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

Rob Breakenridge: Less demanding and more compromising needed to further pipeline proposal
14.10.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

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

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

Rob Breakenridge

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

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

Rob Breakenridge

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

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

Rob Breakenridge

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

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

Breakenridge: Higher minimum wage won't solve poverty, but it's a start
30.09.2025 9

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

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

Rob Breakenridge

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

17.09.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

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

Rob Breakenridge

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

Rob Breakenridge

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 3

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

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

02.09.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

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

27.08.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

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

Rob Breakenridge

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

19.08.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

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

Rob Breakenridge

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

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Patience and planning more important than symbolic pipeline win

12.08.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

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

Rob Breakenridge

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

Rob Breakenridge

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

Rob Breakenridge

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

Rob Breakenridge

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

Rob Breakenridge

Rob Breakenridge: Government secrecy taking hold in Alberta

25.06.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

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

25.06.2025 4

Daily Herald Tribune

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Government secrecy taking hold in Alberta

Regardless of one’s views on the pension plan debate, it’s troubling that we’d see such secrecy around something so straightforward

24.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

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

Apparently, Alberta’s government is more interested in RFK’s guidance than that of Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization

17.06.2025 10

Fort McMurray Today

Rob Breakenridge

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

17.06.2025 9

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

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

Apparently, Alberta’s government is more interested in RFK’s guidance than that of Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization

17.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Rob Breakenridge: Supply management ignored for sexier political battles

11.06.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Supply management ignored for sexier political battles

10.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Rob Breakenridge: Alberta should not squander opportunity to remove own trade barriers

04.06.2025 7

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Alberta should not squander opportunity to remove own trade barriers

While there are other issues we’re trying to overcome with regard to energy development and export, strengthening free trade within Canada would be...

03.06.2025 8

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Positive first steps in Ottawa's approach to Alberta's energy

28.05.2025 3

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Breakenridge: Positive first steps in Ottawa's approach to Alberta's energy

28.05.2025 6

Edmonton Journal

Rob Breakenridge