview, Eric Bouchard, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Foothills, Gil McGowan, Hotel Pacifico Podcast, Irfan Sabir, J.S. Mahal, Jason Copping, Jason Kenney, Jason Nixon, Jaspreet Saggu, Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse, John Barlow, Kathleen Ganley, Kyle Kasawski, Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland, Marshall Smith, Naheed Nenshi, Pamela Rath, Rachel Notley, Recovery Alberta, Ric McIver, Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, Rob Smith, Sarah Hoffman, Shane Getson, Shawn McLeod, Sherwood Park, Steve Overguard, Take Back Alberta, Tim Hoven, Tim Uppal, Trisha Estabrooks, Tyler Gandam, United Conservative Party, Zane Novak, Ziad Aboultaif

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Two former City Councillors running for NDP nomination

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