In a previous post we challenged you to contemplate what worries you and what your public policy, government programs or democratic processes are on your mind . We provided a 4H Framework Tool to focus and guide you through that analytical process. This decision making will come earlier for some
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Montreal Simon: The Ascension of Jason Kenney and the Trudeau Challenge
It was Jason Kenny unchained, and a horrible sight if ever there was one.He looked more like a feverish Alabama preacher than a premier-elect. All he was missing was a handkerchief to wipe the dribble off his chin.But he had worked hard for three long years to build up his bigot party, and
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: Signs of change are sweeping the nation
The NDP’s historic triumph in Alberta shows that ordinary people can overcome corporate power and effect democratic change, argues environmentalist David Suzuki. The post David Suzuki: Signs of change are sweeping the nation appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingIn This Corner: How to build a cabinet using mismatched pieces: pointers for Rachel Notley
Now that the euphoria of the election has worn off, I wonder if Rachel Notley is waking up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night, wondering, “What the hell do I do now?” If she isn’t, she should. She has a big, big job ahead of her,
Continue readingIn This Corner: Coming to grips the the ungrippable.
Sometimes, there are events that are so huge, it’s difficult to wrap your brain around all of the elements involved, and try to come up with some sort of reason as to why it happened. The Alberta election of 2015 is one of those events. For 43 years, we’ve had
Continue readingMaple-Flavoured Politics: The Alberta Election’s Federal Implications
As I look at my Twitter feed today, May 6, 2015, the day after the Alberta provincial election, I see that some federal Conservatives are saying that the results of the Alberta election don’t worry them. I’m not surprised they are saying that. After all, it is literally the politically
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Shameless Political Advertising – Vote for Alberta’s Orange Crush!
Time for a change in Alberta. Let’s give Ms. Notley a chance. A link here to the official Elections Alberta site. I’m look at you younger crowd, ‘unbusy’ yourself and vote this time to make a difference. Filed under: Canada, Politics Tagged: Alberta Election, NDP, Orange Crush, Shameless Political
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Alberta Conservatives Failed to collect $13 billion in Royalties Over The Last Five Years
It is election day in Alberta tomorrow and it appears that the Progressive Conservatives are going to get a whupping. They can blame the NDP’s rising star and soon to be Alberta’s premier Rachel Read more…
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Fearmongering or Hopemongering? It’s Your Call Alberta
“I think it has deteriorated into groundless name-calling, and it’s certainly not the strategy that I would take.”—Rachel Notley reflecting on comments made by Jim Prentice and Brian Jean To hear Jim Prentice and Brian Jean tell it, Rachel Notley’s plan to create a royalty commission and increase corporate taxes
Continue readingPop The Stack: If an election falls in the forest and nothing changes…ever, is it still a democracy?
I’m an outsider to Alberta politics so I will attempt to refrain from making any statement about who I think should win or what the important issues are in the election. But there are some disturbing, anti-democratic threads in the wave of editorial endorsements for the ruling PC party in Alberta
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Toronto Globe & Mail Endorsement of ‘Jim’ Will Help Elect NDP’s Rachel Notley in Alberta
The smart grey suited thin lipped editorial guys at Toronto’s Globe and Mail have once again thought it over and surprise, surprise they are backing the PC ‘s Jim Prentice for premier in Alberta. Read more…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Edmonton Journal Saturday Editorial – Grade ‘A’ Propaganda
The amount of horseshit per square centimetre in this Edmonton Journal editorial must violate the laws of physics, it just isn’t reasonable to pack this much fail into one column of newspaper. Who wrote this tepid work of Tory apologia? To me it smells like the business owners out
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Will we see an NDP majority in Alberta?
Polls have been suspect for some time, especially in BC and Alberta.However repeated polls by a number of polling outfits continue to show remarkable growth for Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP. This will one Read more…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Alta Liberal Leader David Swann: I’ll Just Lay Here And Bleed, Thank You Very Much
If you can’t vote Liberal, vote for someone else? That’s his message? Not: we’re Liberal and we’ve got great, progressive ideas? No! It’s: WE’RE LAME! KICK OUR ASS! PLEASE! BETTER YET: KILL US! WE’RE TIRED OF THE WHOLE FUCKING TAWDRY SPECTACLE!!! And that’s the kind of message that gets your
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: A Hard Luck Campaign For Minister Penis…I Mean Denis
Just some notes recycled from twitter: @davecournoyer @a_picazo Prentice to self: “I’ll just call an early election. What can possibly go wrong?”— Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) April 25, 2015 And: @a_picazo @davecournoyer This is same guy had to deny he defaced his own signs to read “penis” for “denis”. Rather poor luck
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Oh Alberta! NDP Way In Front?
Even the pollsters involved don’t quite buy it. And they are using “google surveys” to compile their results, so make of that what you will. As an aside, sure he’s wildrose but I’ve met Derek Fildebrandt once or twice and he seems a decent enough fellow.
Continue readingcenterandleft: Alberta and Polls: Never Again
The Calgary Flames are preparing to host their first playoff game since 2009 in a matter of days. While the Flames are working hard to even up their series, the politicians are working the doors. The province of Alberta may be preparing to elect a new party to power for
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Oops!
It seems that a candidate for Alberta’s Wildrose party, Rick Strankman, has made a bit of a faux pas, one that he blames, as politicians are wont to do, on a volunteer: A Wildrose candidate was forced to apologize and retract a poster Thursday that called on party supporters to
Continue readingIn This Corner: Stuff Happens, week 14: And they’re off! But why?
This week, Premier Jim Prentice called his uncalled-for election. The question remains, why? The election — a year ahead of the lawful election date — has no validity. The PCs have a majority that any government in Canada, or the world, would kill for (and in some countries, that’s exactly
Continue readingIn This Corner: Why good polls may be bad for the Rachel Notley Party
In the first week of the Unnecessary Election of 2015, the big story has been the polling numbers. The media, desperate to find something to report on in the early going, has fixated on the numbers which show the Rachel Notley Party with shockingly high numbers. The stats are so
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