Wildrose Alliance

The early days of the Alberta election showcase the Wildrose tacticians at their best

Wildrose Alliance wants investigation

The appearance of a coronation undid the front-runner in the race to lead Alberta’s Perpetual Governing Party

As the PC party soars again in the polls, a gang of potential leaders is scrambling for the top job

The only thing that can pull federal politics from its death spiral is a new option—a coalition of the serious

Facing the music

Electoral rules fail to realize that students hold a dual citizenship within Canada

Despite a conventional PSE platform, the Wildrose Alliance might still have a radical edge

The Pope’s surprise move, Russia’s Mata Hari makes her prime-time debut, and the queen of all TV revels

The Ontario Superior Court’s Charter finding against prostitution-related provisions of the Criminal Code has unexpectedly cast light on the new Alberta politics. The hard-charging Wildrose Alliance talks a good game when it comes to defending provincial rights; the logical corollary, one might suppose, would be for it to observe a dignified silence about matters reserved to the federal government. This is never how things work, of course, and the Alliance couldn’t move fast enough to issue a joint statement in the names of its two turncoat MLAs, Heather Forsyth and Rob Anderson.

Preston Manning holds a two-day beauty contest for Alberta’s governing Progressive Conservatives and the surging right-wing alternative, the Wildrose Alliance. PC minister Thomas Lukaszuk agrees to attend, but suddenly discovers a “family commitment” and “other work” that make it impossible for him to show up either day. Calgary backbench MLA Kyle Fawcett is sent in his place, but is stricken with illness after the Friday session. By all accounts, the root cause of the illness may well have been the beating he received in his head-to-head debate with Wildrose leader Danielle Smith.

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