Justification for Oil Sands Environmental Cutback Suspicious
Break the glass on your Bullsh*t Detection equipment and turn up the dial on your Skepticism Amplifier. In the Canadian Federation we are used to the Federal and
Values
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
The Reboot Revival: A First Year Update
It’s been a year today since a Gang of Albertans met for a day in Red Deer to consider if Reboot Alberta should be revived given the recent
Lessons to be Learned from the Life of John Lewis
There will be a lot of well-deserved tributes to John Lewis, as we do on the death of such note-worthy leaders. I am old enough to remember the
INTEGRITY DOESN’T MATTER WHEN COLLUSION CAN WORK AGAINST IT!
Did the Kenney-controlled UCP government lie to us, mislead us, or disinform us…or undertake all of these deceits when environmental rules were suspended by the Alberta Energy Regulator
Can We Have Influence over Power in Alberta Politics?
WHEN SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER DOESN’T WORK We have all heard the memorable aphorism about bringing Truth to Power. That’s fine if Power is open to some “Truth.”
DO YOU TRUST THE KENNEY GOVERNMENT?
Major crisis situations usually give a boost to the approval ratings of politicians. Most notable is Ontario’s, Doug Ford. He has jumped a positive 40 points in approval
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
UCP Takes “Action” on Equalization Referendum
The Fair Deal Panel Report did not make Equalization as its first and foremost recommendation. It came in second and is put it smack-dab in the context of
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
When Will Life Return to NORMAL?
Here is a link to a very interesting graphic from the Visual Capitalist website. It shows the aggregated sense of over 500 Epidemiologists in The USA and Canada
FAIR DEAL REPORT MEANS “REFERenDUMB” Madness Is Coming
Time to scale up our Citizenship, be skeptical of the Political Propaganda and the Partisan Rhetoric