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Don Braid

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Braid: King Charles adds weight to a defiant throne speech message to the U.S.

28.05.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: King Charles adds weight to a defiant throne speech message to the U.S.

28.05.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP rightly reacts as kids exposed to shocking sex images in school libraries

28.05.2025 5

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP reacts as kids exposed to shocking sex images in school libraries Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides wants to ensure it doesn't happen again. In so doing, he opens the door to censorship just a crack — and that's where it has to stop

27.05.2025 8

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Separatism is a ruse; the real battle for autonomy is fought with UCP legislation

22.05.2025 5

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Separatism is a ruse; the real battle for autonomy is fought with UCP legislation

21.05.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: A separation campaign will hurt the province, the economy and the United Conservative Party

17.05.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: A separation campaign will hurt the province, the economy and the United Conservative Party

16.05.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Quebec's $129-billion equalization bonanza — the idiocy is finally sinking in

True reform will never happen without widespread political will. Finally, that seems to be developing

16.05.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Quebec's $129-billion equalization bonanza — the idiocy is finally sinking in

16.05.2025 9

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Don Braid: Quebec's $129-billion equalization bonanza — the idiocy is finally sinking in

Equalization has become a payoff system for keeping Quebec in Canada; and for some, an irritant that could drive Alberta out

15.05.2025 5

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Carney snubbed Calgary by passing up a brilliant choice for cabinet

14.05.2025 7

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Carney leaving Calgary MP out of cabinet is a spectacular snub to the city

We don’t generally elect Liberals. That’s exactly why a Liberal who does manage to get elected in Calgary should get a cabinet post

14.05.2025 4

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Smith admits referendum is an 'outlet' to keep new parties from splitting UCP Encouraging a referendum on separation is a very strange way to work for a united Canada

11.05.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Smith admits referendum is an 'outlet' to keep new parties from splitting UCP

10.05.2025 5

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Former UCP minister Peter Guthrie says separatism campaign could severely damage economy

10.05.2025 5

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Former UCP minister Peter Guthrie says separatism campaign could severely damage economy

About 700 companies left Quebec during the rule of the separatist Parti Quebecois, most fleeing to Toronto

09.05.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Will 'yes' vote on independence force Premier Smith to act? She won't say

08.05.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Will 'yes' vote on independence force Premier Smith to act? She won't say

07.05.2025 8

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: A first for any province outside Quebec — premier welcomes a vote on separation

07.05.2025 6

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: A first for any province outside Quebec — premier welcomes a vote on separation

07.05.2025 7

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Smith's government mutes vaccine skepticism in face of a measles epidemic

07.05.2025 7

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Smith's government mutes vaccine skepticism in face of a measles epidemic

It took a looming crisis to force the UCP into action. The problem they face is one they helped cause

06.05.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP stokes a separatist frenzy with new referendum rules. It's a dangerous game

03.05.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: UCP stokes a separatist frenzy with new referendum rules. It's a dangerous game

02.05.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Former UCP premier Jason Kenney refutes separatists, says Carney has chance to right wrongs

01.05.2025 5

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Don Braid: Jason Kenney refutes Alberta's 'fringe' separatists, says Carney has 'clean slate' with province

Alberta has 'totally legitimate grievances,' but the 'so-called separatist movement' is 'counterproductive,' the former premier said

01.05.2025 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Former UCP premier Jason Kenney refutes separatists, says Carney has chance to right wrongs

'When it comes to separation, I think the so-called separatist movement in Alberta has never been a serious enterprise ... It's always been a fringe...

01.05.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Canada's national voting system is honest and trusted, unlike the U.S. fiasco

24.04.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Canada's national voting system is honest and trusted, unlike the U.S. fiasco

It's worth every penny because Canadians know their vote is in safe hands. We may not like the outcome, but we trust the voting and the counting

23.04.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP whistleblower Peter Guthrie spends his days in lonely silence

17.04.2025 7

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: UCP whistleblower Peter Guthrie spends his days in lonely silence

16.04.2025 6

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Poilievre would overrule Supreme Court, while Alberta, Quebec demand power A formal alliance between Quebec and Alberta on these issues would be formidable

16.04.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Poilievre would overrule Supreme Court, while Alberta, Quebec demand power

A formal alliance between Quebec and Alberta on these issues would be formidable

15.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Carney's grand plan for oil and gas — can we believe it?

11.04.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Don Braid

Braid: Carney's grand plan for oil and gas — can we believe it?

11.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Carney's grand plan for oil and gas — can we believe it?

11.04.2025 7

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

BRAID: Carney's grand plan for oil and gas — can we believe it?

10.04.2025 10

Toronto Sun

Don Braid

BRAID: Carney's grand plan for oil and gas — can we believe it?

10.04.2025 10

Ottawa Sun

Don Braid

Braid: Conservatives see rebound as Trump goes quiet about Canada

10.04.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Don Braid: Conservatives see rebound as Trump goes quiet about Canada

A campaign-long battle with Trump was the best scenario for the Liberals. It didn’t seem to matter that Poilievre was just as fierce about...

09.04.2025 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Conservatives see rebound as Trump goes quiet about Canada

09.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

BRAID: Alberta separatism going nowhere but it's a toxic factor in campaign

08.04.2025 10

Toronto Sun

Don Braid

Braid: Alberta separatism is going nowhere but it's a toxic factor in campaign

08.04.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

BRAID: Alberta separatism going nowhere but it's a toxic factor in campaign

08.04.2025 8

Ottawa Sun

Don Braid

Braid: Smith's tariff victory cry alarms Conservatives as Ontario car sector gets pounded

05.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Smith's tariff victory cry alarms Conservatives as Ontario car sector gets pounded

05.04.2025 7

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Cancer kids have popsicles back but AHS boss says we just don't get it

03.04.2025 7

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Government caves on popsicle ban for cancer kids, but admits nothing

02.04.2025 5

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Cancer kids have popsicles back but AHS boss says we just don't get it

02.04.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid