Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Earlier this week, Edmonton MLA Rakhi Pancholi said that buying a membership in the party she hopes to lead — the Alberta NDP — should not automatically bring a membership in the party Jagmeet Singh leads — the federal NDP — as it does now. And even before that, the Alberta NDP and Saskatchewan NDP took it upon themselves to issue a joint statement denouncing a proposal made by federal NDP MP Charlie Angus that New Democrats in those two provinces saw as an unhelpful and inappropriate anti-oil-and-gas idea. These were the latest examples of growing friction between Western New Democrats and their eastern and mostly federal cousins . . . . CLICK HERE for the full story

Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi says he’s considering a bid to replace Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley. When asked Thursday if he was definitively not going to run for the top political opposition post in Alberta, Nenshi replied “not definitely not.” In a written statement, he said he hadn’t been contemplating seeking the party’s leadership, but added, “I have been listening to a lot of pitches from party members and other Albertans" . . . CLICK HERE for the full story