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
UCP
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
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 Much Has Kenney Hurt Albertan?
This letter to Fellow Albertans by Rebooter Carolyn Schoepp is a very comprehensive summary of damages done to so many Albertans by the Kenney-controlled UCP government. This is
CANADA’S GOVT IS TRUSTED BUT IS ALBERTA’S?
TRUST IS UP…WAY UP AND EVERYWHERE The May 2020 Update of the Edelman Trust Barometer shows citizens’ trust in the Canadian government has increased dramatically since January 2020,
Is Apathy Towards Tyranny Normal in Alberta Now?
Timothy Snyder has written a short but instructive parable “On Tyranny.” His references are American but many of them translate well into Present-Day Alberta. He outlines 20 key
How to Defeat Authoritarianism In Alberta
The animation at the end of this post is very helpful in understanding Authoritarianism. Its a term often used interchangeably with Totalitarianism and Fascism in a modern Western
Is UCP Politicizing Judicial Appointments?
OK- I know, the government of the day gets to make the final choices of who gets appointed to sit on the Provincial Court level Benches. That is
The End of Protest in Alberta?
In the Alberta tradition when a new Legislative Session starts the first piece of legislation, BILL 1, is intended as a flagship statement to outline and define the
Kenney’s Bill 10 Is An Egregious Abuse of Political Power
Bill 10, the Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act 2020, was rammed through by the Kenney-controlled UPC government with no advanced notice to the Opposition. Closure was with