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I haven’t been much of a fan of Keann’s for some time. I find him to be a bit bombastic and hyperbolic (sorry for the big words).
However, this article by him is very moving.
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This week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith dared anyone who wanted a new provincial sales tax to put forward a citizen-initiated referendum.
When I heard her say it, I thought back to a promise made years earlier.
I was standing in the halls of the Red Deer Convention Centre when the first notes of Capital Cities’ “Safe and Sound” hit the speakers.
That song was her walk-on music. Every rally. Every convention. Every appearance. You heard it and you knew Danielle Smith was about to step onto the stage.
The crowd was electric that day. I was a young student activist, 18 years old, watching an insurgent leader who spoke as though Alberta’s future should be directed by the people who live here. She was not premier. She was not the establishment. She was leading a movement that believed ordinary Albertans deserved more control over their own political ...