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MLA pay and expenses get short shrift at Alberta Member Services Committee
A standing all-party committee skated around motions relating the MLA compensation and expenses Tuesday even though it was expected to report back to the Alberta legislature with recommendations on...
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Honest Ed says legislature with construction cover looks like a giant pyrogy
There were plenty of smiles and a few tears at the unveiling of Ed Stelmach’s portrait at the legislature Monday. The former premier — the first Alberta premier of Ukrainian descent — even cracked one...
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Premier’s Tweet still whipping up controversy at all-party legislature committee
NDP Leader Brian Mason appealed to the Tory members on the all-party Member Services legislature committee Wednesday to defend the committee’s independence from the premier, but he was not surprised he...
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Alberta Liberals struggle for traction among voters
The Alberta Liberals are pulling out all stops to be designated the official opposition in the hope it will turn around the party’s fortunes. Although two of the five remaining Liberal MLAs have...
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Letters for Monday, Dec. 29: Give up meat and get healthy
Wildrose should not be official opposition Re: “Speaker allows Wildrose to remain official opposition,” Dec. 24. Regarding incumbency (or, in reality, maintaining status quo) you have to wonder what...
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Marsden: Liberals should be Alberta's official Opposition (with poll)
You have to wonder if the ragtag bunch of Wildrose MLAs are any more credible than those who picked up their paycheques and decided to join Premier Jim Prentice. When informed that Speaker Gene...
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Braid: A shaky day for Alberta democracy
Wildrose MLA Rick Strankman kept calling it “a mockery of democracy.” What followed was a travesty of truth. Last week, Premier Jim Prentice said he didn’t like the Progressive Conservative majority on...
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Albertans to pay an estimated $13.4 million in MLA transition pay, says...
Retiring and defeated Alberta MLAs will receive about $13.4 million in transition allowances and another $7.1 million in taxpayer-funded retirement contributions, according to estimates by the Canadian...
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Make your tenure count, Alberta's chief justice advises new MLAs
Make your tenure count, Alberta’s top judge advised new MLAs after they were sworn in Monday. Catherine Fraser, chief justice of the Alberta Court of Appeal, told 85 new and returning MLAs the work...
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