Born: Kitimat, BC
Highest Level of Education: LLB, University of Sask., 1988
Work Prior to politics: Senior advisor to Joe Clark when he was Secretary of State for External Affairs; worked in the PMO; advisor on constitutional and legal issues in Africa for
the EU, Commonwealth Secretariat, Canadian and Australian governments; monitored Afghanistan?s first elections
First elected: March 3, 2008
Constituency: Calgary-Elbow
Previously: Minister of Justice, Attorney General, 2008?2011
Sworn in as Premier: October 7, 2011
Contact
http://alberta.ca/premier.cfm Email: premier@gov.ab.ca
PRIORITY INITIATIVES (June 4, 2012)
Early childhood development (improve child/infant health); primary healthcare (140 family care clinics); education and entrepreneurship (raise HS graduation rate); rebalanced fiscal framework; integrated resource system; expanded markets
REPORT CARD
Grade: B-
She isn?t connected to the Klein-era abuses. She wasn?t even an MLA until 2008. A lawyer, she oversaw elections and advised on constitutions in fledgling democracies the world over. If anyone can revive Alberta?s moribund democracy, it?s Alison Redford. In creating a junior ministry for accountability, transparency and transformation, Redford is facing critics of, among other things, Alberta?s weak FOIP laws. She now requires MLAs and senior civil servants to disclose their expenses; she herself made public 1,200 pages of receipts (the only MLA to so disclose). Her government improved whistleblower protection. All progress. But then there was Daryl Katz and Co., who gave $430,000 to the PCs last spring. The optics are as bad as anything under Klein. Redford?s Bill 7 didn?t ban corporate donations, or lower limits. On the democratic front, Redford?s first year was a mixed bag. But much criticism of her is overblown, and hyperpartisanship in the legislature isn?t helping the public sort allegations from facts. The challenge remains: Can Redford rise above a rotten culture? She ran against the PC old boys and won the party leadership. She owes them nothing. She may surprise Albertans again. We give Redford a B for potential?the minus is for Bill 7. #
Born: Kitimat, BC
Highest Level of Education: LLB, University of Sask., 1988
Work Prior to politics: Senior advisor to Joe Clark when he was Secretary of State for External Affairs; worked in the PMO; advisor on constitutional and legal issues in Africa for
the EU, Commonwealth Secretariat, Canadian and Australian governments; monitored Afghanistan?s first elections
First elected: March 3, 2008
Constituency: Calgary-Elbow
Previously: Minister of Justice, Attorney General, 2008?2011
Sworn in as Premier: October 7, 2011
Contact
http://alberta.ca/premier.cfm Email: premier@gov.ab.ca
PRIORITY INITIATIVES (June 4, 2012)
Early childhood development (improve child/infant health); primary healthcare (140 family care clinics); education and entrepreneurship (raise HS graduation rate); rebalanced fiscal framework; integrated resource system; expanded markets
REPORT CARD
Grade: B-
She isn?t connected to the Klein-era abuses. She wasn?t even an MLA until 2008. A lawyer, she oversaw elections and advised on constitutions in fledgling democracies the world over. If anyone can revive Alberta?s moribund democracy, it?s Alison Redford. In creating a junior ministry for accountability, transparency and transformation, Redford is facing critics of, among other things, Alberta?s weak FOIP laws. She now requires MLAs and senior civil servants to disclose their expenses; she herself made public 1,200 pages of receipts (the only MLA to so disclose). Her government improved whistleblower protection. All progress. But then there was Daryl Katz and Co., who gave $430,000 to the PCs last spring. The optics are as bad as anything under Klein. Redford?s Bill 7 didn?t ban corporate donations, or lower limits. On the democratic front, Redford?s first year was a mixed bag. But much criticism of her is overblown, and hyperpartisanship in the legislature isn?t helping the public sort allegations from facts. The challenge remains: Can Redford rise above a rotten culture? She ran against the PC old boys and won the party leadership. She owes them nothing. She may surprise Albertans again. We give Redford a B for potential?the minus is for Bill 7. #
Source: http://www.albertaviews.ab.ca/2013/01/15/alison-redfordpremier/
dale earnhardt jr michigan primary daytona 500 winner cleveland plain dealer barry sanders barry sanders john scott
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.