Tories

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 November 7th, 2009

Stelmach got what he wanted, 77.4 % support.   Honestly though the big winner was in Calgary. The Wildrose Alliance was happy to sit on the sidelines during the PC leadership review.  However, you know they are smiling now.  A tepid review for Stelmach leaves him in and disastified Tories swimming against the current. Guy Boutilier [...]

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Jonathan on November 7th, 2009

For the past two days I have been witness to the Alberta Progressive Conservative Annual General Meeting.   Filled with a mix of mostly white haired people  general muttering.   This muttering is not held to just Ed it is about one issue or another.  Few big surprises but here is my general impressions. The PCs are [...]

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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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