He returned from Ottawa with a suitcase full of ideas about who Albertans are and what they want from their premier. How a seemingly perfect political match went wrong.
The Trudeau Liberals sprayed the money hose everywhere in 2020 but lent oil country particular support. Yet, in 2021, Kenney still plans to pursue many of his pre-pandemic provocations and retrenchments against Ottawa.
’These restrictions are not about our preferences,’ says the Alberta premier. ’They’re not about politics. They are about protecting both people’s lives, and the livelihoods that they depend on.’
Amir Attaran and Lorian Hardcastle: Medical officers of health have the power to defy the government and impose the necessary public health measures to stop the second wave
As its money-making oil industry shrivels, Alberta is faced with a seismic reordering of its books—and the notion that it’s now an outlier for the wrong reasons