Ken Boessenkool

November 1st 2021 - Alberta - Globe and Mail

The battles have been won, and the old political axioms are dead. Carbon taxes are here to stay

KEN BOESSENKOOL AND MIKE MOFFATT SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED OCTOBER 29, 2021 After more than a decade of hard, public democratic debate between the “no carbon tax” crowd and those advocating for a “carbon tax now,” the…

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…