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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Plain cheating, plainly explained
Danielle Smith has changed the rules of the game before when things haven’t gone her way. Whether around gifting and donations, access to information, or petitions, when existing rules prove inconvenient, the government has simply rewritten...
Congratulations, Canada! Alberta, this isn’t over.
A shorter version of this post appears in The Conversation.
Unofficial results from the Alberta independence referendum indicate a resounding victory for the remain side. Three of four voters chose to stay in Canada rather than hold anothe...
Democracy is for Losers (Too)
Polls have just closed on Canada’s biggest-ever experiment with direct democracy: the ten-question, $130 million Alberta referendum.
According to polls, most Albertans want to feel a sense of relief that the divisiveness is over. Yet most...
What’s next?
This post summarizes remarks I gave at Frank’s Lectures on Tap, October 18, 2026.
On October 19, Albertans will cast the final set of ballots in an unprecedented referendum exercise. It will take some time to tally the results (days, not h...
My closing argument
Portions of this post were published as part of a dialogue in Alberta Views.
Photo by Ksenia Makagonova on Unsplash
Albertans have spent generations building a prosperous province within a united Canada. Those economic and social gains ha...
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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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