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"Jason Kenney, who understands how Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms works better than most, now has to exemplify one of its most important sections," writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Rarely has Jason Kenney's government been more explicit in its back-to-the-future approach to governing than with its new proposed K-6 curriculum, which takes the government’s atavistic approach to a whole different level, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

"A key indicator that a government understands the climate emergency is a willingness to tell the truth," writes columnist Seth Klein. "In Alberta’s case, that doesn’t mean we have to shut down the oilsands tomorrow. But it does mean admitting the oil and gas sector needs to be carefully and thoughtfully managed for wind-down over the next 20 to 30 years."

"I would dearly welcome the return of an Alberta NDP government in 2023," writes columnist Seth Klein. "But as someone who is deeply anxious about the climate emergency, I also wonder whether a second Notley government would be prepared to tackle the climate crisis more aggressively than during its first incarnation."

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he hopes the Supreme Court decision upholding Ottawa’s right to levy a carbon tax on provinces doesn’t open the door to federal overreach in other areas.

When we work to create a fair and affordable Alberta, we ultimately build a strong public service, writes Alberta Union of Provincial Employees president Guy Smith.

NDP Leader Rachel Notley says, if passed, the bill would permanently cancel all coal leases on so-called Category 1 and 2 lands and stop planned changes to water allocations in the area.

Alberta’s finance minister says taxpayers won’t be on the hook for much more beyond $1.3 billion already committed to the defunct Keystone XL oil pipeline.

The Alberta premier's chest-thumping style isn't winning him many friends these days, writes journalist Bruce Livesey.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is getting some unsolicited advice from the co-founder of the United Conservative Party: fire yourself as the intergovernmental affairs minister.

"The government is risking Alberta’s multibillion-dollar tourism industry and the health and well-being of millions of Albertans who live, farm and fish downstream in order to potentially create a few hundred jobs and a pitifully small stream of new royalty revenue," columnist Max Fawcett writes.

Alberta is introducing legislation to allow the government to set maximum time limits on approvals for energy projects.

Alberta's Indigenous relations minister says a last-minute war of words with a First Nations leader over a multibillion-dollar oilsands mine is a case of bare-knuckle bargaining.

In 2019, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney made good on his promise to take a blowtorch to core policies enacted by the former NDP government.

“I told the prime minister in May I’m prepared to talk to him about that,” Kenney said Monday, after being asked whether he would keep the oilsands emissions cap in place.