Reading Time: 3 minutes The implications of introducing proportional representation to Canada
Author: Doreen Barrie
Doreen Barrie is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Calgary.
She has published a book on Alberta entitled The Other Alberta: Decoding a Political Enigma and wrote a biography on Ralph Klein for the book Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century. She did the study on Party Financing in Alberta for the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing and has written Sacred Trust or Political Football: A Citizen’s Guide to Canadian Health Care. She is currently working on water issues. She wrote an article in the journal Australasian Canadian Studies entitled “Water Fight: The Tarsands and Other Threats to Alberta’s Water.”
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Reading Time: 3 minutes He also provided a clear reminder that the price of democracy is eternal vigilance
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Reading Time: 3 minutes BARRIE: Albertans have developed a taste for an effective opposition
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Her decision to represent 3 political parties in the next election reflects the sorry state of democracy in Alberta