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Alberta Politics - started May 7, 2015
May 7, 2015 - 10:01pm
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Canada's Tea-Partiers have to find some place to vent, eh!
Petitions call for NDP MLA to resign in wake of pot T-shirt, Canada flag flip off posts
http://globalnews.ca/news/1986424/petitions-call-for-ndp-mla-to-resign-i...
Alberta NDP insiders say path to Rachel Notley’s historic victory started long before election began
http://metronews.ca/news/edmonton/1363359/alberta-ndp-insiders-says-path...
While the pot thing is innocuous, it's still tacky optics. And the finger at the flag thing is worse. How would the party have allowed that to slip through? Wouldn't candidates be required to shut down all personal social media accounts? As a minimum precaution? This just seems like an incredibly stupid mistake.
yep while millions if not billions over the years went to PC cronies, a drained heritage fund, no royalties collected and they wanna freak over pot pics on a tee shirt, and stupid youth actions, and whose to know....she might have beem saying "fuck you stehen harper" while looking at the flag and fingering. i know i have many times.
people stuck on stupid.
These guys are a bunch of dicks and Goss himself should step down - I wouldn't give these clowns an inch. Someone needs to pay the price for their blatant hostility and stupidity.
‘Time to work together’ say CEOs who warned against NDP
http://www.canada.com/news/alberta-politics/Time+work+together+CEOs+warn...
http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2015/05/08/math-is-difficult-so-alberta...
After attacking these Premier Notley these guys and now scared shitless because she won, and remembers what they did, so they are kissing her ass as much as they can, hoping she'll forgive them. And she likely will, she has them right where she wants them.
Who is John Horgan's new chief of staff?
Alberta NDP transition team lead by former chief of staff for Jack Layton
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/05/08/alberta-ndp-transition-team-lead-b...
Rachel Notley would not be where she is today without the INCREDIBLE work done by the late Pam Barrett
Pam really laid the groundwork for Rachel to navigate through.
if you wanna go down the path of worry about who gets credit, or not, then go all the way back and carry on because she didn't, nor does every Canadian woman politician thank Nellie McClung every time they won, or hell even speak.
after all, according to your style of thinking, if not for Nellie's INCREDIBLE work, we women wouldn't be where we are today.
So, when will the Calgary Foothills byelection take place?
Rachel just before 1st Cancus mtg
Highest number of women, almost parity, of any government in Canada.
Youngest government of any government in Canada, truly representative of the the province where the median age is less than 40 years old, and Alberta is the youngest province populationwise in Canada.
Rachel just before 1st Caucus mtg
Highest number of women, almost parity, of any government in Canada.
Youngest government of any government in Canada, truly representative of the the province where the median age is less than 40 years old, and Alberta is the youngest province populationwise in Canada.
I wonder when the cabinet will be announced.
& they have the INCREDIBLE Pam Barrett to thank for that.
Pam Barrett was the FIRST woman to lead a party in Alberta, for the NDP
Shocking people in Alberta have completely forgotten about Pam's legacy.
If it wasn't for Pam, none of them would be there.
But there are so many WONDERFUL tweets on Twitter praising Pam for the groundwork she laid for Rachel.
It is distressing that babblers have completely ignored Pam and what she did for the party in Alberta.
lol....terry terry terry it's been my experience, from being in contact with my mom's NDP, and women in politics, reality not one ground breaking woman is forgotten, nor man either if the truth be told. they all have memories like elephants has been my experience. they know the spirits of each and every one stands with them and they don't need to be name dropped.
Counting their chickens
http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/opinion/columnists/counting-their-chi...
What horseshit about some MLA's facebook page as if it is of some major consequence. Those petitions were probably started in the PMO.
Frank Howard was in jail for armed bank robbery before he got elected and did a brilliant job while in office.
I'm glad you said that quizzical
According to Stephen Maher in the National Post, the Alberta NDP quietly dropped p.r. from their platform in February.http://tinyurl.com/ookjyuo
What a difference a day makes.
Before Tuesday we would never ever have seen an article like this in the msp.
The right-wing move very quickly when they lose but I respect them for that as the name of the game in politics is to win, as winners control everything and losers control nothing.
"When they are 50 yards from Parliament Hill, they are no longer honourable members, they are just nobodies." Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister
Jim Prentice's tragic character flaw
A sullen goodbye from alberta's departing premier
http://www.troymedia.com/2015/05/10/jim-prentices-tragic-character-flaw/
I know revenge would be sweet but what would be the most astute decision Rachel can make about this to help ensure a second term of office for the NDP
University association asks government to remove board chair
http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/university-association-asks-government-to-rem...
Currie: What Happens in Alberta Now?
http://www.chrisd.ca/2015/05/09/alberta-ndp-election-provincial-governme...
So are you now against PR?
Was the original position on PR voted on by party members? How about the change in position?
Good question. My guess is that party members continued to support p.r. but the higher ups in the NDP were less supportive. Here in BC a similar thing happened in the 2013 election. P.r. was also a policy of the BC NDP but when the election came it was not placed on the election platform. Maybe when party executives and higher ups see that they may win power and positions through a phoney FPTP majority they become less enthusiastic about p.r.?
I agree with PR, and it's shortsighted to ignore it as the NDP won't be the political darlings forever.
Just make it part of election process 4 years from now, but make the threshold 50%, as opposed to setting the bar so high it will never pass like Campbell did in BC.
Brian Jean will be Rachel Notley's biggest problem as he is very presentable and comes across as quite reasonable, which is good as he will keep her on her toes.
What do people know about him?
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Maybe we need to start reigning in the racists in our society just like we do to sex offenders now.
Alberta First Nation NDP candidate says she faced hate, racism on campaign trail
http://aptn.ca/news/2015/05/08/alberta-first-nation-ndp-candidate-says-f...