Commentary Alberta Premier Danielle Smith seems to enjoy swimming upstream while rocking the boat. She has set her sights on the most sacred of Canadian cows, the health-care system. People had better sit up and pay attention to what Smith’s up to, as her success or failure in reforming Alberta’s health-care system will set the…
Cory Morgan: Smith’s Major Shakeup to Alberta’s Health System Will Set the Standard for Other Provinces
Cory Morgan: Trudeau–Smith Calgary Stampede Meeting Significant as Neither Side Indicates Any Willingness to Compromise
July 14, 2023
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Commentary Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his usual appearance at this year’s Calgary Stampede, an event that draws over one million visitors to the rodeo and midway every year. Although he often gets a chilly reception at the 10-day festival which draws politicians of all stripes out of the woodwork, Trudeau usually makes an appearance…
Shawn Whatley: How Danielle Smith Could Transform Health Care
June 15, 2023
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Commentary Albertans re-elected Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party with a majority on May 29. Smith now offers a chance to change how we think about health care—a radically conservative vision. What might that include? Many conservatives trumpet out-of-pocket payments as the embodiment of conservative health-care policy. Danielle Smith’s critics inflamed fears of patient payment central…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Selling Her Rail Car Restaurant
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is selling a rail car restaurant she owns with her husband. A listing on a real estate website says the “unique, one-of-a-kind restaurant” is up for grabs in the downtown area of High River, about 65 kilometres south of Calgary. The ad says that the business is for sale for $365,000,…
Health-Care Innovation Will Be Key to Smith’s Success as Premier
June 8, 2023
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Commentary It’s time to move on. The Alberta election is over: Danielle Smith is the premier and that means it is time for the politicians to put aside the campaign’s empty rhetoric and face the realities of how they can best fix a broken health-care system. It is estimated that as many as 800,000 Albertans…
Cory Morgan: Smith’s Election Win Cements Her Incredible Comeback; Expect Substantive Political Change
Commentary If anybody had approached me two years ago and said Danielle Smith would be elected as Alberta’s premier in 2023, I would have told them to get their head examined. When Smith announced to a media panel I was part of at a United Conservative Party conference in April 2022 she would consider running…
Alberta to Provide On-Time Emergency Assistance Payments to Eligible WildFire Evacuees
With Alberta wildfires expected to last several months in some cases, the province has announced it will provide emergency financial assistance to residents forced to evacuate their homes due to wildfires. “The government will begin providing one-time emergency financial assistance to residents who have been forced to evacuate due to these wildfires. Every adult who…
Alberta to Provide One-Time Emergency Assistance Payments to Eligible WildFire Evacuees
With Alberta wildfires expected to last several months in some cases, the province has announced it will provide emergency financial assistance to residents forced to evacuate their homes due to wildfires. “The government will begin providing one-time emergency financial assistance to residents who have been forced to evacuate due to these wildfires. Every adult who…
Energy Companies Curtail Production Due to Alberta Wildfires
Some oil and gas producers in Alberta are temporarily shutting in production as wildfires rage across the energy-producing province. With more than 100 active fires burning across Alberta and a provincial state of emergency in place, oil and gas companies with operations in the western and northwestern parts of the province have evacuated workers and…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to Provide Update on Provincial Wildfire Situation
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to provide an update on the province’s ongoing wildfires later this afternoon. A press conference is scheduled for 3 p.m. MDT. Smith will be joined by Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis and other officials. Several thousand people have been ordered to leave their homes as more than 100 wildfires…
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