Author Archives: Alberta Blue

As Alberta heads closer to a general election that is shaping up to be a battle of the province’s two right-of-centre parties – the 40-year-dynasty Progressive Conservatives and the upstart Wild Rose – the Alberta Blue Committee is taking a hiatus from commenting on the political landscape. “Our goal as a committee is to influence [...]

OK, that’s a provocative headline. But before you throw stones, allow me to ask two questions about Premier Redford’s new drinking and driving rules. 1. Will the law mean more or less criminal convictions for those blowing just over  .08? Public choice theory says that if faced with a choice between doing something in the [...]

 The recent decision by the Obama administration to punt the Keystone pipeline to beyond the presidential election generated much debate on energy issues. Premier Redford did a swing through Washington and Ottawa just as the issue broke, adding to the excitement. From my perspective two issues emerged from the media coverage around these events.   [...]

Last week Finance Minister Ron Leipert let the word “sales tax” pass his lips without the word “never” or “no” preceding it. As has become tradition on Alberta, this generated all kinds of fun headlines and only days later the same words passed Premier Redford’s lips with “NEVER” in close proximity.   A couple points. [...]

The Government of Alberta has posted an online survey to get input from Albertans as they work towards developing next year’s budget. You can find the survey online at http://www.budgetdialogue.alberta.ca/. Below you will find my answers to the survey where I push for reduced spending and balanced budgets! This issue is critically important to our [...]