Alberta Election 2015 – Last thoughts before election day
Readers will know that I was a 15 year P.C. M.L.A. and a Cabinet Minister for 7 years in the early years of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative government. In fact, I
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Readers will know that I was a 15 year P.C. M.L.A. and a Cabinet Minister for 7 years in the early years of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative government. In fact, I
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In the course of the current election campaign, the Alberta P.C. Party finds itself in dangerous – perhaps fatal – straits. It cannot focus on the quality of its team,
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One of the interesting realities of Alberta politics is that every time the people have changed their government they have opted for a party more progressive than the incumbents they
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The Spur Calgary Festival has just wrapped up with a panel discussion I wish I could have taken in. (Note to organizers: think livestreaming and/or Youtube.) Danielle Smith, former Wild
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As far as the Alberta election is concerned, the Leaders’ Debate only throws the complexity of our electoral system into sharper relief. Given the format and technology of the debate,
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Albertans are at the mid-point of an election campaign – a most unusual (for Alberta) campaign. I am reminded of W.B. Yeats poem, “The Second Coming”, in which is written:
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There are five arguments for local self-government, either municipal or school, and all of them are significant. First, living in a democracy, a basic tenet is that decisions should be
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The British Columbia School Trustees’ Association has just wrapped up its 111th A.G.M. I was privileged to attend and speak to about 375 trustees from across the province. I also
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Rogers answer was, “Four. Calling the tail a leg doesn’t make it one.” Albertans need to consider the P.C.s “10- Year plan” in the same way: calling a plan a
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A classic definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again while expecting a different outcome. It is also a classic definition of wishful thinking. In
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