Danielle Smith lays low as COVID politics return to Alberta
Alberta's Danielle Smith, arguably the country's most vaccine-skeptical premier, is trying to distance herself from a town hall questioning the safety of shots for children.
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Alberta's Danielle Smith, arguably the country's most vaccine-skeptical premier, is trying to distance herself from a town hall questioning the safety of shots for children.
Alberta's New Democrats have mapped out rules for a leadership contest that will name a new party head by June 22. Candidates who wish to run have until March 15 to register.
Alberta election campaigns are usually 28 days long but everyone knows the campaign is already well underway two weeks before the vote is actually called.
Virtue signalling like this is fine when the stakes are low. However, the consequences are necessarily greater when these signals concern public policy, writes political scientist Feo Snagovsky.
A majority of Albertans did not support the goals of the Freedom Convoy, or the means protesters used to try and achieve them, a recent survey from the University of Alberta suggests.