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Campaign Financing

Posted April 1, 2017

Getting Big Money out of Alberta Politics

Even by the dubious standards of Alberta politics at the time, it was still a brazen move. Tom Brown, an executive with Ledcor, was part of a coalition of construction companies that donated [...]

By Max Fawcett

By Mark Lisac

In Campaign Financing

Posted January 1, 2013

Money Talks

Let’s say I buy you a drink—coffee or wine, your choice. You might feel grateful, you might not; you might think you would have picked a better café. Now let’s say you’re thirsty and broke, and I [...]

By Mark Lisac

By Naheed Nenshi

In Campaign Financing, Cities

Posted April 1, 2010

Bad Optics

Just before election day 2004, as I was wrapping up a quixotic campaign for alderman in Calgary, the envelope arrived. My campaign manager and I stared at the cheque inside. It wasn’t big—only [...]

By Naheed Nenshi

I find it easy to forget what Calgary was like when it all began—before what I’ll call the Nenshi Years. It feels like a lifetime ago, several political epochs back. Before the pandemic, before the Olympic bid, before the flood. Before the boom—and whole boom–bust cycle—ended. Before the PC collapse ...

Cities

Sidewalks to Nowhere

On a cool November evening in 2012, a crowd of more than 100 invited guests, primarily land developers, gathered at a private venue in downtown Calgary. The host was Cal Wenzel, head of Shane Homes. From a stage in front of a big screen he proceeded to review each Calgary ...

Government, Politics

Amarjeet Sohi

On a Friday morning in spring 2016, Amarjeet Sohi sat barefoot in the den of his craftsman style home in south Edmonton. His first few months as Canada’s federal minister of infrastructure had been frantic, sending him across the country to listen to the wants and needs of every big-city ...