The debate pratfalls that Kenney and Notley must avoid
Jason Markusoff’s Alberta Politics Insider for April 4: Bracing for wonkishness, a debate-watcher’s drinking game, and more
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Jason Markusoff
Jason Markusoff writes about Alberta, from the stubbornly flat parts to the magnificently bumpy bits. He has lived in Edmonton and (currently) Calgary, and spent 12 years reporting for the cities’ largest newspapers.
Why Kenney hasn’t dumped his latest candidate with a record of intolerance
Jason Markusoff’s Alberta Politics Insider for April 3: Another UCP ’bozo eruption,’ Big Oil companies that favour a carbon tax, and more
Alberta Party: stuck in the middle with few
Jason Markusoff’s Alberta Politics Insider for April 2: Lonely centrists, Notley’s tanker cars, and more
Jason Kenney’s plan for more climate change
Jason Markusoff’s Alberta Politics Insider for April 1: Sexual misconduct cases within the NDP are resurfaced, the two major parties reveal platforms, and more
Piping hot from the think-tank microwaves, here come Alberta election ideas
Jason Markusoff’s Alberta Politics Insider for March 29: Off-the-shelf policy, vanquishing the Toronto menace, and more
The RCMP have questions for Jason Kenney’s team on voter fraud allegations
Jason Markusoff’s Alberta Politics Insider for March 28: Ghosts of the UCP leadership race, an escape route from Fort McMurray, and more
If Rachel Notley can’t win Alberta’s ’905,’ the NDP loses Alberta
Jason Markusoff’s Alberta insider for March 27: Uniting Albertans against a Torontonian, Kenney vs. the ’modern world’ on LGBTQ rights, and more
Why being boring could work for Rachel Notley
Jason Markusoff’s Alberta politics insider for March 26: The NDP’s childcare pitch, Kenney’s rollback on gay-straight alliances, and more
Jason Kenney’s galling tax proposal to Ottawa: Alberta politics insider
Jason Markusoff reports from the campaign trail: Rachel Notley wins strange praise from a stranger place. And NDP candidates are no longer running campaigns out of their cars.
Alberta’s election kicks off, already knee-deep in mud
Jason Markusoff: With Kenney holding a commanding lead, Notley’s NDP is plotting a bare-knuckle campaign. No one’s coming out on top.