Take Time to Vote for The Grizzly Manifesto
I am championing Jeff Gailus’ book The Grizzly Manifesto in the Alberta Readers’ Choice Awards. You can vote for this book – and you should – if only because I…
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Take Time to Vote for The Grizzly Manifesto
I am championing Jeff Gailus' book The Grizzly Manifesto in the Alberta Readers' Choice Awards. You can vote for this book - and you should - if only because I…
The Alberta Party Leadership Candidate Debate
Here is the long form video of the recent Alberta Party Leadership Debate held in Calgary. It is 2 hours long so put on a pot of coffee first. The…
Vote for The Grizzly Manifesto in the Readers’ Choice Awards.
The Readers’ Choice Awards is a great prize and serious upside recognition for an Alberta author. The competition this year is between five terrific titles but my preferences is for…
Premier’s Council for Economic Strategy Report is Some Kind of Wonderful
Premier Stelmach gathered together and challenge twelve of the most thoughtful minds you can imagine to actually imagine the reality we face as Albertans to ensure our prosperity from now…
Meet Glenn Taylor Alberta Party Leadership Candidate
The Alberta Party has done some short videos of the leadership candidates so the people of Alberta can get to know them better. Here is the Glenn Taylor video. He…
Coming to Grips with the Election Implications
So here we are, in a “stable majority government” in times of enormous uncertainty in the world. Democracy has spoken and the collective wisdom of an ever diminishing number of…
Is Layton the New Nenshi?
Watching the last minute rise of Jack Layton in the polls for the election on Monday reminds me of the Calgary civic election last October. What we saw then was…
Youth Are Not Politically Disengaged – If They Have a Reason to Believe
A great thing about political campaigns is you meet new people, often outside your usual spheres and circles. It adds dynamics and depth to ones understanding of how others see…
Dave Meslin Makes Sense of Citizen Engagement
Readers of this blog know that I am keen on progressive politics but also citizen engagement. Dave takes on the presumption of apathy. The presumption of apathy is challenged and…
Alberta Party Leadership Nominations Close Today
The next growth stage for the Alberta Party starts today. The nominations for the leadership close today so we will know who is really in the running to lead this…
Are Canadian Youth Standing Up and Showing Up This Election?
Here is a video that is simple and pointed about youth at the University of Guelph showing up as citizens and encouraging voting to make a difference. Lets hope this…
Canadian Women Are "Breaking Up" With Harper
In all the negative ad space this election and even before the election there are glimmers of satirical political hope on YouTube. These clips of Women Breaking Up With Stephen…
Vote for an Independent Conservative. Vote for Jim Ford May 2
OK – it will come as a surprise to many that I am endorsing a conservative candidate in the May 2 federal election. Well I am. It is my strong…
Alberta in a Global Perspective Partly Because of Oil Sands
The oil sands have put Alberta on the world stage in many ways. The size of the reserves is enough to turn heads. The size of the capital investment for…
More Harper Contempt? This Time is it for the Law?
The picture is getting clearer every day about of just how bad the Harper government is (sic) and what a danger he has become to our democracy and in his…
Imagine No Harper
This link came from an anonymous comment on another post on this blog. It is a little bit of satire you can spare 3 mins or so to enjoy and…
More Curiosity About Alberta Party
Here is a link to an interesting article in FFWD out of Calgary that will give you a sense of the recent history and amazing growth of the Alberta Party.…
Do Elections Actually Equal Political Accountability?
Back in 1993 Kim Campbell was excoriated for stating the obvious that elections are not the time to deal with complex issues. The reaction was swift negative and part of…
An Oz View of the Canadian Political Culture
This opinion piece out of Australia, written by a Canadian is a terrific compilation of the sad state of the Canadian political culture and the decline of our democracy. The…