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
Engagement
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
What’s the Difference Between Citizenship and Partisanship?
I talk and write a lot about Citizenship before Partnership in the context of Reboot Alberta. What is the difference and what difference does it make in Building
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
Political Polarization and Turf Before Trust.
Hyper-partisanship is Creating Extremist Politics I have commented extensively on the Reboot Alberta Facebook Group and on social media about the destructive hyperpartisanship in Alberta’s broken political culture.
STELMACH WAS THEN – KENNEY IS NOW – WHO IS NEXT
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT BEING ALBERTAN THESE DAYS? We recently did a survey of Albertans within the Reboot Alberta ambit to take the temperature of folks were
Survey Results on Feelings About UCP Government
Here is a video on the survey results by some Moderate Pragmatic Progressive Albertans in the Reboot Community feel about how the Kenney government. The feelings are strong.
Citizen’s Referendum Initiatives and Recall Legislation
Citizen’s Initiatives Issues in Review This link is to a CBC Edmonton piece on the UCP Government deliberations in the “Select Special Democratic Accountability Committee.” “It notes, “Last
Taking Citizenship Seriously in Uncertain Times
THE ALBERTAN FUD FACTOR We are all caught up in the FUD Factor of Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt due to COVID, recession impacts, with turbulence and volatility in
How Serious Are You About Citizenship?
In Alberta, our “citizenship” is something we have been able to take for granted for a long time. HIstorically we have had little reason not to trust the