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Seeking out greater efficiencies in trying times
Posted on September 8, 2015With the local economy struggling these past few years, innovation is a key component of our economic prosperity going forward. Not only do we have… Read More »
Election results should be taken with a grain of salt
Posted on August 25, 2015With 110 seats across the country considered too close to call by the pollsters, the Canadian federal election outcome is still very much up in… Read More »
Cdn. politicians could learn a lot from the Blue Jays
Posted on August 11, 2015Canadian politicians on the campaign trail can learn a lot from the Toronto Blue Jays. In what will likely be a moribund and tightly scripted… Read More »
Exodus of Tories may have had more to do with pensions than politics
Posted on July 28, 2015Like rats fleeing a sinking ship we have seen a mass exodus of prominent federal Tories in recent months from Peter MacKay to John Baird… Read More »
Bylaw passes in Redcliff without any fanfare
Posted on June 30, 2015Well if you haven’t heard by now, Redcliff town council ended up passing it’s controversial “Communication with Litigants” bylaw amendment without too much public furor… Read More »
Bylaws targeted at one or two individuals is never a good idea
Posted on June 17, 2015Local governance is often not a pleasant business when you have to deal with constituents’ complaints and problems. People as a whole can be unreasonable… Read More »
Rookie MLA has some maturing to do
Posted on June 2, 2015There’s an old western saying which goes: “Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.”… Read More »
Water conservation an ongoing concern…or should be
Posted on May 26, 2015Over the spring months during the last few years, people in southern Alberta saw lots of rain and snow and put aside their concerns about… Read More »
Investigation launched into shredding of documents
Posted on May 19, 2015It was snowing in Edmonton last week, but it wasn’t precipitation falling from the sky. Reams and reams of shredded government documents from over the… Read More »
Four years will go by fast … or painfully slow
Posted on May 12, 2015It has been a week since Albertans cast their ballots and voted out the Progressive Conservatives, who had been leading the province for more than… Read More »