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Category Archives: Disasters
Greta Visits Alberta
“So today is Friday and as always, we are on Climate Strike, young people all around the globe are today sacrificing their education to bring attention to the climate and ecological emergency.”—Greta Thunberg On Friday my friend Elaine and I … Continue reading
What a Week
The week started out strange and got a whole lot stranger. Derek Fildebrandt’s Bev Oda moment This week we learned that Derek Fildebrandt Airbnb-ed his taxpayer subsidized apartment, pocketed the cash and claimed the full rental expense in his housing … Continue reading
Posted in Disasters, Politics and Government
Tagged Derek Fildebrandt, Donald Trump, Jason Kenney, Kim Jung-Un, Nuclear war, Rachel Notley
36 Comments
The Wildfire Reports: A political firestorm
Wildrose leader Brian Jean is furious with the NDP government’s response to two reports on the Fort McMurray wildfire. He says the government is attempting to whitewash the reports’ findings and delayed releasing them in a shocking display of arrogance … Continue reading
Posted in Disasters, Economy, Environment, Politics and Government
Tagged Brian Jean, Fort McMurray Wildfire, KPMG, MNP
33 Comments
Principles vs Politics
The Wildrose Opposition spent the last three weeks berating the NDP government for not spending millions and millions of dollars fast enough. Wait, what? The Wildrose says farmers are being “held to ransom” because they’ve had to delay the 2017 … Continue reading
Posted in Disasters, Economy, Politics and Government
Tagged AgriInsurance, Crop damage, Grant Hunter, Oneil Carlier
19 Comments
Trumpism: A Wake Up Call
We can pick apart Donald Trump’s acceptance speech but it won’t get us very far. Trump is getting smarter in how he presents “the facts”. For example: He uses anecdotal stories about three children killed by illegal Mexican immigrants (murdered … Continue reading
Posted in Disasters, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, Fear Mongering, Hillary Clinton, Justin Trudeau, Margaret MacMillan, Rachel Notley
28 Comments
The Fort McMurray Wildfire: Another Wasted Opportunity for the Wildrose
On May 10, Danielle Larivee, minister of Municipal Affairs, welcomed Wildrose MLAs Brian Jean and Tany Yao back to the Legislature. They’d been in Fort McMurray surveying the damage from the wildfire. Mr Jean received a standing ovation. He personally … Continue reading
Posted in Disasters, Politics and Government
Tagged Brian Jean, Brian Mason, Danielle Larivee, Fort McMurray Wildfire, Rachel Notley
45 Comments