Thinking Inside the Box – The Ballot Box
WHAT WILL BE YOUR BALLOT BOX QUESTION? Albertans are going to the Polls this October for local and school board elections. What will determine how you will
Accountability
Albertans Rate Kenney as Failing on All Key Issues.
Angus Reid has a new survey out with some interested Alberta data. It is an internet panel-poll of about 600 Albertans who are signed up with them and
Oil and Gas Clean Up Crisis in Context
The Alberta taxpayer has been saddled with the responsibility for cleaning up over 300.000 end-of-life and abandoned wells in Alberta. These are the legal obligations of conventional energy
Do Your Opinions Matter to Government?
Do you feel listened to? Are your phone calls, emails, and letters to the UCP government Ministers or your MLA getting a reasonably relevant response? Do you feel
ENERGY INVESTMENT RHETORIC VS REALITY!
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers forecasts a 14% in upstream oil and gas spending in 2021 IN CANADA. Let’s see how the Kenney government spins this. I will
How Can Albertans Resist Autocracy?
Democracy is fragile and the Rule of Law requires constant human effort to protect, preserve, and promote. Tom Snyder is a Yale History Professor who wrote a book
Why is Kenney Crumbling?
DIVERSITY OR DIVISIONIST? A recent column in the Edmonton Journal noted Kenney blames his low and dropping approval rate on “we have a much more diverse range of
Policing in Alberta Under Further Review
POLITICS OR POLICY? The UCP is undertaking an updating and further review of the Police Act. They say this new effort “…builds on a broad stakeholder engagement on
Taking the Power of Citizenship Seriously
Taking Citizenship Seriously is a recent Reboot Alberta podcast. episode. It is about the political power of collective and collaborative citizenship for Moderate Progressive and Pragmatic Albertans to
Does UCP Want Your Opinion OR Just Your Email Address
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION COMES WITH A PRICE? The UCP Caucus runs surveys to gather citizen responses to policy options and political issues they believe Albertans are or should be
A Reality Check on Value for Money in UCP Post-Secondary Review.
We have a seriously anti-intellectual government in the UCP. The review they commissioned on post-secondary education is not inherently bad and could bring forth some very positive recommendations
Is Kenney’s Opposition to Gun Control Pro-Trump or Anti-Trudeau?
AMERICAN-STYLE GUN CULTURE COMES TO ALBERTA? Trump is well known to encourage intervention by armed civilian paramilitary groups into peaceful urban protests in the States. His infamous debate