Category Archives: Danielle Smith

Thoughts on Danielle Smith’s Latest Comment

Posted on May 14, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

When is a person old enough to know better? I ask because Danielle Smith was 50 when she said 75% of the public who took the covid vaccine would support a tyrant like Hitler. She also said she wasn’t wearing … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberta Health Care, Crime and Justice, Danielle Smith, General Health Care, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , , , , | 107 Comments

Wildfires and Gordon Lightfoot

Posted on May 7, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

“Do the best with what you’ve got.”—Gordon Lightfoot News of Gordon Lightfoot’s death, while not unexpected, still came as a shock. We didn’t think he’d live forever; truth be told we didn’t think about him very much anymore, then boom! … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Danielle Smith, Disasters, Environment, Politics and Government, Rich and/or Famous | Tagged , , , , , | 67 Comments

The Flames Arena Deal (What’s my vote worth?)  

Posted on April 30, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

Last week the City of Calgary. the Province of Alberta and the billionaire owners of the Calgary Flames signed a nonbinding MOU for a new arena and related improvements. The tab is $1.2B with $800M for the arena and $400M … Continue reading →

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Gondek, Notley and Smith: An important conversation

Posted on April 23, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

Last week Calgary Economic Development presented its Report to the Community. The highlight of the event was Mayor Jyoti Gondek’s conversations with Rachel Notley and Danielle Smith. Gondek asked each leader 4 pre-set questions and 2 questions from the audience. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberta Health Care, Climate Change, Crime and Justice, Culture, Danielle Smith, Economy, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , , , | 38 Comments

Smith’s 11 Minute Phone Call with the Pastor

Posted on April 2, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

“That’s an astounding thing to say from the Premier of the province.” – Law prof Eric Adams On March 29 Danielle Smith issued a press statement to pre-empt a CBC story about a conversation she had with street-pastor Artur Pawlowski. … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Justice, Danielle Smith, Law, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , , , | 101 Comments

Who Do You Trust?

Posted on March 19, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

In less than 70 days Albertans will decide whether Daniel Smith’s UCP or Rachel Notley’s NDP will form the next government. Political junkies like me have pretty much made up our minds about who’s getting our vote, but we’re always … Continue reading →

Posted in Danielle Smith, Energy & Natural Resources, Politics and Government | Tagged , , | 71 Comments

Budget ’23: The Same Old Razzle Dazzle (with sprinkles on top)*

Posted on March 5, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

I’m not sure what Trevor Tombe did that caused Danielle Smith to say he was becoming one of her favourite economists, but it certainly wasn’t this. In a recent article about Budget 2023 Tombe said the budget moved Alberta into … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberta Health Care, Danielle Smith, Economy, Education, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , , , | 101 Comments

The Day Premier Smith Lost All Credibility

Posted on February 26, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

Albertans are asking a lot of questions about RStar, the $100 million pilot program designed to give owners of inactive wells a royalty credit on new wells if they clean up their old wells which they’re legally obligated to clean … Continue reading →

Posted in Danielle Smith, Energy & Natural Resources, Law, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , , , | 78 Comments

The RStar Debacle (Who’s going to clean up this mess?)

Posted on February 12, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” — opening scene, Star Wars   The first thing I thought of when I heard the word RStar was the opening sequence in the first Star Wars movie: yellow letters … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Justice, Danielle Smith, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Law, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 108 Comments

Shandro’s Disciplinary Hearing

Posted on January 29, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

The “boiling frog syndrome” is a metaphor used to describe the failure to act against a problematic situation which will increase in severity until reaching catastrophic proportions.—Wikipedia.   Let’s talk about Tyler Shandro’s disciplinary hearing. While it’s easy to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Danielle Smith, Law, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , , , | 66 Comments