Jason Kenney On Oct. 28, former MP Jason Kenney won the United Conservative Party leadership. For more than a year, Kenney had been working hard to win the Progressive Conservative Party leadership, a unity referendum in both the Alberta PC and Wildrose parties, and finally the leadership of the new United Conservative Party of Alberta. In a three-person race, Kenney, [...]
University of St. Michael's College president David Mulroney criticized both Julie Payette's ideas and manners. Julie Payette, who was installed as Governor General in October, found herself the center of controversy after a Nov. 1 speech at a science convention where she insulted people who believe that “divine intervention” created mankind. Payette, a former engineer and astronaut from Montreal, addressed [...]
John Carpay Why oppose a new Alberta law that is intended to prevent gay youth from being “outed” to their own parents? Because children, some as young as five, must be protected from being manipulated and exploited by political activists, in secret, without the knowledge and consent of parents. Passed last month, An Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances removes from [...]