Tom MontoApr 9Rachel Notley deserves credit and Alberta deserves multi-member districts (MMDs) and PR (Alberta Views)Letter to editor, published in Alberta Views, April 2024 Regarding Rachel Notley's resignation, she deserves credit for leading the NDP...
Tom MontoMar 30Pantheon of Radicals -- Mary Elizabeth Lease: Populist - socialist - model for Wizard of Oz's Dorothy1850-1933 called the "People's Joan of Arc". campaigner for Populist Party in 1880s and 1890s. also active in the Farmers' Alliance, the...
Tom MontoMar 281885 North-West Resistance - it is said Riel blocked Dumont's Guerilla War proposal It is said that Louis Riel prevented Gabriel Dumont, his miiltary commander, from leading the Metis rebels in a campaign of guerilla war...
Tom MontoMar 27The Hubris of a City - A City on FireThe 1979 film City on Fire has a strong message -- Fire Chief Henley (Henry Fonda): "It just takes one man. Your neighbour. My neighbour....
Tom MontoMar 24Timeline of Electoral Reform Part 2. Proportional Representation (List PR, STV, MMP) 1972-Electoral Reform from 1972 to the present - and into the future Part 2 of my "Timeline of Electoral reform" This part begins after Canada...