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John Vaillant Fire Weather -- back in 1774, DeSaussure showed that sun power is a source of energy

Tom Monto

Timeline of Edmonton's progressive history - Farmer, Labour, Socialist, Utopian and more (a work in progress)

Tom Monto

Andrew Coyne on CBC Sunday Magazine, May 2025 on need for multi-member districts

Tom Monto

Edmonton's Calder neighbourhood - the old railway town now a heritage part of Edmonton

Tom Monto

Canadian Parliament under our election system fails to deliver proportional representation, does not produce balanced results within each province

Tom Monto

Alberta PR and Electoral Reform in books

Tom Monto

Timeline of Edmonton city elections and electoral reform, regressive in recent years.

Tom Monto

Pantheon of reformers - Albert Shaw, author and reformer

Tom Monto

Utopian books and literature in Canadian history [work in progress]

Tom Monto

Governments at best produce majority rule although some say greatest utility for all is possible

Tom Monto

Magpie River, QU gets legal rights

Tom Monto

2025 Canadian election - one-seat ridings of Edmonton-Gateway and Edm-Southeast offer little leeway for voters (Millwoods Mosaic, April 2025)

Tom Monto

Timeline of Canadian provincial/federal Electoral Reform -- instances where there was more than just re-districting and where a new election system was adopted

Tom Monto

Party labels in city elections - why not? Because of FPTP. Without FPTP, labels would be a help (Alberta Views)

Tom Monto

Heritage Minutes don't show struggle for social change as much as they should (Canadian Dimension, April 2025)

Tom Monto

The herd instinct and how it may lead to collapse of civilization -- W. Trotter's 1916 book "Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War"

Tom Monto

What are hopes for Conservative government under PR? Is that why Conservatives are leery of Proportional Representation?

Tom Monto

Would PR mean that federal Liberal Government would pay attention to "Alberta"? Let's hope not, if you mean Alberta Conservative government. A National Energy Plan is important.

Tom Monto

Canada in the world -- Canadians abroad; Foreigners in Canada

Tom Monto

Proportional cabinet - is it PR taken one step too far?

Tom Monto

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