24-Nov-2011 Posted by Chris

Real Mayors Don’t Tweet?

I recall having a meeting last winter at the Mayors office. It was a one-on-one set for 8:00 am in his boardroom, and at that time of the year, the snowfall in our city was reaching epic proportions. I made a mental note, that while waiting in his reception area, his receptionist had already taken 3 phone calls from citizens complaining about the snow banks and snow plowing in residential areas. The poor... read more

6-Oct-2011 Posted by Chris

Is this the change Alberta wants?

The most recent Wildrose Alliance email newsletter just hit my inbox. (As spam goes, I must admit it entertains me a bit more than the tiring pleas of a multimillionaire from Nigeria.. or the potential of a Mrs. LaBossiere the 2nd from Russia.) I have always been impressed with their rapid and topical communications on day-to-day events, even if sometimes they do seem to be reaching a bit. But today I was... read more

19-Sep-2011 Posted by Chris

Alberta – You have options

After this weekend’s PC leadership first ballot, a theme that seems to be emerging, is that there are now 4 Progressive parties in Alberta, and 1 truly Conservative. This is typical partisan spin, perpetuating the “Alberta is Conservative” myth many of us fall for. That said, if you see the World on a single political spectrum, then there is some truth to there being 1 Left-Wing... read more

15-Sep-2011 Posted by Chris

Will the PC’s govern themselves accordingly?

By now we have learned that one of the six PC Leadership Candidate camps was responsible for violating a confidentiality agreement with their own party and it’s members, by distributing a private list of party members to the media. The media allegedly then shared it with Environics (I also question the ethics of Evironics in this case). This leads me to a very simple question: Will they do the right... read more

28-Jul-2011 Posted by Chris

An argument in a vacuum

It’s funny how perspective can add to an argument. When you are making an argument with no room for debate, or attempt to understand others perspective, it actually gets quite easy. www.EthicalOil.org, which appears to be some kind of fan-inspired Ezra Levant worship site, really nails just how easy it is. You see, it seems to exist exclusively to reinforce what Levant has been arguing about the... read more

19-Jul-2011 Posted by Chris

Is that a Capital L in your liberal, or are you just happy to see me?

I had a nice chat tonight with an Alberta Liberal Party supporter. He expressed sincere concern with me about vote splitting between the Alberta Party and his Party. A very real issue that we will have to work our way through. But in my opinion, as I have shared time and again, we must work THROUGH it. We will work very hard to engage in new methods of policy creation, have innovation as a founding... read more

8-Jun-2011 Posted by Chris

$14.9 Billion reasons for this post

Yesterday revealed a number of interesting perspectives on the “crisis” that most of the PC government choose to ignore going on in healthcare. If you are not up to speed, simply read my last blog post. What was interesting last night, was watching the PC leadership candidates start to stack up on basically one side of the debate. That was not surprising. The only PC Leadership candidate that... read more

7-Jun-2011 Posted by Chris

Protecting the Public Trust

Canadians generally hold publicly funded, equal access healthcare, as an absolute bedrock of our unique society. Public Healthcare requires one critical element to succeed. FAIRNESS for all. Treat everyone the same, with absolutely no queue-jumping or favouritism. If the trust in that principle is eroded, then the system as a whole is questioned. When Stephen Duckett raised the issue of political... read more