twobabiesandabusiness.com
My open letter to Jim Prentice about the state of the PC Party – Two Babies and a Business
https://twobabiesandabusiness.com/2014/09/12/my-open-letter-to-jim-prentice-about-the-state-of-the-pc-party
Two Babies and a Business. PCinYYC's Life as Entrepreneurs and Parents of Twins. Christina's Life in Pictures. Peter's Life in Pictures. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. September 12, 2014. December 31, 2016. My open letter to Jim Prentice about the state of the PC Party. Can I call you Jim? I feel like you’re the kind of guy that would want me to call you Jim. You see Jim, our last leader forgot about that. When our last leader had the pol...
twobabiesandabusiness.com
Politics – Two Babies and a Business
https://twobabiesandabusiness.com/category/politics
Two Babies and a Business. PCinYYC's Life as Entrepreneurs and Parents of Twins. Christina's Life in Pictures. Peter's Life in Pictures. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 3 #ableg predictions for 2016. The start to a new year wouldn’t be complete without a few provincial political predictions. Here are mine based on 2015 observations. In 2016 Albertans will watch. The MLA for Calgary-Bow, Deborah Drever, welcomed back to the NDP caucus. It’s bee...
reddeeralbertaparty.blogspot.com
Red Deer Alberta Party: Reduce the number of MLAs by 30%
http://reddeeralbertaparty.blogspot.com/2015/04/reduce-number-of-mlas-by-30.html
Red Deer's Education Crisis. City of Red Deer. Thursday, April 23, 2015. Reduce the number of MLAs by 30%. The Alberta Legislature is the most ineffective legislature in Canada. Most of the government of Alberta’s business is done behind closed doors in cabinet or in the PC caucus room, far from public scrutiny. The Alberta Legislature also works far less than other Canadian legislatures. Learning from Alberta’s big cities and other provinces. Councillors in Calgary and Edmonton represent far more people...
inspired2vote.blogspot.com
Inspired to Vote: New Way to Reach non-voters? The BIG LISTEN
http://inspired2vote.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-way-to-reach-non-voters-big-listen.html
Thursday, March 18, 2010. New Way to Reach non-voters? The Big Listen, a campaign of the Alberta Party, is underway in Alberta. If you want to be part of a new way of building community through the political process, we invite you to work with us. In the last provincial election nearly 60% of eligible voters in Alberta did not vote. The Big Listen is looking for Constituency Organizing Volunteers and House Meeting Hosts in every constituency in Alberta. The Alberta Party is coming to living rooms, kitche...
seetheconnection.com
jeffcouillard | seetheconnection
https://seetheconnection.com/author/jeffcouillard
Passionate about connecting our world through sustainable thought and action. Works with young people facing addiction. Father, husband, friend, dog owner. Loves to play in the mountains. Founder of The Sugar Fix, a project to help people kick their cravings and live a more healthful life. Why I won’t teach my children to “not hate”. A few years ago I wrote a post in the aftermath of the Newton, Connecticut shooting. My son is now almost five, and he’s got a two year old sister. And in order to judge the...
doingitdifferenlty.blogspot.com
Doing Politics Differently: February 2011
http://doingitdifferenlty.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html
Glenn Taylor Alberta Party Leader. To learn more about me please visit www.albertaparty.ca. Friday, February 25, 2011. Provincial Budgets Never Reflect Reality. Why Not? There's always a huge gap between the politicized budget forecasts of Progressive Conservative governments in Alberta, and the audited budget facts from the Auditor General. So why do Alberta's Finance Ministers constantly project fiscal doom and gloom and demand cuts in programs? This is clear given in the stark difference between last ...
doingitdifferenlty.blogspot.com
Doing Politics Differently: December 2010
http://doingitdifferenlty.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html
Glenn Taylor Alberta Party Leader. To learn more about me please visit www.albertaparty.ca. Tuesday, December 28, 2010. Conversing With Albertans or The Journey Has Begun. It began with a phone call from a friend who asked me if I was interested in attending a small social gathering of some very interesting and influential citizens here in Alberta, plus I’d get to go to an Oilers game. After about 5 seconds of thinking I quickly indicated my interest and boy, am I glad I did. They believe in. As indi...
ken-chapman.blogspot.com
Ken Chapman: January 2015
http://ken-chapman.blogspot.com/2015_01_01_archive.html
I am interested in progressive politics, citizen participation, real democracy and a full range of public policy issues from an Albertan and Canadian perspective. Sunday, January 18, 2015. 2015: The Year for Acting Politically. Here is a draft of a piece I did emerging from my guest spot at the Summer Conference for the Alberta Teachers Association. I am often invited to attend ATA events as a "friendly critic and critical friend of the ATA" as a former President likes to call me. I got to “intervi...
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT