Restrictions Are Lifting – Are Moods Improving?
A New Day or Just Another Fiasco? So there are plans and proposals to reduce COVID Health Orders Restrictions across Canada. Alberta has a relatively “ambitious” approach towards
Well-Being
Has Alberta Hit Bottom Yet?
These are tough times in Our Alberta. they have been for quite some time. The “recovery” looks like it will be the unsustainable and unfair “K” model. That’s
Yes You Can Make Change Happen.
There is a tension in the political competition for our attention and social media isn’t helping. Attention is a commodity these days. We are easily overwhelmed with data,
HAPPINESS IS THE MEANING AND PURPOSE OF LIFE
ABACUS DATA has set up the “Happiness Monitor” for Canadians. I am not usually inclined to promote businesses on this site BUT when they undertake a Greater Good
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
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
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
How Vulnerable Are You Feeling Under Premier Kenney?
Individual citizens are feeling the impacts of the Kenney tyranny against Albertans from AISH Receipants to Docs, Environmentalists to Teachers. If not you, wait for it, Kenney’s coming to get you too, unless you are in his Hard-Righ Political Tribe.
Connecting With Power in These Covid-19 Times
PostMastery: A Reboot Alberta Initiative for Effective Assertive Citizenship We’ve all heard the cliche about “telling truth to power.” That skill is now a necessity for effective citizenship
Time to Make Government Do It’s Job
Debt and Deficits are bad. Energy Industry defaults on legal obligations for Abandoned and Orphan wells if a much larger & serious problem. This needs fixing NOW!
Can Alberta Avoid a Death Spiral?
The Umair Haque essay on “This Is How a Society Dies” is a dark and direct discussion on the decline of America and Britain. The reasons why are