ed stelmach compromises albertans on the royalty review.
TweetI have three main thoughts on Ed Stelmach‘s royalty position and the past couple of days: 1) “Please don’t say it’s a compromise,” were Ed Stelmach’s words after announcing the Tory position on...
View Articlealberta budget 2009: tough economic times.
TweetThese tough economic times have presented the Government of Alberta with a tougher fiscal reality from which to draw the 2009 provincial budget than what has become usual. Our new $25-million...
View Articledunn’s done. now… more than ever.
TweetDunn’s done. Auditor General Fred Dunn has announced that he will be stepping down in February 2010. In 2007, Dunn singled out Energy Minister Mel Knight and the Department of Energy for failing...
View Articlepremier stelmach’s problems are bigger than a cabinet shuffle.
TweetThere has been a lot of chatter about what Premier Ed Stelmach can do to reverse the Progressive Conservatives downward spiral in recent polls. According to these recent polls, the PCs now sit at...
View Articlealberta cabinet shuffle.
TweetWith a cabinet shuffled expected in the near future (possibly as early as tomorrow), there is no shortage of speculation about who will be shuffled in, out, and around. A cabinet shuffle will put...
View Articlealberta cabinet shuffle: a lot of hype.
TweetI am not going to write a lot about today’s cabinet shuffle, as there really is not much substance to write about. While three new MLAs have been appointed to the cabinet, the problems facing...
View Articleelectoral boundaries mashup.
TweetEarlier this week, I posted the poll-by-poll results from the 2008 provincial election for Calgary and Edmonton, and (once again thanks to reader Alan Hall) posted below are the 2008 results...
View Articlethe rural alberta advantage.
TweetWhile speaking to the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties this week, Premier Ed Stelmach confirmed the obvious when defending his government’s decision to increase the number...
View Articleed stelmach and mel knight continue to fumble the aeub scandal.
Long title. Big deal. Tory Premier Ed Stelmach and his Energy Minister Mel Knight continue to fumble in the face of the growing AEUB scandal. It looks as if Stelmach and Knight are pulling out every...
View Articlewhat does it take to get fired around here?
Ed Stelmach is refusing to take action against current-Energy Minister Mel Knight and former-Energy Minister Greg Melchin after the Department of Energy was singled out by Auditor General Fred Dunn for...
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