Category Archives: Danielle Smith

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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“Too Many Gotchas”

Posted on January 22, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

“Nothing to see here, move along.” – Movie trope Last week the CBC published a story saying that a staffer in Danielle Smith’s office sent a series of emails to Crown prosecutors challenging their assessment and direction on criminal cases … Continue reading →

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Political Interference in the Administration of Justice (Again!) 

Posted on January 15, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

“What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”—Proverb, originated 1562 Did you catch all that? Premier Smith has been all over the airwaves saying that regardless of what it looks like she wasn’t trying to interfere with the … Continue reading →

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Free Money? No Thank You!

Posted on January 8, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

Many years ago the (then) Progressive Conservative government offered energy companies bags of money if they undertook projects the government thought were necessary. The CEO I worked for told us to create such a project (even though it would be … Continue reading →

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What Just Happened?    

Posted on December 11, 2022 by susanonthesoapbox

“…the folks who literally spent seven days telling us that what was written in their bill was not written in their bill [will] determine what is…unconstitutional on the part of the federal government…” Rachel Notley, Hansard, Dec 7, p 235 … Continue reading →

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