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Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up
A warlike parliament. Infantile legislatures. “My way or the highway” leaders. Legislation-by-lobbyist. Ignored grassroots. Unrepresentative governments (Canada has had a female PM for all of 132 days). Toxic elections whose outcomes badly distort how we actually vote. Citizen apathy. This is Canada’s democracy, argues Dave Meslin (compellingly). The activist and community organizer believes, however, that […]
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Dave Meslin, Denver, Electoral Reform, Evan Osenton, First Past the Post, Legal Aid, Lobbyist, Popular Vote
January 1, 2020
Organizing a Workplace Union
Unionization first came up at our west Edmonton Red Lobster at the end of January 2018. I was approached by co-workers and asked if I was interested in starting something. I quickly said yes—we needed to get something done at our restaurant, because it was pretty much falling apart. A few of us got together […]
Tags: Discrimination, Mediation, Unions
Should Union Membership Be Optional?
A dialogue between John Mortimer and Gil McGowan
Tags: Abortion, Alberta, Alberta Views, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Civil Service, Collective Bargaining, Debate, Paul Martin, Pros and Cons, Supreme Court, Unions
Just Transition
Can oil and gas workers adapt to a green energy future?
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Artificial Intelligence, Barrhead, Carbon Tax, Coal Mining, Energy Transition, Greenpeace, High School, Labour Costs, Labour Market, Labour Unions, Oil Industry, Oil Prices, Petrochemical, Quality of Life, Solar Energy, Tax Credit, Tuition
Kenney’s War on Workers
Contracts broken, wages cut and unions undermined.
Tags: Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, Alberta Views, Alison Redford, Athabasca, Athabasca University, Canada Post, Collective Bargaining, Court of Appeal, Court of Queen's Bench, General Strikes, Geriatric Healthcare, Healthcare Workers, Jason Kenney, Labour Costs, Labour Market, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, Notwithstanding Clause, Palliative Care, Public Library, Sheriffs, Strike, Teacher Strike, Temporary Foreign Workers, Unions, Wildcat Strike
The Story of Joseph Lewis
Diversity is Alberta’s strength.
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Bertrand Bickersteth, Bow River, Fort Chipewyan, Fort Edmonton, Iroquois, Lac La Biche, Michif, Michigan, Paula Simons, Rivers, Salary, Separatist, WEXIT, Working-Class
First Nations Self-Government
17 Roadblocks to Self-Determination, and One Chief’s Thoughts on Solutions
Tags: Indian Act, Siksika
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