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
Values
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
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
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.
Do You Feel AT RISK Under Kenney’s Rule?
This Facebook Post from my Page last June is worth sharing now. Vulnerable Albertans are endangered. There are so many more of us now the Kenney is in
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
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