With a new year almost upon us, everyone paying attention now understands Danielle Smith is a separatist
[Alberta Politics](https://albertapolitics.ca/) David Climenhaga’s Alberta Politics Blog It is a truth universally acknowledged that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is a separatist. Well, _not quite_ universally acknowledged, as we shall see. And only recently. But still, this recognition was not always so widespread. The compulsion in a long-stable democracy to explain away actions of a popularly […]
In one day, Danielle Smith’s UCP government flip-flops on unpopular COVID and expense claim policies – so what’s up?
[Alberta Politics](https://albertapolitics.ca/) David Climenhaga’s Alberta Politics Blog Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government just flip-flopped on plans to make health care workers pay for COVID-19 vaccinations and to stop making cabinet ministers file expense claims. So what gives? On Tuesday, the Health Sciences Association of Alberta, which represents health care professions other than nurses and physicians, […]