According to Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Claude Williams, “There is no fixed timeline for municipalities to be brought under the Right to Information and Access to Privacy Act.” Apparently the provincial government has been consulting with municipalities about an appropriate timeline.
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Saskatchewan NDP Needs to Reclaim Its Legacy to Regain Power
The Saskatchewan NDP suffered a humiliating defeat in the recent election. This defeat was all but inevitable, given the state of the economy. In order to minimize losses, the NDP ran to the left in order to ensure that their most ideological supporters would show up to vote. The tactic appears to have backfired. The party needs to move back to the center, and present a fiscally responsible agenda as it did during Roy Romanow’s tenure. Otherwise, the party faces the prospect of permanent opposition status.
Saskatchewan Parties Offer Divergent Visions
The fact that Brad Wall is headed for a majority government is essentially beyond doubt. The NDP has felt the need to embrace old left policies to try to hang onto its remaining supporters. While the election may not be competitive, voters will have two very different visions to choose from.
Cabinet-making 101
Frontier’s research director has a quick look at Alison Redford’s new cabinet in Alberta and concludes that it is a cautious cabinet, and does not deliver the amount of change that many had come to expect from her leadership campaign.
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Free to Fly Wants Friendly Skies for Unvaccinated Canadians
Should Canadians be free to fly without a COVID-19 vaccination? Four Canadian pilots thought so and founded Free to Fly at the end of August. By now, the organization has attracted 14,300 members, including 1,900 airline staff. In an interview, Free to Fly co-founder...
More Repression Does Not Save More COVID-19 Sick
The most mentioned reason for lockdowns has been the protection of health systems. The claim is that such protection saves lives. So, it is fair to ask how health systems are performing in their lockdown life-saving duty? There are several points from which one can...
Revising The Suburbs
Sprawl. It's an ugly word. The term often evokes images that are even uglier: Green space lost to an asphalt desert of strip malls and highways. Citizens trapped in cars and a fast-food lifestyle that leaves them tired, stressed, and overweight. Pollution and global...
Phoenix Rising in Calgary?
How Calgary can benefit from emulating Phoenix, Arizona.
Warsaw: Rising Like a Phoenix Out of Planning
Warsaw is going in the right direction, as people and businesses locate where it is less costly, improving the quality of life. On the other hand, many urban areas in the more affluent Western World are determined to contract the planning disease and their citizens are paying the price in excessively high land
prices.
Election Shows that First-Past-the-Post Delivers
Reforming Canadian elections by adopting proportional representation for parties is back in vogue, but countries using it have experienced problems.
Left, right: You’re talking about feet, right?
A study of Canadian voting patterns reveals “deep pockets of political ignorance.”
High-Performance Cities show Calgary a Better Path
A look at the root causes of low performance government in Calgary and how to fix them.
Ottawa still isn’t planning the reforms that matter
Alas, go outside and put on a jacket; in addition to the approaching winter, you’ll also sense the approaching silly season of electioneering.
None of the Above
Nick Ternette comments on mandatory voting proposal in Canada.
Eyes roll in Alberta
Alberta Senator nominee Link Byfield objects to parking partisan hacks in the Canadian Senate.