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Moment of Truth

How to Think About Alberta's Future

edited by Jack M. Mintz, Tom Flanagan & Ted Morton

Publisher
Sutherland House
Initial publish date
Sep 2020
Category
Canadian, International
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781989555361
    Publish Date
    Sep 2020
    List Price
    $22.95

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Alberta is at a crossroads. Its situation in Canadian confederation is unfair. It is unequal. So...what comes next?
What westerners ultimately need to decide if the best response to that unfairness and inequality is to leave Canada and the great northwest to carve out a smaller but separate country. Or do we simply need to clearly define what would constitute a genuine Fair Deal, not just for Alberta, but for all Canadians who share our values and perspectives on what this country should be?
Moment of Truth is a series of provocative, thoughtful, and timely essays, curated by three of Canada’s most respected and original political thinkers, debating whether we should pursue the little western path of yet another division of the northwest, this time via secession, or march along the big western path aimed at nothing less than fairness for ourselves - and everyone else - through a re-confederation.

About the authors

Jack M. Mintz is the President’s Fellow of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, and he received the Order of Canada in 2015 and the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 for service to the Canadian tax policy community.

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Tom Flanagan is Distinguished Fellow in the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. Former director of research for the Reform Party, and former campaign manager for Stephen Harper's Conservative Party, he is the author of Harper's Team: Behind the Scenes in the Conservative Rise to Power.

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Ted Morton is professor emeritus at the University of Calgary where he taught for over thirty years. He also served as the MLA for Foothills-Rocky View in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and in cabinet as Minister of Sustainable Resources, Minister of Finance, and Minister of Energy. Currently an Executive Fellow at the University of Calgary School of Public Policy, Ted Morton is the author of seven books and has been recognized for his contributions to academia, public policy, and for his lifetime of achievement.

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