Alberta’s Political Culture Wars Are Bad for Progress
Albertans involved in and dependent on our oil and gas industry feel under siege and they blame others for their plight. Most of the anger and venom is
Albertans involved in and dependent on our oil and gas industry feel under siege and they blame others for their plight. Most of the anger and venom is
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.
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
The results of the “nasty” hyper-partisan Alberta 2019 election is having predictable effects as the “War-like” framing of Alberta’s political culture. This is where the UCP Right and
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