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March 2024

Band of outsiders
In a province that voted in Progressive Conservative majorities for 44 years, there's far more outsiders than insiders looking at the Alberta NDP.
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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean
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Alberta ping pong
Rocketing between the worst of the worst and the best of the best; Alberta politics... we've made it through another week.
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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean
Knock knock...
Calgary is a busy place this week -- who might be showing up at your door?
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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean
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Alberta NDP leadership race hints at growing pains
After reaching the height of the party's success under Rachel Notley, the race is on to recreate the conditions for another win.
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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean
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The show must go on
There will always be theatre in politics -- and over-actors.
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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean
Of beginnings and endings
Sorry this update is a bit late, friends; I became a first-time mother-in-law over the weekend and then had to meet a pressing deadline today. Now, I’m…
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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean
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February 2024

One time, I made a political volunteer cry
People are really attached to organizations they invest in -- political parties are no different.
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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean
2
Danielle Smith delivers primer on denying transgender care
One sentence is all it took to start changing Danielle Smith's anti-transgender narrative.
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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean
2
An Alberta Pension Plan will affect far more Canadians than Albertans
It's not just about the money they've already invested; it's about their future.
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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean
Deja vu with a twist
Like Jason Kenney, Danielle Smith rode a wave of hate into the Premier's Office. Unlike Kenney, Smith knows full well what non-compliance will bring.
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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean
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