Alberta

Jonathan on December 17th, 2009

I have only ever been in a room with Premier Ed Stelmach on a few occasions.  All of them were leadership related, he was running, winning or holding on to it.  On the other hand I was introduced to Premier Ralph Klein once, talked briefly with him at a function and was with him on an [...]

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Jonathan on December 12th, 2009

While the Wildrose Alliance had reached the poll nirvana I am realizing that plenty of commentors, bloggers and media types are confused about what the make up of the old Wildrose Alliance party and beliefs of the previous incarnations. I would according to some be an old time Alliance type.  I have been involved with [...]

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Jonathan on November 9th, 2009

Betty Unger the PC Senator in waiting is quoted by Jason Fekete of the Calgary Herald: “(Wildrose Alliance) certainly have got a good leader. In terms of politicians, you could say she’s a superstar. She really is.” (bold added) As the postmortem of the PC convention continues they are still worried about the Alliance, and [...]

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Jonathan on October 22nd, 2009

Yesterday via twitter I announced that I would be blogging about a solution for Canada’s social conservatives. Then I ended up busier than a beaver running all over the city. So now here is my chance on a Jon sports night, Oilers, baseball and other sports on, so if this choppy you will know something [...]

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Jonathan on October 21st, 2009

You know I cannot help but think of the following video when watching the Liberals take on Danielle Smith: You would think the Alberta Liberals would have more common sense than put out an “American Style Attack ad” (Hugh MacDonald liked to say that about the Alliance political ads) Here is there ad: Creepy music [...]

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Jonathan on September 18th, 2009

So today I was back on CKUA as the Wildrose Alliance panellist.   Sunday Magazine is a good show, I like the people there and get along well with Ian Gray the host.  With that relationship built up over several years I have found myself continually drawn back in the mix, appearing once a month. I [...]

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Jonathan on August 11th, 2009

In 1988 when I moved to Edmonton the first time the city was waste deep in a recession. Most of the growth had stopped and many were out of work. Including me. I spent my time trying to find work, and after five months gave up and moved to Calgary to once again get no [...]

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Jonathan on August 8th, 2009

My wedding anniversary is a week from Tuesday. After 14 years I am finally coming to grips with two ideas. 1. I am getting older. 2. My wife and I at times speak a different language. As stupid as it sounds, when I was 26 I did not feel that young or old. Most of [...]

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