Category Archives: Politics

Trump’s Tariffs: “What Does He Want?”

Posted on February 2, 2025 by susanonthesoapbox

“I know Canadians are famous for being nice. Thoughtful. Decent. Those are great qualities in human beings. But in a knife fight with Donald Trump, none of them matters”—Bradley Tusk, American venture capitalist, political strategist. It’s been an interesting ride … Continue reading →

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A Harsh Reality

Posted on November 10, 2024 by susanonthesoapbox

The election of Donald Trump on Nov 5 left me feeling numb. Why? Because it confirmed my worst fears about the majority of Americans. Over the coming weeks we’ll see many articles explaining what happen, why it happened, and who’s … Continue reading →

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The Day Donald Trump Told My Husband A Secret

Posted on November 3, 2024 by susanonthesoapbox

The US election is like a train wreck, it’s impossible to tear your eyes away. But we made a conscious effort not to get sucked into the maelstrom. There’s nothing we can do to influence the outcome and we have … Continue reading →

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Harper’s Handshake  

Posted on July 9, 2023 by susanonthesoapbox

Recently former prime minister Stephen Harper tweeted about the “importance of centre-right parties strengthening their collaboration”  The tweet was accompanied by a photo of Harper shaking hands with the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, The “centre-right” party Harper was referring … Continue reading →

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“Hold the Line” and other malarkey

Posted on November 6, 2022 by susanonthesoapbox

The Public Order Emergencies Commission was convened to determine whether the federal government erred by invoking the Emergencies Act. It will be months before we have a decision, but it only took a week of testimony for many Canadians to … Continue reading →

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And the Winner is…?

Posted on October 2, 2022 by susanonthesoapbox

Ms Soapbox is draped across her fainting couch anxiously awaiting the outcome of the UCP leadership race and is too distraught to post a blog.* She would welcome her readers’ thoughts on: *Actually she’s working on a project which turned … Continue reading →

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51.4% (the end of Jason Kenney?)

Posted on May 22, 2022 by susanonthesoapbox

It finally happened.* Despite the UCP government changing the law to allow the purchase of party memberships without someone’s knowledge or consent, the UCP executive changing the rules setting out when, where, and how Jason Kenney’s leadership review would take … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Under Attack

Posted on March 6, 2022 by susanonthesoapbox

My parents fled Hungary in 1950. They met on the boat coming over to Canada and were married a couple of years later. I’m a first generation Canadian. Ever so grateful to have been born here. I can’t write about … Continue reading →

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Trump’s “Go Home” Tweet

Posted on July 21, 2019 by susanonthesoapbox

Ms Soapbox found herself organizing the sock drawer this morning. She blames this burst of domesticity on Donald Trump.  She’ll explain how this ties back to Alberta politics in a moment, but first a quick recap of the most recent … Continue reading →

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An Evening with Michelle Obama

Posted on March 25, 2018 by susanonthesoapbox

Last Friday Ms Soapbox and her friend spent an intimate evening with Michelle Obama. True, we were packed into the Stampede Corral with 6000 other people, but as soon as Michelle Obama stepped on to the stage, we were captivated … Continue reading →

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