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I really encourage folks to consider the comments Ranjit Bath, Tina Lynn, Chris Scott and Daryl Burroughs have written in this thread. These folks understand the context of Premier Smith’s aspirations for growth in Alberta’s population.
Some folks have mentioned “10” or “15 minute cities” in here. For all its criticism, Bill 20 is a direct response by the Premier Smith government to restrict left-leaning municipal government’s like Edmonton and Calgary currently have from taking this route. And Premier Smith pushed for this because she heard clearly that Albertans do not want 10 or 15-minute-cities.
Marco… I’m sure you remember Premier Smith saying at her Town Hall in Calgary a couple of weeks ago to Calgary - Lougheed constituency association President Darrell Komick that her goals of increased population are not AT ALL “short term”, but a long term strategy to ensure Alberta has the voice within our nation to match or exceed Quebec. She also talked about immigration being supported by initiatives like the Temporary Foreign Workers program that ensures a job and a place in our economy. That population growth is measured and sustainable. Why don’t you mention that in your sharing of “sound bites”?
If you are going to grab “a little” of what the Premier says for the purpose of getting folks riled up, I think that’s quite irresponsible.
Please, fellow conservatives, go to these Town Halls and engage with our Premier. I don’t believe we have had a leader in our province in my lifetime who listens and cares more what their fellow citizens think than Premier Smith.
If you think she’s not listening, I am happy to debate you.
I learned many years ago that being heard and getting your way are two different things. Albertans are being heard. I believe you’ll see that very clearly in the legal changes forthcoming in the Alberta Bill of Rights.
Premier Smith is very much about CHOICE.
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I like the two parliamentary forms he mentioned. One or either might be very workable for the new Republic of Alberta.
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The Western Standard published Alan Aubut’s “Why Canada’s ‘first-past-the-post’ system still works better than you think.” I couldn’t disagree more, and I genuinely believe electoral reform is not only still relevant, but it might be more needed than ever. Even if I acknowledge that the public’s appetite might not currently be there.
I don’t want to rebut every argument made in that piece, but I’d like to mention that polls have shown that a large majority of people do agree with the overall principle that 35% of the votes should get you roughly 35% of the seats. This isn’t just fairer on appearance, it is fairer and righter, period. And we can achieve this without switching to a system with a list only. Many systems, such as Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP) or Single Transferable Vote (STV), allow voters to still select local representation and who ...
In 2007 I read the book: Made to Stick by the Heath brothers. Having worked in PR and taught school, I found it fascinating. Why do some ideas succeed while others fail? Why do some politicians win elections? The brothers boiled it down to ONE grabbing slogan. They discovered if too many were used, then the message was not clear.
I believe we need such a slogan - heart and mind grabbing - as we move forward to the referendum. Thoughts?
