Nenshi’s NDP is still a blank slate. The post A Work in Progress appeared first on Alberta Views ..read more

A dialogue between Ted Morton and Jared Wesley The post Should Alberta Seek More Autonomy? appeared first on Alberta Views ..read more

A non-partisan Senate works The post Courageous Prudence appeared first on Alberta Views ..read more

These drugs that keep you thin The post Artificial Intelligence and Politics appeared first on Alberta Views ..read more

Naheed Nenshi wins over the NDP The post Mass Appeal appeared first on Alberta Views ..read more

Tucker Carlson brings his message to Alberta The post The Dark Gospel appeared first on Alberta Views ..read more

and the elections of 2024 The post Deepfakes appeared first on Alberta Views ..read more

It’s the most contentious issue in Alberta politics that we’re not talking about. I give you Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission, which every eight years or so erases and redraws the province’s political ridings like a five-year-old playing with an Etch A Sketch. Well actually, I can’t give it to you yet. A new boundaries commission has yet to be set up by the provincial government. That could happen any day, but likely won’t happen until the fall, when, according to provincial law, the clock will start ticking on October 31, 2024, marking eight years since the last commission was establ ..read more

Do you think you know Alberta politics? Well, let’s see if you do. As a change of pace, I present to you this little quiz to point out the sometimes wonky nature of Alberta politics. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, Alberta politics is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma that has been stuffed in a sack and tossed into the North Saskatchewan River. I call this quiz “Who said it: UCP or NDP?” I’ll present a quote, and you’ll try to figure out where it came from: the United Conservative Party or the New Democratic Party. Answers at the bottom (no peeking). 1. “We are in what I would de ..read more

As a nation, in the next decade we need to build three million new homes renting for around $1,050/month, and another two million renting for less than $2,580. That, in a nutshell, is the housing challenge for Canada. Every five years Canada’s census measures “core housing need”—the number of households whose homes are unaffordable, overcrowded or in need of major repairs. Housing is considered unaffordable when it costs more than 30 per cent of that household’s pre-tax income. In 2016 almost 1.7 million Canadian households, or one in eight, were in core housing need. But in 2021 only 1.45 mil ..read more