Too friendly to resist: Danielle Smith’s U.S. diplomacy
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are using very different tactics in the ongoing Canada-U.S. trade war. As Smith...
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Is a trade war good for separatists?
Putting oil and gas on the bargaining table as the U.S.-Canada trade war heats up would pour gasoline on Alberta’s fall referendum. At least...
A new era of politics in Alberta?
From how we entered confederation to how Alberta is debating its future within it, a new book tries to anticipate where the province is head...
The Prairies senators: ‘We can’t do stupid stuff’ (Encore)
**New episode drops Friday, August 21** ENCORE PRESENTATION There’s great concern that people in Ottawa aren’t taking what’s happening in Al...
The Firewall Letter - 25 years later (Encore)
**New episode drops Friday, August 21** ENCORE PRESENTATION Back in January 2001, six influential Alberta conservatives sent then premier Ra...
The Coutts Diaries (Encore)
**New episode drops Friday, August 21** ENCORE PRESENTATION What does a kid from Nanton, Alta., write in his private journals after spending...
'We're not dealing with normal'
As Canada stares down the barrel of fresh U.S. tariffs (50 per cent), there is a realization that the counter-strategies that succeeded in P...
It's all about the math
A non-binding trilateral agreement to advance the multibillion-dollar Pathways Project, as part of the push to build a new bitumen pipeline...
Big tent party
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and several prominent federal Conservatives, including leader Pierre Poilievre, had a showdown with Calgary's...
'It's always Band-Aids'
About 3.4 million Albertans are eligible to receive a $100 energy rebate. The provincial government says the cash will bring meaningful reli...
Mixed messages in the argument for federalism
Danielle Smith uses the energy MOU has Exhibit A in her argument for remaining in Canada. Pierre Poilievre uses it as Exhibit A in making hi...
'The art of humility'
West of Centre 's citizen panel is back, this time to weigh in on October's referendum, where Albertans will be asked to decide the future o...
'Primordial politics'
As Albertans contemplate an October referendum that will see them choose between the province remaining in Canada or starting the process to...
Door No. 1 or Door No. 2
Let’s make a deal, Alberta! Will it be door No. 1 or door No. 2? Except there’s no zonk prize, and you’re not allowed to switch. Alberta’s p...
The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat
'The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat'. It's an old chestnut that seems apropos in the blood sport of Alberta politics. The victory...
Separation anxiety
Supporters of Alberta independence are celebrating this week after over 300,000 signatures calling for a referendum on separation were submi...
'One way or another'
What you see is what you'd get if an election were held today in Alberta — except the United Conservative Party would have an even bigger ma...
Where to draw the line?
The UCP’s decision to reject a bi-partisan commission’s report and order a do-over of riding maps has ignited a firestorm over the usually s...