“Democracy ultimately is, do I get what I want? If I don’t, do I understand why? And do I think that’s fair?” Thanks to Niamh for that line, which stood out to me from the Canadian Vote Summit. It wa...

The Alberta government is wrong again

There is a lot of praise for direct democracy lately. But our democracy is not direct, and it was never meant to be. Canada is a representative democracy at all orders of government. To praise direct ...

Danielle Smith very obviously takes notes from her comrades in the Chinese Communist Party

The process would be overseen by a UCP-led committee of MLAs and would see the number of MLAs grow by four, up to 91

Mickey Amery’s legislation shortened watchdog’s window of time to pursue sanctions for alleged political finance violations

What I’ve experienced is no matter how great the pedestrian and cycling infrastructure is, or how incredibly developed the transit system is, there are still lots of cars.

An introduction to Canadian law should be a compulsory high school credit in every province. In the past, I would have said it’s important for kids growing up to understand their basic rights, espe…

An Alberta judge has determined a proposed referendum question on Alberta separating from Canada is unconstitutional, less than 24 hours after the provincial government introduced legislation that wou...

A conversation with a new acquaintance finally helped me articulate something that had been stewing in my brain for years: what does it mean to be fiscally conservative vs. fiscally responsible. Th…

To be totally blunt, this “emergency” notice of motion to end the raising of foreign flags at Calgary’s city hall is peak white supremacy. Yep, I said it. I don’t like to play that card and almost …

I’m not referring to the results. I’m referring to all the ways the UCP government changed how our municipal elections work to quote them “strengthen democracy” and things were objectiv…

We’re one week from election day, various polls are showing a very close race for mayor and people are freaking out about the low turnout so far after advance voting week.  About the only outcome y…

The Alberta government is hitting pause on its order for the removal of books with explicit sexual content from libraries.

Denny's confirmed that its 17th Avenue outpost closed in August, after operating for just over four years.

The Y was once a publicly accessible space where everyday citizens could exercise and connect. Becoming a private members-only playground for the wealthy highlights everything wrong with our societ…

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she condemns an anonymous social media account that reportedly posted photographs of a Globe and Mail reporter, who is investigating allegations of political interf...