It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of a leadership position must be in want of a man to explain it to her. At any given time, there is a loud chorus of male politicians (and opinion columnists) generously ready to offer their sage advice on how women in powerful positions should do things, whether or not they themselves have even close to the same education or experience. The difference these days is that powerful women aren't taking it anymore. Just this past week, three important female Canadian leaders dared to speak out despite the mansplainers, and it was glorious. Calling out mansplaining and sexism in general is having a moment, not just in Alberta but across the country, as women dare to name the real nature of the criticisms levelled against them and refuse to back down despite them.  Canada's Governor General Julie Payette found herself the beneficiary of the ample generosity of men sharing their dubious wisdom when she dar...

The United Conservative Party's leadership contest is over, and to almost no one's surprise, Jason Kenney is the new leader of the new party. Poor Brian Jean may finally have to accept that he signed his own political death warrant with the party merger, now that he's not only lost the leadership role but also been completely shut out of Kenney's leadership team . Kenney has also apparently gone to swift work firing any staff member who supported Brian Jean , and getting an MLA to step down to leave room for a by-election so he has his chance to win a seat in the Legislature. Peace River will be one key battleground in the provincial election coming up in what UCP supporters believe will be the “2019 summer of repeal," if the fact the constituency saw visits from all three UCP leadership hopefuls in recent weeks is any indication. Even before the merger, the constituency was already seeing meetings featuring Wildrose MLAs from neighbouring constituencies ...