UCP Electoral Reform Will Not Advance Democracy
There is a dire need for a better electoral system in Alberta to better reflect the variety of values, opinions, interests, and pluralist priorities of a diverse population.
Alberta Election
A Report on the Reboot Alberta Revival Gathering
The Reboot Alberta Revival Gathering drew engaged and informed citizens to look at Citizenship not just Partisanship to take responsibility for changing Alberta’s political culture and the way forward to build a better Alberta.
Reboot Alberta Revival Gathering Agenda
Hello all. We are less than a week away from the Reboot Alberta Regivial Gathering set for July 27 in Red Deer. Here is a link to the
Who Can We Trust in the Age of Deceitful Disinformation Politics?
In a post-truth political and media who can citizens trust to tell us the facts? Lies, deceit and disinformation is becoming normal because we are overwhelmed with manipulation by our hyper-partisan political culture.
LGBTQ and GSA Issue Captures the Partisan Divide in Alberta
Hyper-partisanship is all about beating up the other tribe not about enlightened effective public policy. Alberta is bound to be badly governed for at least four years.
Truth Matters! Who to Believe in Post-Truth Politics.
The extreme Right versus Left divisiveness in Alberta Politics is eroding trust, truth and citizen engagement. Reboot Alberta is where Progressives can go to change this.
Is Canada Having a Populist Moment?
I am a big fan of the Samara Centre for Democracy. They have found that we are not in a Populist Moment in Canada. However our political discourse
Reboot Alberta: A Place for Progressives is Back!
Reboot Alberta is back. Just as Alberta Progressivewere disillusioned with the direction their government was going in 2009, the election campaign and results in 2019 have surfaced those
Minister of Justice Must Recuse Over RCMP Probe Into UCP Voter Fraud
UPDATE: CBC reporting on May 3 the Kenney controlled UCP government rejected the NDP suggestion that an outside prosecutor be appointed to oversee the RCMP investigations into
Election 2019: Good Bad & Ugly
The Ugly: How the Election Was Won. The meanest, nastiest, angriest, most hyper-partisan and divisive election in Alberta history is now over, but the bitterness is still active.
Alberta Politics Are as Volatile as Our Oil Prices.
Horse-Race Polls are Horses**t: If you believe the Alberta election polling is a reliable way of predicting anything, I am here to disabuse you. If you follow
Away Election Day?
If you are away from home on Election Day April 16 of can’t make it to the Advanced Polls, there is a solution for you to still vote.