Decoding Politics
Jared WesleyI write about political culture, public opinion, public policy, and political institutions in Canada. Most of my commentary centres on Alberta and the West.
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Premier Smith is normalizing separatism
Today’s court ruling appears to prevent Elections Alberta from validating signatures on the Alberta independence petition while the matter proceeds through the courts. Premier Danielle Smith says her government will appeal, a process that c...
Momentum Toward a Public Inquiry is Growing
A growing number of Albertans are calling for an independent public inquiry into the management and use of Alberta’s List of Electors.
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Thirty-eight (38) academics from across the province joined me in p...
Alberta’s Voters-List Scandal Deserves a Public Inquiry. Now.
The alleged misuse and online exposure of millions of Albertans’ personal information spans well beyond normal politics or campaign trickery. They go to the heart of our privacy as individuals and the foundations of our democracy.
Multiple...
3 Simple Rules
This is a written version of a talk I presented at the Civil Society Forum in Edmonton on April 26, 2026. For a shorter piece, see my op-ed in the Edmonton Journal.
There’s no shortage of commentary about the crisis of liberal democracy in...
Drawing the Line Against Gerrymandering
The Government of Alberta should accept the Electoral Boundaries Commission’s report and reject the minority map appended to it. Full stop.
The majority recommendations add two ridings in Calgary and one in Edmonton, and make the difficult...
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Jared Wesley is a professor of political science and member of the Black Faculty Collective at the University of Alberta.
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