Category: Alberta politics

Alberta politics

by Lennie Kaplan | Jun 2, 2026

Carney's net-zero agenda shouldn't come at the expense of Alberta taxpayers

The University of Lethbridge arrest of Frances Widdowson proves why Alberta needs campus free speech legislation

Instead of folding, Ottawa is using Alberta’s aggressive separatism rhetoric to galvanize its own base in Central Canada and B.C.

School boards and activist teachers must stop trading academic standards for political indoctrination

The last province known for fiscal discipline is now spending like Ottawa

No matter the party, governments run deficits because spending wins votes

Spending keeps overshooting projections. Without a serious review of government programs, Alberta’s credit rating could come under pressure

The moment doctors can bill both the public and private systems, the public one starts to lose

A Calgary defamation trial is raising a simple question: Were Albertans ever told the full story?

Changing the name while keeping identity-based hiring rules means nothing has really changed

The petition to defund independent schools failed. Alberta parents sent a clear message: don’t touch our schools

Long waits and service shortages are not accidents. They are the predictable result of a single-payer system that limits access

Two-tier health care is expanding in Alberta. Bill 11 allows private health insurance for services traditionally covered by the public system