After a tumultuous year that saw Danielle Smith become premier, a spring election is on the horizon for Alberta, and it remains to be seen whether Smith will be returned to power or the NDP’s Rachel Notley will triumph as she did in 2015. One pundit says Calgary will be the deciding battleground. Smith won…
With Several Closely Contested Seats, Electoral Fate of Alberta in Calgary’s Hands: Pundit
Poilievre Says a Tory Gov’t Would Sue Big Pharma for Role in Opioid Crisis
March 14, 2023
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on March 14 that if elected, his government would launch a “massive” series of lawsuits amounting to $44 billion against large pharmaceutical multinationals for their role in Canada’s opioid and addiction crisis. “The people who profited from this misery should be the ones to pay the bill. It’s about bringing…
‘A Transformational Decision:’ Alberta Requiring Body Cameras for All Police Services
Alberta plans to require all police services in the province to use body cameras. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis says officers often respond to calls that are complex and make split-second decisions. He says that can raise concerns from the public about actions that have been taken and whether appropriate force was used. Ellis says…
Federal Gun-Restriction Bill Wasteful of Taxpayer Dollars, Won’t Reduce Crime: Alberta Chief Firearms Officer
The federal government’s pending gun-restriction legislation will be expensive to carry out if passed into law and won’t address issues across the country that contribute to firearms-related crime, says Alberta Chief Firearms Officer Teri Bryant. Bryant made the comments on March 10 while testifying before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and…
Alberta to Introduce Bill to Prevent Federal Employees From Trespassing on Private Land
Alberta says it will soon introduce legislation to prevent federal government employees from trespassing onto private land. On March 1, House Leader Joseph Schow outlined the legislative agenda for the spring session which is expected to last one month. It will be the final sitting before the next provincial election on May 29. One of…
Pesticide Ban Could Lead to Crop Failure, Higher Food Prices: Alberta Ag Minister
Farmers in the prairie provinces “are at severe risk of crop failure” this coming season, “potentially exacerbating the food affordability crisis,” says Alberta’s agriculture minister in reaction to new federal restrictions on a widely used pesticide. If grasshoppers are bad this year due to drought, as expected, farmers have no effective alternative to combat them,…
Alberta Government Claims Reduced Hospital Wait Times, Faster EMS Response With 90 Day Health Care Update
February 27, 2023
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On the eve of the release of the 2023 Alberta budget, and roughly three months from the next election, Premier Danielle Smith released on Monday 90-day statistics indicating health care wait times in the province are dropping. Alberta first launched a new Health Care Action Plan (HCAP) on Nov. 17, 2022, and vowed to dramatically…
Alberta Signs $24B, 10-year Health-Care Funding Deal With Ottawa
Alberta has become the seventh province to sign an agreement in principle with Ottawa on health-care funding. The federal government said in a news release Monday that more than $24 billion is to be invested in Alberta’s health-care system over the next 10 years. That includes $2.9 billion for a new bilateral agreement focused on…
Alberta Expecting Another Gusher in Budget Ahead of Provincial Election
EDMONTON—Alberta is scheduled to introduce its budget Tuesday — the last before a spring provincial election — with political observers wondering what the province will do with all its billions of extra petrodollars. “Any budget that’s leading into an election is always one that contains quite a few goodies,” said University of Calgary economist Trevor…
Métis Groups in 3 Provinces Sign Self-Governance Deals with Ottawa
Métis groups in Ontario, Alberta, and Saskatchewan have signed deals with Ottawa that officially grant them self-governance over matters like citizenship, elections, and other administration affairs within their jurisdictions. The deals give them the groups recognition as Indigenous governments and place them on equal constitutional standing with other First Nations and also opens up the possibility for further negotiations, such…
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