Graham Thomson
Columnist and Political Analyst at Freelance
Former Political Columnist for Edmonton Journal. Now a journalistic gadabout for CBC, The Star, The Tyee, Alberta Views Magazine. And more.
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2 weeks ago |
thetyee.ca | Graham Thomson
Alberta’s Danielle Smith is Schrödinger's premier. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Recharge Your Passion for Climate Crisis Action Join 'Cúagilákv Jess Housty and John Vaillant for a Climate Readers’ Retreat on Cortes Island. Get Ready! DOXA Returns This SpringThe documentary film fest shines on with movies that make sense of the moment. Like the cat of the famous thought experiment, she exists in two opposing states simultaneously. Or at least she tries to.
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4 weeks ago |
stcatharinesstandard.ca | Graham Thomson
Premier Danielle Smith, the great disrupter of Alberta politics, is now disrupting the federal scene. At least, that’s the perspective of those who don’t know Smith and haven’t followed her career as United Conservative premier the past two years. Smith is in fact all about disruption and even chaos to gain power and influence at both the provincial and federal levels.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Graham Thomson
When Finance Minister Nate Horner tabled Alberta’s provincial budget in the assembly on Thursday afternoon, he and every other government MLA should have been wearing a neck brace. And maybe two for Premier Danielle Smith. This is a government suffering from brutal whiplash. After spending the past two years promising Albertans she would not run a deficit budget, Smith has delivered one with a $5.2 billion cavity (on total spending of $79 billion).
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1 month ago |
wellandtribune.ca | Graham Thomson
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1 month ago |
albertaviews.ca | Graham Thomson
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith likes to call herself an “innovator.” That might not be the first word that comes to mind for many Albertans thinking about her “innovative” ideas for an Alberta Pension Plan, or restructuring the healthcare system, or overturning the management of AIMCo, the government’s $170-billion Crown corporation. But it’s certainly the word Smith uses to describe how she is blurring the lines between the United Conservative Party and the United Conservative government.
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ICYMI - A brewing healthcare scandal has sparked a brewing mutiny for Danielle Smith | My latest column for The Star. #ableg #abpoli Source: Toronto Star Shared via the Google app https://t.co/NYDjERnQYE
RT @CGriwkowsky: The fabulous folks at the Legislature Library helped me out with a PDF version of (now Independent MLA) Peter Guthrie's re…
For the first time since Smith became premier, cracks are appearing in the UCP front. And in Alberta Conservative politics, small cracks have a history of becom… Source: Toronto Star Shared via the Google app https://t.co/R2iB4k8HlB
