The Next UCP Premier Will Not Have a Mandate
In a few days a small group of private club UCP partisans will impose a new Premier on the rest of us Albertans. We could have had a
Integrity
A Letter to Dr. Hinshaw Concerning School Reopenings
August 26, 2021 Dr. Deena Hinshaw Chief Medical Officer of Health 10025 Jasper Avenue Edmonton Alberta T5J 2N3 Dear Dr. Hinshaw Re: Public School Reopening. I am writing
Just How Corrupt is the UCP?
On July 27, 2021, over 2 years from the last provincial election, Election Alberta levies $33,500.00 in fines against UCP MLA Devinder Toor, his CFO, and an Alberta
Let’s Have a Public Inquiry Into Kenney’s $1.3+B Keystone XL Loss
Premier Kenney looks like he and his government made a bad bet on Trump’s win in the 2020 US Presidential election. If Trump won, the Keystone XL pipeline
This is No Apology!
This is no apology. It’s an inept attempt at political damage control. Apologies should be addressed specifically to those he maligned with a detailed description of what he
Kenney Suspends Legislature: to Protect Public Health or His Political Skin?
*Premier Kenney suspends the Legislature for 2 weeks. OK but why? COVID is at a new Third Wave and the peak of infections. We have the worse per
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,
Once COVID is Under Control, Climate Change is Next.
Mark Carney is the former Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England. He is the British Reith Lecturer for 2020, in four lectures, he
Do Your Opinions Matter to Government?
Do you feel listened to? Are your phone calls, emails, and letters to the UCP government Ministers or your MLA getting a reasonably relevant response? Do you feel
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
How Can Albertans Resist Autocracy?
Democracy is fragile and the Rule of Law requires constant human effort to protect, preserve, and promote. Tom Snyder is a Yale History Professor who wrote a book
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