UCP candidate Tanya Clemens attends meeting by far-right parliament member Christine Anderson
In a since-taken-down post, Tanya Clemens posed for a photo with Christine Anderson. Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre had earlier issued a statement calling Anderson’s politics “vile, racist and hateful”.
Brian Jean warns of “incredible turmoil” if Danielle Smith is made premier
Referencing her defection from the Wildrose Party, Brian Jean notes that in 2014 “her entire caucus was falling apart” because of her lack of leadership, he says. “People were already leaving.”
UCP attacks Notley for asking for details saying they’ve been provided, using paper that shows they haven’t been.
The UCP have tweeted a video attacking Notley for asking for details on the stadium project, flashing pages from a pdf referencing important attachments that aren’t publicly available.
The UCP “War Room” launch a campaign against a children’s movie
The FOIP-request-immune Alberta “Canadian Energy Centre” (more commonly called the “war room”) launches a campaign against Netflix-produced children’s movie “Bigfoot Family”.
Danielle Smith pens opinion article “Maybe we need to defund public schools”
In an article referencing Jordan Peterson four times, Danielle Smith opines that we defund “union-controlled” public schools in favour of 100% private ones.
Alberta ethics commissioner finds Danielle Smith to have breached Conflicts of Interests Act
The Alberta’s ethics commissioner rules Danielle Smith contravened the Conflicts of Interest Act in discussing the Artur Pawlowski case with the province’s justice minister.
UCP Candidate Johnson repeats debunked U.S. rumours on transgenderism in schools
UCP Candidate Jennifer Johnson alleges (incorrectly) that US schools provide litterbox for identifies-as-cats children. Her solution after many years of thought: Get rid of sex education from schools, up to grade 12.
Danielle Smith proposes that Alberta annex northern BC
In a (apparently serious) tweet, Danielle Smith proposes that both Alberta and Saskatchewan gain deep water ports by annexing parts of BC and Manitoba respectively.
The Alberta Health minister announces “largest recruitment of nurses”
The UCP Health Minister Jason Copping announces the “largest recruitment of nurses”
AHS closes Milk River Emergency department for a week
Alberta Health Services announces that the Milk River Emergency Department will be closed for a week due to a lack of staffing.