Alberta’s conservatives continue to be united under the UCP, while the NDP remains the dominant party of the left. Both parties have undergone shifts since the 2019 election, though not to the same extent. The NDP is still led by Rachel Notley, who was premier from 2015–2019, while the UCP has a new leader with…
ANALYSIS: How Alberta’s NDP and UCP Have Undergone Shifts Ahead of Election
Pastor Artur Pawlowski Found Guilty of Mischief After Speech to Freedom Convoy Truckers in Coutts
Calgary pastor Artur Pawlowski has been found guilty of mischief for encouraging truckers to continue their blockade of the Coutts Canada–United States border crossing during the Freedom Convoy protest, a Lethbridge judge has ruled. “Mr. Pawlowski intended to incite the audience to continue the blockade,” said Justice Gordon Krinke in delivering his decision on May 2. Pawlowski…
MLA Says Alberta Needs Its Own Constitution to Preserve Freedom
EDMONTON—A veteran Alberta MLA says it is essential that the province creates its own written constitution to send a clear message to Ottawa about the need to preserve the province’s freedom and prosperity. Drew Barnes, the MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat, has served as an Independent member of Alberta’s Legislature for nearly two years, after being…
Alberta Signs $1.2 Billion Deal for New Calgary Arena, Event Centre
EDMONTON—The Alberta government and City of Calgary, along with the Calgary Stampede, have signed a $1.2 billion deal to build a new arena and event centre to replace the ageing, almost 40-year-old Saddledome. In a provincial announcement on April 25, Alberta said it was committed to investing in infrastructure to create jobs, and had signed…
Unvaccinated, Terminally-Ill Woman in Alberta Denied Transplant Despite Proof of COVID Natural Immunity
A terminally-ill Alberta woman who was removed from an organ transplant list because she was unvaccinated against COVID-19 continued to be denied access to the medical procedure even after obtaining an independent medical report showing that she has natural immunity, said the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF). Sheila Annette Lewis has been challenging the constitutionality of…
Pastor Derek Reimer Spends Easter in Jail After Arrest Over Drag Queen Events
April 10, 2023
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After repeatedly protesting against drag queen storytime events in Alberta, Canadian pastor Derek Reimer was arrested again and spent his Easter weekend in jail. According to Calgary Police, Reimer was arrested last Tuesday on outstanding warrants while protesting near a drag storytime event taking place in the city. Reimer faces five counts of breaching a release order,…
Alberta Calls for Repeal of Federal Carbon Tax
As the federal carbon tax rises—costing Albertans more than others, according to a recent government report—Alberta’s finance minister says the government should “eliminate the tax all together.” “We urge the federal government to take the affordability crisis seriously and to immediately cancel the increase to the federal carbon tax, or better yet, eliminate the tax…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Says Conservatives Must Apply Their Values to Delivery of Public Services
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says that for Conservatives to win elections at the provincial and federal levels, they must develop a vision for “applying Conservative values to the delivery of public services.” “I have felt like Conservatives will say ‘vote for me, and I will cut your taxes, cut your regulation, cut your spending,’ and…
Hearings Begin Before Supreme Court on Federal Environmental Impact Assessment Law
Federal lawyers defended the government’s Impact Assessment Act in the Supreme Court of Canada on Tuesday as a two-day hearing started to determine the future of how the country weighs the environmental costs of economic development. Several of the five-member panel of justices hearing the appeal of an Alberta decision that found the act unconstitutional…
Saskatchewan Joins Other Provinces Fighting Against Federal ‘No More Pipelines’ Legislation
March 20, 2023
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Saskatchewan will join as an intervenor in a case before the Supreme Court of Canada, alongside other provinces in arguing that a federal environmental law is unconstitutional. Every other province and territory in Canada has joined the lawsuit, except for Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan said in a March 20 news release. Alberta…
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