Here is a great letter from a resident that I wanted to make public on Minister Morton’s Hunting Day.  I would love to see some feedback on this.
Dear Dr Swann:
 
The Alberta Government advertised its inaugural Provincial Hunting Day (September 22) under the banner “Improving Albertans’ quality of life”. Aren’t bears and moose Albertans?
I gave Provincial Hunting [...]

The Royalty Review has highlighted, once again, the unwillingness of the Alberta Conservative government to do its job. Most Albertans knew the royalty regime in Alberta was far below what other jurisdictions are returning to the public purse. Their report puts the lie to former Energy Minister Greg Melchin’s assertion in the Legislature last year [...]

Here is the video from the press conference I held on September 6th. I wanted to bring up the issue of the Eastern Irrigation District’s application to make amendments to their water license. This raises an array of issues with water management in the province.

The ‘revelation’ of patronage appointments to boards across Alberta in yesterday’s Herald story “Party faithful often rewarded” is not a revelation at all. Most engaged people in Alberta in the past 15 years have, however, watched this with a mixture of cynicism and silence. This excellent overview does present a timely and powerful opportunity to [...]

The recent scandal in which the Energy and Utilities Board has been spying on citizens who have concerns with new power lines from Edmonton to Calgary shows how far this government is prepared to go to interfere with our democracy. It has been clear for some time that the EUB – the regulator of all [...]

Yesterday I went to see the federal Minister of Natural Resources Gary Lunn (from Vancouver Island) speak at a Calgary Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Among other comments he promoted nuclear energy for Alberta as free of greenhouse gas emissions as well as better and safer technology than older Candu reactors. He glossed over the waste [...]

Below is an excellent letter to the Premier from Calgary Mountainview resident Jason Kubke. Thanks Jason!
“Dear Premier Stelmach, honourable Rob Renner, Mel Knight and Dave Hancock, Dr. Swann,
I have written to in the past to your predecessors to express my concerns on similar issues. I feel it is again time to [...]

An Alberta Liberal government would not sell Alberta’s water. The application by the Eastern Irrigation District – controlling 1/3 of the allocated water from the Bow River – to change their license to allow other uses than agricultural use is a serious step toward commodifying water. All water in Alberta is owned by the people [...]

Today’s decision by Premier Ed Stelmach to halt the plan to allow seismic testing on Alberta’s Marie Lake can certainly be heralded as a triumph for the residents of the area! The community around Marie Lake did a fantastic job of organizing themselves to lobby the government to ensure the protection of Alberta’s bodies [...]