Brent Rathgeber

Brent Rathgeber

About the Writer

Brent Rathgeber was the Conservative MP for the riding of Edmonton—St. Albert from 2008 to 2013, when he resigned from the Conservative caucus to protest the Harper government’s lack of commitment to transparency and open government. He ran and lost in the 2015 federal election to a Conservative candidate. He is the author of Irresponsible Government: The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in Canada. He is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan's law school and a member of the Alberta bar. www.brentrathgeber.ca

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So what happens if the provinces don't want legal weed?

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The reaction from the provinces to news that the Trudeau government is going to table its marijuana legalization legislation next month has been, predictably, muted. They know the heavy lifting...

Jason Kenney and Brian Jean are dancing. But who's leading?

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Jason Kenney is now the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, which was the easy part. The hard part of his plan — getting all conservatives in Alberta...

For Kenney, winning the PC leadership was the easy part

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The NDP sent Alberta's economic development minister, Deron Bilous, to the PC leadership convention to provide comment on the results. His soundbite: “The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed is no...

Kenney easily takes PC leadership

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Unsurprisingly, Jason Kenney was elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta on Saturday, capturing 75.4 per cent support on the first ballot. In his acceptance speech, he stressed...

Kenney doesn't need the luck of The Irish

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The green beer flowed freely last night in Hall D of Calgary’s Telus Convention Centre and in Jason Kenney’s hospitality suite, as his many supporters pre-celebratde his leadership of the Progressive Conservative...

The PCs couldn't stop this cowboy

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The last delegated leadership convention I attended was in 2003, when Peter MacKay became the last ever leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. MacKay bested Craig Chandler, Scott...

Ashes to ashes: Jason Kenney is poised to kill the Alberta PC party

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It's all but official. The Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta is all but dead. PC Alberta (1967-2017) — once the most potent political brand in Canada, led by political legends...

What Kevin O'Leary still doesn't get about politics

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Tuesday night’s Conservative leadership debate was solidly interesting ... even (occasionally) entertaining. Maxime Bernier and Steven Blaney struck sparks off each other over supply management in agriculture — Bernier wants to...

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