Author Archives: susanonthesoapbox

Kenney and the Autocrat’s Handbook

Posted on June 20, 2021 by susanonthesoapbox

The Alberta Legislature ended the 2021 Spring Session on a particularly disturbing note. Members of the Opposition asked Jason Kenney to apologize for his role in pushing the niqab ban, a policy that contributed to growing Islamophobia, while he was … Continue reading →

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Fighting Racism in Kenney’s Alberta

Posted on June 13, 2021 by susanonthesoapbox

Sometimes it pays to sit through a 53 minute 42 second Kenney press conference because something unexpected will happen at the very end. In this case it happened at the 46:24 mark. Last week in the wake of the horrific … Continue reading →

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Jason Kenney’s Thoughts on Residential Schools

Posted on June 6, 2021 by susanonthesoapbox

The only reason I’m going to mention the Sky Palace scandal in the same post as the deaths of 215 Indigenous children at a former residential school in Kamloops BC is because the Sky Palace scandal pulled our focus away … Continue reading →

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Alberta’s Reopening Plan: “The Best Alberta Summer Ever”

Posted on May 31, 2021 by susanonthesoapbox

“Today we are truly near the end of this thing. We’re finally getting back to normal, and I think it means the best Alberta summer ever.” – Premier Jason Kenney   Last week Premier Kenney, Dr Deena Hinshaw, and Health … Continue reading →

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Happy Victoria Day

Posted on May 23, 2021 by susanonthesoapbox

It’s Victoria Day tomorrow. Ms Soapbox is taking a break this weekend to celebrate the occasion with her family.   So far I’ve visited with those in our bubble, ordered in from a local restaurant, played Rummikub, cribbage and a … Continue reading →

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Alberta’s Um, Uh, You Know, Reopening Plan

Posted on May 16, 2021 by susanonthesoapbox

Alberta is a train slowly emerging from a tunnel, we see the light, the vaccines are coming and most of us will be vaccinated soon. Unfortunately, Alberta is a runaway train and Jason Kenney is the engine driver (also known … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 9, 2021 by susanonthesoapbox

I’m afraid I’ve lost it. This was going to be a cheery little non-political post wishing all the moms out there a Happy Mother’s Day…but it went sideways when I saw Jason Kenney’s Mother’s Day news release and YouTube clip. … Continue reading →

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It Must Be Nice, Alberta

Posted on May 2, 2021 by susanonthesoapbox

It must be nice to live in a bubble where Covid-19 is a hoax created by those who want to infringe your Charter right to swill beer in a pub and Covid vaccines are a plot perpetrated by multi-billionaires who … Continue reading →

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Kenney vs Freeland: National Child Care

Posted on April 25, 2021 by susanonthesoapbox

“…this is going to be the most powerful step change in the Canadian economy since we did the NAFTA deal. It will really drive our economic productivity, our growth.” – Chrystia Freeland describing the Feds $10/day child care plan.* You’d … Continue reading →

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A Man of Half-Measures

Posted on April 18, 2021 by susanonthesoapbox

“The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.”—Winston Churchill.      Lives and… When he’s not on the front line fighting … Continue reading →

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