Ken Boessenkool

October 20th 2021 - Alberta - The Hub

The conservative case against the Reform Act

Ken Boessenkool | October 20, 2021 We don’t need the Reform Act to tell us that when a caucus gets dispirited with a leader, that leader is toast. Just because something is unpopular, doesn’t make it wrong. Or unwise. And…

October 12th 2021 - Alberta - The Line

O’Toole can risk adopting a carbon tax … in fact, he has to

If the Conservatives are going to win, they need to “hunt where the ducks are” and add voters who didn’t support them last time By: Ken Boessenkool The purpose of a political party is to win elections. It took me…

September 1st 2021 - Alberta - The Line

For Trudeau, is this a repeat of 2004? Or of 2006?

Ken Boessenkool: For Trudeau, is this a repeat of 2004? Or of 2006? O’Toole has a much more impressive campaign team than Harper, circa 2004. But the Liberal counterattack is coming. Aging political warriors see everything through the lens of…

August 28th 2021 - Alberta - CBC

Kenney, O’Toole and the battle for Alberta conservatism

Kenney, O’Toole and the battle for Alberta conservatism The province is moving towards a competitive electoral battle Ken Boessenkool · for CBC Opinion This column is an opinion from Ken Boessenkool. He was a senior campaign adviser to prime minister…

July 29th 2021 - Alberta - The Line

Jason Kenney cannot win an equalization referendum

By: Ken Boessenkool Jason Kenney cannot win an equalization referendum There is no good outcome for Alberta’s premier…and several ways he can lose A keen observer of Alberta politics recently asked me if I could think of a single reason…