daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections
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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections
2d ago
Longtime labour leader joins the Daveberta Podcast to explain why he’s running for the Alberta NDP leadership Labour leader Gil McGowan joins the Daveberta Podcast to share why he’s running to succeed Rachel Notley as leader of Alberta’s NDP. The full interview with Gil McGowan is available to paid subscribers of the Daveberta Substack McGowan was first ..read more
daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections
1w ago
Changes will send chills through municipal councils and create a lot of grief for MLAs One of my goals when I moved Daveberta over to this Substack newsletter in 2022 was to take a different approach to writing about Alberta politics. For 17 years I published, sometimes, almost daily commentary on Alberta politics. Now, being on this ..read more
daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections
1w ago
Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse joins the Daveberta Podcast to share why she is running to succeed Rachel Notley as leader of Alberta’s NDP and why she feels so passionately about protecting and conserving Alberta’s headwaters, strengthening childhood education, and defeating Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party in the next election. The Daveberta Podcast is hosted by ..read more
daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections
2w ago
A special weekend episode of the Daveberta Podcast It’s rare that I send out a newsletter on the weekend but I thought subscribers would enjoy listening to a new episode of the Daveberta Podcast we recorded this week. We cover a lot of ground in this episode of the Daveberta Podcast, including: Premier Danielle Smith’s ..read more
daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections
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“FINAL NOTICE. PROPERTY REPOSSESSED FOR SALE (Effective April 1st, 2024).” Anyone walking by Government House in Edmonton’s posh Glenora neighbourhood on April 1 might have noticed a white paper sign attached to the grand mansion-turned provincial government conference facility. The sign was put there by Edmonton City Councillor Michael Janz, and as far as April ..read more
daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections
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Nenshi shares his thoughts on Rakhi Pancholi’s endorsement and what it means to be NDP in 2024 He’s a household name in Calgary, Alberta, and across Canada, and now he’s running to become the next leader of the Alberta NDP. Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi joins the Daveberta Podcast to share why he jumped into ..read more
daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections
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Smith said she wouldn’t campaign on an Alberta Pension Plan and police force, but it looks like that’s what we’re getting. I want to focus on the lede from this widely shared Canadian Press story published on March 5, 2023: United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith says she won’t be campaigning on some of her party’s more contentious ..read more
daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections
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He’s the candidate NDP activists will loathe and NDP voters will love. The countdown is on. Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi is set to enter the Alberta NDP leadership race on Monday, March 11. Nenshi hasn’t publicly said he’s interested in the race. He’s been busy promoting the novel Denison Avenue by Christina Wong and Daniel Innes on CBC Radio’s Canada Reads 2024 this week ..read more
daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections
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The former health minister shares her plans for health, climate, and housing NDP MLA Sarah Hoffman joins the Daveberta Podcast to talk about why she is running for the Alberta NDP leadership and her plans for health care, climate, and housing. We discuss Hoffman’s experiences as Minister of Health and chair of the Edmonton Public ..read more
daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections
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It was 1975 and Lougheed’s PCs were swimming in oil money like Scrooge McDuck The Heritage Savings Trust Fund was front and centre in Premier Danielle Smith‘s pre-budget televised speech last week, so there’s a good chance Albertans are going to hear a lot about it when Finance Minister Nate Horner rises in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon to table the ..read more