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The Tyee

David Climenhaga

Publishing · On our record since 2017

Where this writer stands

Health14 pieces

Expand public coverageMore private delivery
“As is doubtless intended by the UCP, creating a parallel private market for physicians will also provide an opportunity to hasten the demise of public health care in Alberta and quite possibly Canada too, just as Smith has advocated throughout her career as a market-fundamentalist apparatchik and right-wing media commentator.” Read the piece

Federalism13 pieces

Ottawa leadsProvinces lead
“Lukaszuk told me Monday he'll be spending his efforts in the next few months battling separatism and ensuring that Alberta remains forever Canadian.” Read the piece

Climate11 pieces

Faster fossil phase-downSlower phase-down, production first
“Combine that with industry plans to double production, and you can see that the ideas of low carbon oil and reaching net zero by 2050 are not grounded in reality.” Read the piece

Energy8 pieces

Restrict new oil and gasExpand production and export
“Combine that with industry plans to double production, and you can see that the ideas of low carbon oil and reaching net zero by 2050 are not grounded in reality.” Read the piece

Fiscal policy4 pieces

Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“If it ever gets built, we can expect it to be a massive boondoggle and a commercial failure.” Read the piece

Labour4 pieces

Stronger unions and standardsMore flexibility for employers
“This is not a government that respects the rule of law!” Read the piece

Immigration3 pieces

Higher permanent intakeLower intake
“What we have here is a premier blaming immigrants for her government's failures to maintain health care, education and other social services.” Read the piece

Public safety2 pieces

Prevention and restraintEnforcement and sentencing
“There's no question Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen will make Alberta's highways deadlier with his plan to raise speed limits in several locations.” Read the piece

Trade1 piece

Diversify away from one partnerDeeper continental integration
“If a country had to pick a moment to strike back with targeted countervailing tariffs at the Donald Trump administration's habitual bad-faith trade bargaining, surely it would be difficult to imagine a better moment than the day after Labour Day 2026.” Read the piece

Foreign affairs1 piece

Alliance restraintAssertive alliances and sanctions
“it would behoove folks here in Wild Rose Country to remember why U.S.-imposed regime change in Venezuela is bad news for Alberta.” Read the piece

Housing1 piece

Public supply and demand controlsMarket supply and deregulation
“So who says a guy who advocates state intervention to support tenants' rights, lower grocery prices, assured access to reproductive rights, fair taxes and free post-secondary education won't do better than the branch of the party that wanted to continue Singh's approach, only more competently?” Read the piece

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