Democracy

Alberta's newly elected school boards have by now finished with their organizational meetings, and are no doubt focusing on what they want to accomplish over their term of the next three years.  They do so in a context of considerable ambiguity and uncertainty, with musings from government about changing school board governance structure, perhaps by adding appointed members to boards.

"The Alberta government introduced some long overdue electoral reforms last week. But in doing so it drew attention to the yawning gap that still exists between Alberta and most other provinces when it comes to creating a more level playing field for all parties during election campaigns."

EDMONTON—A legal action has been launched calling for a judicial declaration to deal with mismanagement and political influence related to the March, 2008 Alberta provincial election.

EDMONTON—On the day before Canada Day, PIA is releasing a new report revealing that Alberta has the least democratic political financing laws in Canada, and calling for broad reforms based on effective practices in other parts of Canada.

It's time for action on the role of money in politics in Alberta

Democracy is not a monologue