SarcasticMarmot
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Kind of shocked there is nothing for Corey Hogan...
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fjordgard
Active Member
Also a bit shocked. I suspect Carney felt both Alberta MPs were talented enough for Cabinet but he couldn't put two rookies from Alberta in, so he chose Olszewski over Hogan to help with gender parity.
David A
Senior Member
I agree that is likely part of it. Probably her years of experience in the private sector and that Edmonton Centre was a more reliably Liberal riding were also considerations.
TAS
Senior Member
Oh boy
edmontonjournal.com
Danielle Smith fumes over Mark Carney's cabinet choices
Edmonton Centre MP Eleanor Olszewski will be in charge of emergency management and community resilience.
edmontonjournal.com
SarcasticMarmot
Active Member
I don't think it was having 2 MPs from Alberta. There are 28 cabinet ministers and 10 Secretaries. Having 2/38 from the 4th largest province shouldn't be an issue. BC got 5 for example, and if he was serious about wanting to bridge the divide with Alberta you'd think he'd want an MP from the country's 4th largest city.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Besides being a female, Olszewski is from Edmonton, so I'll bet the farm that Carney chose an MP from his hometown to be a cabinet minister. Mind you, it's not one of the important cabinet positions.
kcantor
Senior Member
Oh boy
Danielle Smith fumes over Mark Carney's cabinet choices
Edmonton Centre MP Eleanor Olszewski will be in charge of emergency management and community resilience.
Hands up anyone who’s surprised or expected anything different regardless of who Carney’s choices would have been?
Hands up anyone who thinks this will help anyone take her recent invitation "to immediately commence working with our government to reset the relationship between Ottawa and Alberta with meaningful action rather than hollow rhetoric” seriously.
TAS
Senior Member
That's a fair point to be sure. The fact of the matter though is the name of the game to form government is winning enough seats. Alberta delivered 2 seats out of it's possible 37 to the winning party (2 out of 170 the Libs elected) and the province was rewarded with 50% of their elected government MPs as a minister - significantly better percentage than Quebec, Ontario etc. Only Sask faired better with 100%.
Not too worried about Calgary since it is extremely well looked after by the provincial government. Nenshi also likes to remind people that when he was Mayor, Calgary received more federal money than any other Canadian city - and that includes several years under Trudeau. They seem to do just fine as their significance is recognized through grants.
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David A
Senior Member
I'm not too worried about Calgary either. It will be taken care of or take care of itself.
There were a lot of newcomers to accommodate from elsewhere and some experienced people needed to be kept on to transition smoothly, some who may retire or be retired in a few years.
So if this Federal government goes on for several years, there will likely be opportunities to make changes to cabinet, it is quite possible Alberta will get another cabinet position then.
There were a lot of newcomers to accommodate from elsewhere and some experienced people needed to be kept on to transition smoothly, some who may retire or be retired in a few years.
So if this Federal government goes on for several years, there will likely be opportunities to make changes to cabinet, it is quite possible Alberta will get another cabinet position then.
David A
Senior Member
Forget America. Build an East-West Power Grid.
Alberta really should take advantage of the hydroelectric power from the new dam in Northern BC, likewise Saskatchewan's power could become cleaner and greener if they plugged into Manitoba's hydroelectric grid more.
Glenco
Senior Member
The hydro dam in BC is a stranded asset without Alberta as a customer. Some sort of quid pro quo with them would make sense. We buy you power we build pipelines to the coast
David A
Senior Member
I think their original plan was to sell more power to the US, which is probably still possible, but given the current political environment maybe that is not such a good plan anymore.
Gronk!
Senior Member
The throne speech by the King of Canada this morning.
www.cpac.ca
King Charles III Delivers Speech from the Throne to Open the 45th Parliament
In the Senate chamber, King Charles III delivers the Speech from the Throne to open the first session of the 45th Parliament of Canada. The speech outlines the direction and legislative priorities of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government. (May 27, 2025)
David A
Senior Member
I don't know if this may create issues for the British PM who it seemed was trying to cozy up to Trump before and ignore his threats against Canada.
However, lest we forget Canada and our PM has a direct relationship with the King of Canada, which does not go through the British PM.
However, lest we forget Canada and our PM has a direct relationship with the King of Canada, which does not go through the British PM.
