Alberta Election — the Leaders’ Debate
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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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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Is the 2015 P.C. Party a ‘new’ party, innocent of the sins of earlier versions, because it has a new Leader? The answer is no. Premier Prentice is accountable for
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One of the primary arguments used by incumbent governments is “better the devil you know than an unknown devil”. By implication, the unknown is ‘devilish’. In politics, that means any
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Every election campaign offers the possibility of enriching or diminishing our understanding of the practice of democracy in a civil society governed on the Westminster model (of a representative parliamentary
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Personally, and in every organization of which I am a part, I ask three questions. The answers frame my participation. The first question is: “Why am I ‘here’ (and why
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