Kinney: Impressive class solidarity on display as Chamber of Commerce defends fat Epcor salaries
The rich and powerful know that one of the most important things to do if you want to continue being rich and powerful is to constantly and consistently show class solidarity with your fellow elites.
Read moreDenis the main character again. New report shows that car insurance companies were pandemic profiteers
Former conservative justice minister Jonathan Denis just refuses to step out of the spotlight: now Denis has been accused of a conflict of interest by a former conservative operative involved in Kenney’s ‘kamikaze candidate’ scandal.
Read moreThe atrocious behaviour of Alberta’s conservative justice ministers are bringing the legal profession into disrepute
Alberta’s conservative justice ministers, both current and former, aren’t exactly covering the legal profession in glory.
Read morePOD: FOIPs show the school to prison pipeline in action
Bashir Mohamed and Alex Da Costa join host Duncan Kinney to discuss their work on the Edmonton SRO Research Project. Their research shows hows the school resource officer (SRO) program in Edmonton public schools criminalized students, got them expelled and suspended and got them started on the school to prison pipeline.
Read morePOD: How to speedrun a "Managing Unconscious Bias" class
Rob Houle joins us to discuss how it's one year out from the release of a landmark report on how to actually fix the Edmonton Police and not much has happened. Instead Chief Dale McFee has introduced a host of tepid reforms—including a mandatory "Managing Unconscious Bias" class that both Rob and I took. Listen to learn more.
Read moreThe Progress Report has filed a discreditable conduct complaint against Chief McFee
Due to our media access being arbitrarily revoked by Chief Dale McFee of the Edmonton Police Service the Progress Report has filed a discreditable conduct against Chief McFee with the Edmonton Police Commission.
Read morePOD: What are charter schools and why is Jason Kenney so hot for them?
Jason Kenney has been on a big PR blitz for charter schools after allocating nearly $75 million to them in the last budget. But what are they? And why do conservatives love them so much? Wing Li from SOS Alberta joins us to discuss how charter school advocates in Alberta are copying a playbook developed in the US to destroy public education.
Read moreKenney's time may almost be up
We’re about to see a major inflection point in Albertan politics—maybe in a few weeks, or perhaps even today.
Jason Kenney’s up for review by his party on April 9th, and it’s not looking like he’s going to get a very high grade. His former rival for the UCP leadership, Brian Jean from the Wildrose Party, is his rival once again, having secured a UCP nomination and then a seat in the Legislature on a platform of unseating Kenney.
Read moreThe Edmonton Police are trying to silence us, it won’t work
The Progress Report's coverage of policing issues in Edmonton must be a problem with Chief Dale McFee and the Edmonton Police Service (EPS), because over the last month, they have attempted to silence us by cutting off our media access and credentials.
Read moreRIP Jack Hubler, a working class legend
Alberta’s working class lost a legend when Jack Hubler passed away on March 4, 2022 at the age of 85.
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