Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Saturday, February 09, 2013

Alberta Budget: Canadian Tax Group Says Alberta Needs A Spending Diet

EDMONTON - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says it is going to Alberta's economic summit this weekend to spread the word that Alberta needs to go on a diet.

Federation spokesman Derek Fildebrandt says Alberta spends more per capita than almost any other province, but lags behind on health care and other services.

Fildebrandt says even with falling oil prices, the province still takes in billions of dollars in natural resource revenue and could comfortably live within its means.

He will join panel discussions with other academics and industry leaders at the economic summit on Saturday at Calgary's Mount Royal University.

The summit was announced last month by Premier Alison Redford to seek solutions on Alberta's looming financial crunch, and explore ways to lessen its dependence on the roller-coaster prices of oil and gas.

Redford estimates falling oil prices will take a $6 billion bite out of the budget her government will deliver on March 7.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.ca
Author: CP
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