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Rob Breakenridge: Not exactly basking in accolades, Smith manages to hold off separatists

Rob Breakenridge: Not exactly basking in accolades, Smith manages to hold off separatists
yesterday 5

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Not exactly basking in accolades, Smith manages to hold off separatists

Breakenridge: Not exactly basking in accolades, Smith manages to hold off separatists
yesterday 9

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Rob Breakenridge: If recalls, petitions too much for Smith, it can be simplified to an election

Rob Breakenridge: If recalls, petitions too much for Smith, it can be simplified to an election
26.11.2025 2

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: If recalls, petitions too much for Smith, it can be simplified to an election

Breakenridge: If recalls, petitions too much for Smith, it can be simplified to an election
25.11.2025 9

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Rob Breakenridge: Province needs to fund Elections Alberta after throwing door wide open

Rob Breakenridge: Province needs to fund Elections Alberta after throwing door wide open
19.11.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Province needs to fund Elections Alberta after throwing door wide open

Breakenridge: Province needs to fund Elections Alberta after throwing door wide open
18.11.2025 30

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: We should expect robust debate and scrutiny in using notwithstanding clause It would be cynical, perhaps, to wonder if there’s another agenda at play: the idea that the more other governments use the clause, the less exceptional Alberta’s usage appears

05.11.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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Breakenridge: We should expect robust debate and scrutiny in using notwithstanding clause

04.11.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Rob Breakenridge: Municipal party politics needs a rethink

28.10.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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Rob Breakenridge: Judge's report on AHS highlights need for more clarity For now, the government is claiming some vindication, but there are enough troubling and unanswered questions here that this can’t be the final word on the matter

23.10.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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Rob Breakenridge: Judge's report on AHS highlights need for more clarity

22.10.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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Rob Breakenridge: Less demanding and more compromising needed to further pipeline proposal

14.10.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Breakenridge: Less demanding and more compromising needed to further pipeline proposal

The federal energy minister isn’t wrong about Alberta having work to do to make tangible progress on a proposed pipeline.

14.10.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: Alberta Next exists to criticize Ottawa, and that's been laid bare Ottawa can’t be blamed for a teachers’ strike, and there’s little desire for conversations that involve anything that isn’t Ottawa’s fault

08.10.2025 5

Edmonton Journal

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Breakenridge: Alberta Next exists to criticize Ottawa, and that's been laid bare

Ottawa can’t be blamed for a teachers’ strike, and there’s little desire for conversations that involve anything that isn’t Ottawa’s fault

07.10.2025 8

Calgary Herald

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Breakenridge: Higher minimum wage won't solve poverty, but it's a start

01.10.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Higher minimum wage won't solve poverty, but it's a start

30.09.2025 9

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: UCP does not own the 'conservative' name nor right for parties to exist

24.09.2025 2

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: UCP does not own the 'conservative' name nor right for parties to exist

The UCP’s desire to maintain a conservative monopoly does not give them ownership of the word

23.09.2025 9

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: Politics looking a bit brighter for Smith after Carney meeting

17.09.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

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Breakenridge: Politics looking a bit brighter for Smith after Carney meeting

Even the most generous assessment of support for separatism still puts it well short of a majority. And there are signs that the movement may have...

16.09.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: Alberta still focused on assigning blame rather than taking bold action

10.09.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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Breakenridge: Alberta still focused on assigning blame rather than taking bold action

Danielle Smith clearly expects Ottawa to think big and act boldly, but is there something that precludes Alberta from doing the same?

09.09.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: Blame for disastrous school book ban lies squarely with who issued the order

As much as the government would prefer to lash out at school boards, this mess is completely their own doing You can save this article by...

02.09.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

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Breakenridge: Blame for disastrous school book ban lies squarely with who issued the order

02.09.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: One-time UCP election issues, jobs and affordability now ignored in favour of pensions, police

27.08.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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Breakenridge: One-time UCP election issues, jobs and affordability now ignored in favour of pensions, police

With rumours and rumblings that the next Alberta election could come sooner than we think, the previous election is increasingly becoming a distant...

26.08.2025 6

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: It's not transparency when forced into it

19.08.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Breakenridge: It's not transparency when forced into it

All indications now point to some sanity prevailing on Tuesday with regard to the disclosure of expense claims made by Alberta cabinet ministers and...

19.08.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: Patience and planning more important than symbolic pipeline win

Ideally, market forces guide these important decisions You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account....

12.08.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

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Breakenridge: Patience and planning more important than symbolic pipeline win

12.08.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: Government right to let MAGA singer express his controversial views

06.08.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Government right to let MAGA singer express his controversial views

As things stand, in just over two weeks from now, the controversial MAGA-aligned U.S. Christian singer Sean Feucht will be performing at the Alberta...

05.08.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: Government needs to end the charade of Alberta Next If the government genuinely wants to know what Albertans think, then a course correction is badly needed

01.08.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Breakenridge: Denials can't quell fears about premier's hidden agenda on COVID vaccines

Despite considerable differences in their respective tenures, both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Danielle Smith have been accused of...

31.07.2025 5

Fort McMurray Today

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Breakenridge: Premier in lockstep with U.S. 'failure of policy and science'

31.07.2025 3

Fort McMurray Today

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Breakenridge: Denials can't quell fears about premier's hidden agenda on COVID vaccines

31.07.2025 3

Daily Herald Tribune

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Premier in lockstep with U.S. 'failure of policy and science'

31.07.2025 3

Daily Herald Tribune

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Government needs to end the charade of Alberta Next

If the government genuinely wants to know what Albertans think, then a course correction is badly needed

31.07.2025 4

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Rob Breakenridge: Government needs to end the charade of Alberta Next

29.07.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Government needs to end the charade of Alberta Next

29.07.2025 30

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Rob Breakenridge: Defying supply management could lead to beneficial changes The quest by Premier Danielle Smith to establish more clearly delineated lines of “autonomy” is certainly not intended to deliver benefit to the rest of Canada.

22.07.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Defying supply management could lead to beneficial changes

The quest by Premier Danielle Smith to establish more clearly delineated lines of “autonomy” is certainly not intended to deliver benefit to the...

22.07.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Rob Breakenridge: Premier's tax collecting scheme should have ended with Fair Deal panel

16.07.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Premier's tax collecting scheme should have ended with Fair Deal panel

Why not hire thousands of teachers and doctors and nurses? Why do we need thousands of tax collectors to do a job that’s already being done?

15.07.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: Province needs to stay in own lane on bike infrastructure

09.07.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Province needs to stay in own lane on bike infrastructure

Voters in the two big cities can decide this for themselves

08.07.2025 20

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: Alberta autonomy may not be the be-all and end-all

03.07.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Alberta autonomy may not be the be-all and end-all

When asked last week about the objective of the new Alberta Next panel, Premier Danielle Smith declared that, “it’s not so much the West wants in,...

02.07.2025 20

Calgary Herald

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Rob Breakenridge: Government secrecy taking hold in Alberta

25.06.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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